Health authorities are looking into whether the management of a Limassol school is to blame for a large cluster of COVID-19 cases, which has 100 students and teachers self-isolating after a trip to Scotland. The Health Ministry said at least 90 students and around ten teachers at a Limassol technical school are in quarantine after
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Two individuals were remanded in custody for four days after a short police chase saw them stopped in the early hours in the Curium area with what is believed to be stolen goods in their possession. The male and female, aged 23 from Paphos and Limassol, respectively, initially failed to stop for the British Bases
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By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group Risk assets are taking comfort from subsiding fears surrounding the Covid Omicron variant, with stock markets extending this week’s relief rally. Asian indices are mostly in the green, while US futures point to another day of gains, with the S&P 500 just 0.38% away from its
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Across the globe, Democracy and human rights are increasingly under siege. Far from being an issue isolated to the “developing” world, democracies new and old are combatting existential crises of creeping authoritarianism, rising inequality, and malign influence both domestically and from abroad. At present, autocratic rulers routinely reach across borders to suppress journalists, civil society
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As people spend more time working from home, using their mobile phones and social media for entertainment and information, more Cypriot businesses turn to digital platforms to market products and services. A recent CyStat survey found that the coronavirus outbreak forced more Cyprus firms to find high tech solutions for their businesses while making the
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Health Minister Michael Hadjipantelas stressed the need to secure accessibility and availability of medical devices and medicines for all EU states during a discussion on the European Health Union in Brussels. Hadjipantelas pointed out that small member states such as Cyprus face real difficulties in securing innovative medicines. They are often forced to buy them
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The Troodos mountains were covered with a blanket of shimmering snow on Wednesday, as a low weather system allows snow to settle on the highest Cyprus peaks for the first time this season. Speaking to the Financial Mirror, weather observer Eric Kitas of KitasWeather said that the low system is essentially the wintery weather system
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A Cyprus settlement would significantly contribute to peace and stability of the region through an independent foreign policy, said a Joint Declaration issued after the Israel-Cyprus-Greece Summit in Jerusalem. The leaders stressed the importance of respecting the sovereignty and sovereign rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea and preserving stability. Israel Prime Minister
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The major change in the United Arab Emirates’ working week that will be aligned with the western weekend as of next month, will be an unprecedented boost for the Gulf economy, said the chief executive of a $12 bln financial giant. The UAE announced Tuesday that it will transition to a four and a half
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, with new daily cases at 619 and hospitalisations marginally up at 118. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that the death toll since the pandemic started remained unchanged at 602, five of which in December. Daily infections dropped to 619, having more than doubled the day
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