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US “fully engaged” in Cyprus issue

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

11th March 2021

Cyprus/World

Cyprus sets table for summer holidays

With Cyprus ready to open for tourists and do away with quarantine for COVID safe countries from 1 April, the government said it provided stability for tour operators and airlines to bring

10th March 2021

Cyprus/Life & Society

COVID19: Cyprus hospitals feel brunt of virus upturn

Cyprus’ hospitals are feeling the brunt of a steep increase in daily COVID-19 cases as they surged beyond the 400 barrier. Famagusta General, the COVID referral hospital, on Wednesday, said it was

10th March 2021

Cyprus/Life & Society

COVID19: Cyprus could delay opening hospitality as cases spike

Cyprus postponed announcing further lockdown relaxations on Wednesday given rising COVID-19 cases, hinting that opening up hospitality will be delayed as scientists fear a possible setback. The Cabinet postponed until Friday on

10th March 2021

Cyprus

Bank of Cyprus aims for single-digit toxic loan rate

Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender, aims to bring down its non-performing loan rate to a single digit by 2022, leaving behind the legacy problems of the 2013 financial crisis that

10th March 2021

Business

Cyprus to chair East Med Gas Forum

Cyprus will assume the first official Presidency of the Cairo-based Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) on January 2022, following Egypt’s inaugural term. It was decided at the fourth ministerial EMGF meeting in

10th March 2021

Energy/World

Concerns over razor wire laid across the divide

The government has come under fire from opposition parties over a decision to lay razor wire along a section of the UN-controlled ceasefire line to deter asylum seekers. It said the barbed

10th March 2021

Cyprus

Cyprus GDP up 1.4%, employment down 0.2% in Q4

Cyprus GDP grew by 1.4% in the last quarter of the coronavirus-struck year of 2020, compared with the previous quarter, while the rest of the European Union recorded a decrease of 0.5%,

9th March 2021

Cyprus/Economy/Europe

Cyprus, Israel agree on formula to end Aphrodite dispute

Cyprus and Israel have agreed on how companies operating in the bordering Aphrodite and Yishai gas fields can start negotiating their commercial exploitation to end a nine-year row. The agreed formula was announced

9th March 2021

Energy

COVID19: Cyprus vaccinates over 103,000

More than 10% of Cypriots have been vaccinated against COVID-19, with 103,283 people receiving at least one shot of an EU approved vaccine, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. From that total,

9th March 2021

Cyprus