Cypriot police used water cannon and tear gas in rare clashes with protesters, as hundreds demonstrated on Saturday against government corruption and coronavirus restrictions. Protesters had gathered at a park in central Nicosia where they were surrounded by dozens of police in riot gear. Several groups, including left-wing and anti-fascist activists and trade unions, had
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The coronavirus pandemic has brought about business changes, both in their type and their style of operation. Much of this came about from restrictions imposed by the government and as such, these changes are not static but are fluid. Let’s take a closer look at these business transformations. Takeaway food and coffee service are the
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Cyprus reported a slight drop in COVID-19 cases on Saturday of 102, down from 113 the day before while one more death was recorded for a total of 220 since the outbreak. There was also a slight reduction in the number of hospital patients being treated for coronavirus to 84 from 86 on Friday. Those
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Talk about closing the gender pay gap is fashionable again, probably because we’re just around the corner from parliamentary elections and everyone has, insincerely, jumped on the ‘equality’ bandwagon. Others add their voices to the #MeToo movement against sexual abuse that society sweeps under the carpet. We need action, not words. Saying that women in Cyprus get
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With the highest Non-Performing Loans ratio in the eurozone, Cyprus will create a ‘bad bank’ to relieve its financial institutions of €10 bln in Non-Performing loans, hoping to mirror the success of Ireland in removing toxic debt. In an interview with Phileleftheros newspaper, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides confirmed the plan, saying the bad bank will
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By Cyril Widdershoven The supra-regional meeting between Foreign Ministers of East Med and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in Athens was a media success. In a joint declaration, Greece, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Cyprus, France, and Egypt, all committed to establishing a framework to discuss common interests and concerns related to sovereignty, territorial integrity,
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By Dr Andrestinos N. Papadopoulos, Ambassador a.h. The Report of UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on his mission of good offices in Cyprus, submitted recently to the Security Council, contains references and omissions which serve political expediencies. One could not interpret differently references to “the north and the south”, “the authorities in both communities” and the
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Cyprus reported a drop in the number of patients being treated for COVID-19 to 86, eight less than on Thursday, while the new coronavirus cases rose again, this time to 113, up from 103 the day before. The health ministry said that a 49-year-old woman, with underlying health issue, died at Nicosia General hospital, raising
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Hopes that the EU’s struggling vaccination rollout programmes against the coronavirus will pick up speed were reignited as a fifth COVID-19 vaccine came under review for approval, Germany’s CureVac. If given the green light, CureVac will join Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca on the list of approved vaccines. Cyprus has ordered just 250,000 doses of the
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While the overall epidemiological situation in Cyprus seems to be improving, Limassol remains a major concern, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou told a press briefing on Friday, giving an update on the country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. “Since December, there has been a great difference when comparing Limassol to other districts,” he said, adding that in recent
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