US President Joe Biden outlined his vision of the world at the 76th UN general assembly in New York and how he plans to lead America into a new era of diplomacy to solve problems rather than using force. He gave the UN a thumbs up for promoting multilateralism and warned that the US will
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As modern apartments are experiencing an increase in values in Cyprus, there is growing interest for the older units as well. If an older apartment or building is maintained at an acceptable condition and depending on the need for repair of such units compared to new units, you might conclude that the older apartments have
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths on Saturday, with new cases stabilising below 100 and hospitalisations unchanged at 73. The health ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that the death toll since the pandemic started remained at 554 with September recording ten days of no deaths for a monthly total of 40. This followed the
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Building material prices in Cyprus soared in the first half of the year, sending the cost of construction to skyrocket to new highs and pushing property prices further up. This increase has also made it harder for the real estate and construction sectors to recover after the scrapping of the ‘golden passports’ scheme and the
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The business community of Nicosia has embarked on a campaign to keep the Higher Hotel Institute in the capital. But for all the wrong reasons. There are many arguments for and against moving such a state-run educational institution to another town, from the present home it shares with the Filoxenia conference centre. All the coastal
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Achilleas Demetriades is no stranger to the political spectrum in Cyprus. As a human rights advocate he became known over the decades after winning a string of cases against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights. Now he wants to lead Cyprus’ efforts as a president to reunite the country and set a path
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Friday and a significant drop in the discovery of new cases to 59 due to fewer tests on the public holiday. The health ministry said in its daily Covid report that a 54 year old woman and an 82 year old man were the latest victims of the pandemic,
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Cyprus is finally getting a grip on a surge of new COVID-19 cases as the island’s 14-day notification rate dropped to its the lowest ebb since the Delta variant pushed daily cases up to 1,152 in mid-July. In the last 14 days (September 11-24), 1,606 cases were diagnosed, with the 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate dropping
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The unemployment rate in Cyprus dropped to 4.4% of the labour force in August, from 5.2% in July, with the Finance Ministry confident that the trend will continue. This correspond to 20,000 people registered as being out of a job, compared to 23,000 in July, 38,000 in June and 49,000 in May. By gender, unemployment
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Gulf Air commenced a twice weekly commercial air service between Bahrain and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday, a further step in the normalisation of diplomatic and economic ties with the Gulf state. “We are making history by connecting the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Israel with scheduled commercial flights. We welcome
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