Cyprus Business Now
Cypriot transport and logistics company and authorised service contractor of UPS in Cyprus GAP Vassilopoulos Group announced on Monday that all UPS flights will now be carried out on a ...
London banking job exodus to EU slows despite Brexit
The number of finance jobs shifting from Britain to the European Union due to Brexit is less than initially expected despite billions of euros in share trading moving to the ...
Parents and teachers offer support as schoolkids to protest over exams
Parents and teachers at state schools on Monday called for final year high school students to be excluded from the twice-yearly exams this year, as the students themselves are set ...
Our View: Parents belittling their kids: stress good practice for future life
Another pretext has been found by the Confederation of Parents’ Associations to stop the holding of twice-yearly exams for graduates. The new council of the confederation issued a statement on ...
Supreme Court rejects notion judges are not objective
The supreme court on Monday categorically rejected the notion that judges in Cyprus are not objective, and cited the findings of European institutions to back up its opinion.
The top ...
UK says COVID surge ‘extremely difficult’ as Omicron grips Europe
By William James and Kylie MacLellan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would tighten coronavirus curbs to slow the spread of the Omicron variant if needed, after ...
Egyptian activist Abdel Fattah sentenced to five years in prison -judicial source
Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, a judicial source said, after being tried on charges of spreading fake news.
Blogger Mohamed ...
Cyprus secured most EU funding for research centres of excellence
Cyprus ranks first in Europe among countries that secured funding for the creation of Research Centres of Excellence, while it has recorded one of the largest absorptions of projects from ...
President refuses to confirm his position over aides
President Nicos Anastasiades will likely refuse to sign off on, and then send back to parliament, a legal amendment passed last week which would see four of his aides lose ...
Coronavirus: Three deaths, 835 new cases seen on Monday (updated)
Three deaths and 835 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Monday by the health ministry.
The deaths concern two men aged 68 and 92, and a woman, 83. The 92-year-old man died on Sunday ...
Coronavirus: Latsia health centre to stop acting as walk-in vaccination point
The vaccination centre in Latsia, from Wednesday will temporarily stop operating as a walk-in, the health ministry said on Monday.
The reason for this is to decongest the centre to ...
Musical performance presents an Electric World
Bring on the live music! Bars, cafes, Christmas events and restaurants invite musicians to celebrate the festive season. Limassol bar Sto Dromo has its own special event planned for this ...
Premier League agree to continue festive fixtures
Premier League clubs have decided against any suspension of the season as a means of bringing the Covid-19 crisis under control, according to reports.
Six of the 10 matches due to ...
Coronavirus: Pop-up vaccine centre to operate in Meneou on Wednesday
A pop-up vaccination centre will operate at Meneou primary school on Wednesday for eligible residents of neighbouring villages, the health ministry said on Monday as it steps up efforts to ...
Trump sues NY Attorney General to block probe of his businesses
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, seeking to stop her civil fraud investigation into his company.
He filed the lawsuit in ...
Anastasiades calls on parties to stop using municipal reform for political gain
President Nicos Anastasiades called on all parties to stop seeking political gains by insisting on a higher number of municipalities as part of local authority reform as that would only ...
Man arrested for fatal hit and run (update 2)
A 44-year-old man was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run on Sunday evening that resulted to the death of a 60-year-old pedestrian, police said on Monday.
Androula Papachristoforou was trying ...
Coronavirus: Self-test kits available in pharmacies from Tuesday
Fully vaccinated people will be able to get their self-test kits as of Tuesday from pharmacies, the health ministry announced on Monday.
Self-tests are a way for people “to protect ...
Economic activity continues to recover, while uncertainty remains according to the CCLEI Index
The Cyprus Composite Leading Economic Index (CCLEI) recorded a year-over-year increase of 14.0 per cent in November 2021, reaching a level of 112.7, after year-over-year increases of 13.9 per cent in October and 13.4 per ...
A Ball for All event sensitises able-bodied athletes
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday visited the School for the Blind in Nicosia where a blind football game was organised between visually impaired pupils and abled-bodied young visitors who ...
Domestic violence against women ‘almost satanic,’ Pope Francis says
Pope Francis has said that men who commit violence against women engage in something that is “almost satanic”.
He made the comment, some of the strongest language he has used ...
Wet weather fashion dos and don’ts
With winter weather threatening rain you don’t want to look a washout says PRUDENCE WADE
When the wind starts howling and the rain pours down, it can be tempting ...
Germany to limit private gatherings to 10 people – draft document
Germany plans to limit private gatherings from Dec. 28 to a maximum of 10 people who have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19, according to a draft of proposed measures seen by ...
Coronavirus: More tests likely as ministry mulls new measures (update 5)
Weekly rapid tests also for the vaccinated and a small extension of the school holidays were among the suggestions discussed on Monday by the health ministry and the scientific advisory ...