The Deputy Ministry for Shipping has launched a video to raise awareness about the shipping sector’s ‘blue economy’ to high school students, potential cadets at maritime academies and future managers. The brief video, “Sea… Your Horizon” aims to encourage students in the upper high school first and second Lyceum years to choose a career in
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The test positivity rate for COVID-19 is rising in Cyprus, especially in Limassol, where it stands at 1.3% against the national average of 0.6% as infections spread, the National Surveillance Report showed Friday. All other COVID metrics are also on the rise, driven by the Limassol COVID epicentre, said the Health Ministry. Cyprus’ 14-day cumulative
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Russia has allegedly tried to jam signals in an act of electronic warfare against British aircraft taking off from RAF Akrotiri, outside Limassol, UK media reports claim. Military intelligence sources said a “hostile state” had regularly attempted to interfere with the A400M transport aircraft’s satellite communications, leaving RAF Akrotiri while troops were on board. UK
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are in the red after US benchmark indices pulled back from record highs on Thursday, with stocks on the Nasdaq unable to hang on to their year-to-date gains. 10-year Treasury yields have posted a new high not seen since January 2020, much to the chagrin of
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The US State Department supports the EuroAsia electricity cable linking Israel and Cyprus’ grids to Europe as a ‘cost effective’ flexible platform to transport clean energy and renewable sources. Washington’s show of public support comes after Turkey protested against the project, saying the cable went through Turkish waters. Energy ministers of stakeholder countries Cyprus, Israel
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Cyprus resumed vaccinations of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday after the European Medicines Authority (EMA) ruled it was safe and effective, the Health Ministry said. Authorities had suspended administering the jab on March 15, pending a review of the vaccine’s safety by the European drugs regulator. The EMA said on Thursday it was still
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Of the 729 people who lost their lives in Cyprus road accidents between 2008-2020, 60% were not wearing a seat belt, while 54% of bikers did not wear a crash helmet, according to police figures. Iasonas Senekkis, Justice Ministry, road safety advisor, told the Cyprus News Agency that during the 12 years, a total of 10,542
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Cyprus reported 385 new coronavirus cases and 212 patients being treated for COVID-19 on Thursday, similar to Wednesday’s data, and the second day in a row without any deaths. The health ministry said in its daily bulletin that 212 patients remain admitted in state hospitals, of whom 43 are critical, down from Wednesday’s 218 and
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Cyprus will resume its inoculations using the AstraZeneca vaccine, having suspended the programme on Monday following a European investigation into about 40 cases of blood clots in people who had received the jab. Some 7,500 vaccination appointments for AstraZeneca, scheduled between Tuesday and Thursday, were put on hold, pending an opinion from the European Medicines
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The Electricity Authority of Cyprus is ready to cross the new energy era threshold, marked by the arrival of natural gas and the development of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), said EAC Chairman Michalis Komodromos. EAC has a 30% share in the Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (ETYFA), acquired for €43 mln. “Our goal is to contribute
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