As Black Friday beckons later this month, Cyprus retailers hope COVID will remain under control during the busy holiday season. In comments to Phileleftheros daily, the general secretary of the Cyprus Retailers Association, Marios Antoniou, said the Christmas period and especially the first 20 days of December would be decisive for the year’s turnover. Black
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Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has given the newly elected chairman of the National Unity Party (UBP) Faiz Sucuoglu the mandate to form a new ruling coalition on Monday. Sucuoglu was elected as the head of UBP at the party’s extraordinary congress on Sunday after the former boss Ersan Saner stepped down from both the
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Cyprus is impacted by the dissipating Mediterranean cyclone Apollo, approaching the island from the west bringing local thunderstorms with a chance of hail. In comments to the Financial Mirror weather observer Eric Kitas of KitasWeather, said Cyprus will see rain as the cyclone approaches the island late Monday and early Tuesday. “Despite losing its cyclone
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Paphos has made the top 10 of the world’s best locations for buying a holiday home, ranking second behind Venice, according to a study by Australian-based Compare the Market. Already popular with British expats, this new accolade will attract more foreign buyers to Paphos. Paphos secured overall marks of 6.91/10 behind Venice 6.92 and ahead
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Rescue teams searching for a Paphos medical professional have enlisted the help of the army’s special forces and two drones, as the search continues for the second day in the Akamas wilderness. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Paphos Police assistant chief, Michalis Ioannou, said a large-scale search and rescue mission to locate
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According to WiRE FS findings, prices and transaction volume of properties at city centres in Nicosia and Limassol remain stable, as locals, taking advantage of government subsidies, continue to acquire residential real estate. Their focus is mainly apartments, mostly for homeownership but also to generate rental income. Businesses are upgrading their office space requirements, resulting
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths on Sunday for the thirteenth day this month, as October ended with 20 victims and the death toll since the pandemic started unchanged at 574. After a record 80 deaths in August, the number dropped to 40 in September. The number of hospitalisations rose marginally to 61 from 58, and
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Medical manufacturing giant Samsung Healthcare is pitching for a record €6 mln deal to supply 55 ultrasound units to state hospitals, the biggest contract of its kind in Cyprus and Europe. The tender was posted on the government’s eProcurement platform, and offers are expected to be submitted by the end of the year. This follows
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I’m not sure what local democracy looks like from where you are sitting, but in Cyprus, power is kept in a jar where only the elite can wet their whistle. Cyprus advocates Big Brother politics, where everything is controlled by a bureaucracy that extends no further than its nose. Power has yet to evolve to
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Real estate and construction stakeholders want the government to soften the blow delivered by an “abnormal” increase in construction costs, warning that development could screech to a halt. A leading developers’ lobby group has warned the government that many projects will be put on ice if action is not taken, halting the country’s recovery following
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