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50 MW Limassol solar park awaits green light

Construction of a 50 MW solar park in Alassa, Limassol is ready to launch once the legal services study the agreement between the consortium and the state, allowing the government to issue

26th February 2020

Energy

New laws to stop match-fixing

News laws are to be introduced in an attempt to clamp down on match-fixing and corruption in Cyprus football, announced Justice Minister George Savvides. Following Tuesday’s meeting with political parties, members of

26th February 2020

Cyprus

Coronavirus: No reason for Cypriots abroad to panic

There is no reason for Cypriots residing or travelling in Italy to panic, said the Cyprus Foreign Ministry’s crisis management official Demetris Hadjiargyrou. On the spread of coronavirus, he urged people to

26th February 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

Cyprus business confidence slows to 12-year levels

Economic sentiment in Cyprus dropped to 111.0 points in February from 111.7 in January, mainly due to weaker business confidence in services, despite improvements in retail trade, construction and among consumers, the

26th February 2020

Business

Brexit will have limited impact on Cyprus shipping

The risks to Cyprus shipping from Brexit are minimal while British companies are in the process of registering ships to the Cypriot registry, said Natasa Pilides, Deputy Minister for Shipping. Speaking to

26th February 2020

Maritime

Turkish Cypriots are €2,000 poorer than in 2011

Growth in the Turkish Cypriot economy over the next two years will not be high enough to raise per capita incomes unless policymakers implement ambitious reforms, according to the Annual Macroeconomic Monitoring

26th February 2020

Cyprus/Economy

Larnaca is getting a luxury facelift

Larnaca is looking forward to a bumper 2020 as the town expects to see its fair share of new developments as several luxury high-rise projects, hotels and a shopping mall are being

25th February 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

Cyprus widens passenger screening for Covid-19

Cyprus health authorities will step up measures against novel coronavirus by widening screening of passengers arriving at ports and airports from infected countries Italy, South Korea, Japan and Iran. Health Minister Constantinos

25th February 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall to visit Cyprus

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles will conduct an official visit to Cyprus from 18-21 March in the first such UK Royal trip to the island for 27 years. Their Royal Highneses’ visit

25th February 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society/World

73% of Cypriot firms use social media

Cyprus comes fourth top in the EU for the number of enterprises (73%) that are using social media, well above the European average of 50%. More and more enterprises in the EU

25th February 2020

Business/Life & Society