Moscow hopes next week’s informal UN-backed Geneva summit will pave the way for the resumption of stalled Cyprus talks. “We are closely following the preparations for this. “It is a positive sign that all the interested parties have expressed readiness to attend it. “We hope the upcoming event will help relaunch the negotiations and find
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Amateur cryptocurrency investors are aiming to push Dogecoin’s price further up its meteoric rise to $0.69 on April 20, a day marked as Doge Day 4/20. In early January 2021, a Reddit group known as SatoshiStreetBets sought to actively pump up Dogecoin’s value by encouraging other group members to buy in an effort to propel
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Cyprus tweaked its COVID-19 safe travel list, demoting two countries and upgrading another three, with the green category still hosting just six countries, with no EU entry. Cyprus has demoted Denmark to the red category from orange, and Thailand goes from green to orange in the traffic light system. Finland, Ireland move from red to
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Cyprus saw a small drop in new coronavirus cases on Monday, dropping to 822 from Sunday’s 852, which had been the second worst day on record since the 907 on December 29. However, three people died of COVID-19 and the admitted number of patients continued to rise to 284, dangerously nearing the national health system’s
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Cyprus courting Big Tech and Fintech companies has started paying off, as some are packing their bags to relocate, such as France’s Murex opening offices in Nicosia. Paris-based Murex is a leading European software producer in trading, treasury, risk, and post-trade operations for financial markets. Murex announced its Cyprus debut on its website. Expanding to
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Tourist arrivals in the first three months to March recorded a steep drop of 92.8% compared with the lockdown period last year, as COVID-19 travel restrictions continue to affect the tourism sector. According to official data, in March alone, tourist arrivals amounted to a trickle, with only 8,811 enjoying a Cyprus holiday, a decline of
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Cyprus will not see any further relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, as the country’s health system is buckling under pressure from the recent upsurge of new cases. In comments to state radio CyBC, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said the government has decided to keep measures in place at least until 15 May, with the decision
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Cyprus COVID-19 vaccination rollout slid further down the age ladder on Monday, as the appointment portal opened for people aged 51 and 52, but many are avoiding controversy-hit AstraZeneca. The portal opened at 7.30 am Monday and will close at 8 pm Tuesday for appointments for the 51-52 age group, with 16,000 slots available. On
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cyprus and the UK National Federation of Cypriots have urged Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to oppose Turkey’s partitionist agenda at Geneva. They sent letters expressing explicit support for reunifying Cyprus as a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation in line with UN Security Council resolutions. The letter, by Sir Roger Gale MP,
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Cyprus feels the brunt of an off-season heatwave while suffocating under a thick layer of dust from the Sahara Desert. Maximum temperatures on Monday will rise to a scorching 37 degrees Celsius, well above the seasonal average of 23֯ C. Simultaneously, the Labour Ministry recorded elevated dust levels calling on people to avoid working outdoors
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