The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday gave the single-dose Johnson & Johnson-developed coronavirus vaccine the green light as the EU seeks to speed up a stuttering inoculation campaign with Cyprus ordering 200,000 doses. After a thorough evaluation, EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) concluded by consensus that the data on the vaccine were robust and
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Nicosia has welcomed Washington’s positive stance on the Cyprus problem, hoping the personal friendship between President Nicos Anastasiades and US President Joe Biden will pay dividends. The government welcomed statements by the new US administration that Biden intends to actively engage at the diplomatic level to help the UN Secretary-General find a Cyprus settlement within
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A more potent UK coronavirus strain is widespread in Cyprus and behind a surge in cases in recent days, especially in Limassol, which has delayed easing more lockdown measures. According to special tests performed on positive samples sent to the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), the more potent UK variant was found
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Cyprus has held back a batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines which Austria put on ice after the death of a woman from blood clots and hospitalisation of a second person days after being vaccinated. The country has joined Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Latvia in suspending the use of one batch following a handful of
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Sexual harassment and gender discrimination are on the rise, with authorities saying 90% of cases involve public sector complaints. The privately employed seem to keep silent for fear of losing their job. Maria Stylianou Lottides, Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights (Ombudsman), said that one in two people knows someone who has been a victim
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UK budget airline Jet2 has seen bookings to Cyprus surge by 200% after the island declared that vaccinated British holidaymakers could visit this summer. Jet2 has reported a spike in bookings to Cyprus and Greece, following the news that both countries aim to reopen their borders to vaccinated tourists in May. Cypriot authorities have announced
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Concerns over rising inflation have been dominating Wall Street and the financial markets over the past few weeks. Most stocks in growth sectors with overstretched valuations have seen a double-digit plunge in prices and some have even erased more than a third of their market cap. Tesla
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American diplomacy under new President Joe Biden will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding to a question by Congressman David Cicilline, Blinken referred to President Biden’s engagement throughout his career in the Senate and as Vice President, saying
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The ambitious €6 bln EastMed natural gas pipeline could be built and ready within the next five years, Israeli Energy Yuval Steinitz told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview. “In Israel, we have a huge surplus of gas. We have enough to justify not one EastMed pipeline, but I think together with Cyprus, we
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Cyprus reported 415 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, two deaths and 165 patients currently admitted in hospitals, as recent relaxations of lockdown measures have backfired and the government is pondering delaying further the lifting of restrictions. A cabinet meeting earlier in the day to discuss the current situation in controlling the virus was postponed to
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