More electric scooters are spotted whizzing through the streets of European capitals; this eco-friendly trend has found its way to Cyprus but not without hurdles to navigate. A US firm eyeing expansion to Cyprus promises to change the transportation system and Cypriot habits overnight, but it has a few legal anomalies to iron out first.
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By Dr Andrestinos N. Papadopoulos, Ambassador a.h. On March 24, 2021, the Speaker of the Turkish National Assembly, Mustafa Sentop, commenting on a TV show about Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention regarding violence against women and answering questions as to whether the nation’s president can withdraw from international conventions, mentioned in general
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The Israeli, Emirati, Greek and Cypriot foreign ministers Friday pledged to forge ahead with a positive agenda for regional cooperation in energy, tourism and fighting the pandemic. Talks in Paphos on the island’s west coast was the first meeting of its kind involving the four nations to advance regional strategic interests. Israel Foreign Minister Gabi
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The recent decision to convert the historical school of Phaneromeni into an architecture school of the University of Cyprus has brought a lot of hope for Nicosia’s revitalisation within the walls. Some object to this, but the vast majority, including the Municipality of Nicosia, the government, residents, the Archbishopric, and other groups, are all for
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Cyprus saw a small drop in new coronavirus cases to 677 on Friday and one death attributed to COVID-19, while hospitalisations continued to rise, as the national testing programme broke a new record of 69,000 tests. The health ministry said that an 87 year old man died, raising the death toll for April to 28,
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International tour operators appear to be optimistic over the coronavirus-stricken tourism sector’s prospects to start recovering this summer, with Cyprus pledging to facilitate them as much as it can. During an online conference on “The challenges facing the restart of Cyprus Tourism”, organised by the Cyprus Hotel Managers Association, international tour operators cooperating with Cyprus
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Antonis Rouvas returned to Hellenic Bank as Group Chief Financial Officer, a post he held during the bank’s most turbulent years from 2008 to 2017 when he left to join KPMG as a partner, heading the firm’s financial risk and asset management teams. The new CFO also joins the bank’s board as an executive director,
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Cyprus health authorities are far from optimistic in their efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus, with government advisors saying that any relaxation of measures in the next few weeks should be pushed back, possibly even introducing stricter measures. Discouraged from the rise of daily cases in recent days, combined with a record number
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Cyprus continues to struggle to bring the coronavirus under control as the number of daily cases keep on rising, according to data released on Friday, pushing the island’s 14-day cumulative rate to 749.5 per 100.000, up from 621.1 last week and 548.5 two weeks ago. The Health Ministry’s latest epidemiological report for the period 31
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Cyprus National Guard participates in a multinational medium-scale military exercise Iniochos over Greece, with the air forces of seven countries. The Cypriot Defence Ministry said this year the exercise would wrap up on April 22. Apart from Greece and Cyprus, forces from France, Israel, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the US and Canada participate in
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