A week before businesses are obliged to scan customer Safe Pass documents electronically; retailers have expressed their concerns as the application (CovScan) has proved problematic. The government allowed a grace period for businesses to familiarise themselves with the application to electronically scan Safe Pass documents presented by customers to gain access to shops, events, gyms,
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Whizzing through the streets of Cyprus on an electric scooter will soon be regulated by law after the cabinet approved legislation for the use of scooters or e-scooters, including minimum specifications and safety measures. More electric scooters are spotted whizzing on the roads and pavements as this eco-friendly trend has made it to Cyprus. However,
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at Exinity Group After breaking a five-week winning streak, the S&P 500 futures gained slightly in early Monday trading as investors continued to monitor economic data and hints from monetary policy officials. The 0.31% decline in the S&P 500 last week came on the back of the latest US
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Cyprus’ Deputy Ministry of Shipping has increased the subsidy for a ferry link with Greece by €500,000 to €5.5 mln, in a bid to make the unwanted tender more attractive for operators. To reinstate the ferry connection abandoned 21 years ago between Greece and Cyprus, the shipping ministry launched a failed tender in January for
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On the 38th anniversary of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot regime, Nicosia again condemned the unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in the Turkey-occupied north on 15 November 1983. Various protests are taking place Monday in the Cyprus Republic under the Pancyprian Student Coordination Committee (PSEM) and the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (POFEN). Nine years after
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To improve its coronavirus vaccination coverage, Cyprus has decided to administer booster shots to its adult population aged 18 and above. Anyone over 18 can get a booster provided they completed their initial vaccination scheme six months earlier. The cabinet rubber-stamped the decision on Monday, after a spike in new daily cases and an increase
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Cypriots woke up to high dust concentrations across the island on Monday, with authorities issuing a warning for above-average levels in the atmosphere. The department of labour inspection said that high dust concentrations had been measured at their ground stations for air quality monitoring network, with some areas reporting concentrations well above the safety level.
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All-Party UK Parliamentary Group Delegation for Cyprus said it would re-double collective commitment to ensure the British Government is doing its utmost to reunite the island as a bizonal, bicommunal federation, with political equality. A delegation of 10 British MPs visited last week as guests of the House of Representatives to hear first-hand about the
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths for the second day in a row on Sunday and the tenth this month, as the number of new daily cases dropped to 206 while hospitalisations increased to 85. The Health Ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that the death toll since the pandemic started stayed at 588. New
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Cypriots have first-hand experience of what it is to be a refugee, an orphan of conflict needing a helping hand to rebuild stolen lives. In past decades, Cypriots have been the unwanted migrants arriving in a foreign land seeking to start afresh with a chance to work and provide for a family. Like thousands of
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