With the Republic and Turkish Cypriot health authorities struggling to suppress the pandemic, divided Cyprus has registered 200 COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak. Health authorities in the Turkish occupied north have sounded the alarm, warning that despite a relaxation in measures another 27 new cases and two more deaths were announced on Sunday. January has
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Photos of crowds gathering during lockdown to enjoy the snowy scenery in the Troodos mountains over the weekend raised fears of it triggering a spike in COVID-19 cases. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Dr Nikolas Dietis, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Cyprus Medical School, called people gathering en masse at Troodos square
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As Cyprus enters the final week of lockdown II to contain COVID-19, authorities are drafting a roadmap for a slow, gradual unlocking of the economy, as scientists remain wary. Scientists advising the government on handling the outbreak, met President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday to present the latest data on the spread of coronavirus, making proposals
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In under a month, NASA’s Perseverance groundbreaking rover will land on Mars in search for evidence of ancient extraterrestrial life and carry the names of Cypriots among 11 million people. The mission, named MARS2020, will also test the first helicopter on another planet, and collect important data about Mars’ geology and climate. It carries the names
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM After a brief pause on Friday, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are set to resume their rally Monday with futures of both benchmarks indicating a higher open. Some investors remain concerned about the surge in Covid-19 mutations, but it’s Joe Biden’s fiscal and monetary
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By Pavlos Loizou The real estate sector poses one of the biggest questions for 2021. The repeal of the Citizen by Investment Programme (CIP), the consequences of the pandemic – economic and social – and the general prevailing uncertainty render any predictions extremely difficult. However, an in-depth analysis of data from previous months can help
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Cyprus reported three more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, following Saturday’s four, raising the death toll for January dangerously close to December’s record 76. As 130 new COVID-19 cases were announced, the total just passed the 30,000 mark to 30,017 infections of 3% of the population. With the second week of the month accounting for one
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The 2021 state budget barely passed through parliament with the votes of socialist Edek, the Alliance, Solidarity, and the alt-right Elam, setting the tone for an ugly May election campaign ahead. Did the government avoid a fiscal cliff? Was it the ‘patriotic duty’ of the smaller parties to defy calls for transparency? Did Cyprus truly
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Cyprus society should take a good look at itself to come to terms with the fact it could be harbouring a sexual harassment culture as cases of sex abuse in sports surface. All allegations involve a male official reported to police by Olympic shooter Andri Eleftheriou, for sexually harassing her at a young age. Eleftheriou,
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Amid the gloom of coronavirus, Trump denying he lost the election and a world in financial chaos, Joe Biden stepped up to become the 46th President of the United States. At 78 he is no spring chicken, but already he has started to dismantle the divisive legacy that was bequeathed him by an unhinged Donald
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