Cypriots feeling unsure about AstraZeneca, the cornerstone of Cyprus’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout, puts the country’s target of reaching 60% coverage by the summer at risk. Despite reassurances from the European Medicines Agency, who acknowledged links to very rare blood clotting incidents, arguing benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks, Cypriots are not convinced. Cypriots mistrust
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Nicosia has called for more help from the EU after irregular migrant flows recorded an increase in March, while 19,000 asylum applications are still pending, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. The minister held a meeting on Wednesday with the Regional Director of Frontex Grigoris Apostolou, whom he briefed on the migration challenges Cyprus faces. He
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Boeing has had a tumultuous last couple of years, with the airline giant experiencing sharp declines in various metrics, even before the coronavirus pandemic, due to a major global controversy around one of its aircraft. According to data presented by Buyshares.co.za, Boeing’s revenue of $58.16 bln in 2020 was a 42.5% decrease compared to 2018’s
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This article doesn’t concern itself with the etymology of cost, price, value and worth; it focuses on the mess these terms are causing to the banking system. In everyday language, cost, price, value, and worth are often interchangeable, but they have special meanings in the Real Estate business. Cost is the construction cost of a
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Cyprus reported two deaths from COVID-19, an increase in hospital admissions and a slight drop in new coronavirus cases to 529 on Wednesday, as the government is not expected to further relax lockdown measures any time soon. The national vaccination programme also hit a snag early in the day when the reservations portal for some
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Cyprus religious leaders condemned using the grounds of an Armenian Monastery for a live techno party uploaded on YouTube on Wednesday. The Sourp Magar Monastery is located in the Pentadaktylos mountain range in occupied north Cyprus. In a joint statement, the Religious Leaders of Cyprus condemned “this unfortunate act, misuse, disrespect and desecration of places
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After crashing for nine hours, Cyprus’ vaccination portal reopened on Wednesday at 5 pm, going offline just minutes after opening as Cypriots made a beeline for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, discarding AstraZeneca. The Deputy Ministry of Innovation said the portal was back online at 5 pm for people aged 61 and above to book a
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There are no plans on relaxing or tightening COVID-19 restrictions over the coming weeks, with the government delaying any decisions days before Cypriots celebrate Orthodox Easter. On Wednesday, President Nicos Anastasiades said the cabinet would take any decisions on 24 April. Earlier Wednesday, Anastasiades met scientists advising the government on the coronavirus outbreak. “For the
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President Nicos Anastasiades said Wednesday that Cyprus has ordered and expects to receive enough COVID-19 vaccines to innoculate two million people, twice the island’s 900,000 population. To inoculate two million people with two jabs translates to four million COVID vaccine doses. Apart from AstraZeneca, Cyprus has ordered vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson. Cabinet
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The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has approved Larnaca’s Herodotou Tennis Academy hosting Davis Cup Europe Group III matches involving Cyprus in June. The Davis Cup, known as the World Cup of Tennis, is the leading international team event in men’s tennis founded in 1900. The event takes place annually between teams from competing countries through
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