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The Cyprus Shipping Chamber travelled to Brussels this week to participate in a conference hosted by the European Community Shipowner’s Association (ECSA).
The Cypriot delegation was composed of the ...
Greens’ bid to increase smoking fines angers restaurants
The hospitality venues association (Pasika) has slammed a proposal by the Green Party to increase fines for smoking violations and amend regulations on smoking outdoors.
Their reaction came after the ...
Our View: The paradox of halloumi PDO
There is no hidden significance to halloumi acquiring Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status on the same day we mark the establishment of the Cyprus Republic. It is sheer coincidence, ...
Coronavirus: Health Ministry announces two deaths, 59 new cases (updated)
The health ministry on Friday announced that two people died from coronavirus as 59 new Covid cases were detected out of 26,652 PCR and rapid tests, resulting to a positivity rate of 0.22 ...
New concerts from the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
Returning to music halls and theatres after performing in the streets, the musicians of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra are set to take the stage with a new concert series. Premiere 1 ...
Prominent lawyer, Cyprus Mail owner Andreas Neocleous dies
Prominent lawyer, businessman and owner of the Cyprus Mail newspaper Andreas Neocleous died on Friday at the age of 82 after suffering from coronavirus.
Born in Episkopi, Paphos on July 3, 1939, Neocleous ...
Coronavirus: EU finds J&J shot possibly linked to another rare clotting condition
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and recommended ...
Greece says will not allow ‘uncontrolled’ migrant flows from Afghanistan
Greece will not allow a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis to unfold on its borders following the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday after visiting ...
Solskjaer slams lack of ‘common sense’ in fixtures
.Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is “no common sense” in his team being forced to play the earliest fixture of the weekend after being involved in Wednesday’...
What’s Eaten Where: Mali
Mali was the home of Mansa Musa, the richest man ever to walk the earth. The king of the Mali Empire from 1280 to 1337, his fortune would – in 2021 terms – be worth ...
Morrisons’ fate to be decided in $10 billion Saturday shootout
The outcome of a $10 billion six-month battle to buy British supermarket chain Morrisons (MRW.L) will be decided in a one-day auction on Saturday overseen by the Takeover Panel.
The ...
Speed up permits, Paphos hospitality venues urge mayor
The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Pasika) on Friday called on the town’s mayor Phedon Phedonos to intervene after 90 per cent of the hospitality venues in ...
EU finds J&J shot possibly linked to another clotting condition
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and recommended ...
OPEC+ considers options for releasing more oil to the market
OPEC+ is considering going beyond its existing deal to boost production by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) when it meets next week, sources said, at a time when oil pricesare near ...
Merck’s Covid-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50%
Merck & Co Inc’s experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to interim ...
Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Saturday
The health ministry announced the testing sites for Saturday, 52 in total.
To get tested people need to present an ID, or passport or a driver’s licence for identification purposes.
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Standard Chartered expects 300 bps of Turkey interest rate cuts by year-end
Standard Chartered said on Friday it now expects Turkey’s central bank to cut interest rates by another 300 basis points by year-end to 15 per cent and upped its 2021 inflation and ...
LGBT and domestic violence campaigner recognised
Cypriot Patricia Phaedonos was announced as the 197th Commonwealth Point of Light by British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie in recognition of her exceptional voluntary work.
The award recognises outstanding volunteers ...
Get someone jabbed against Covid-19 and get a gift token, Swiss say
Switzerland is offering gift certificates to people who persuade others to be jabbed against COVID-19, the government said on Friday, part of efforts to increase the country’s low vaccination ...
Koeman takes aim at Barca hierarchy as pressure increases
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said he was in the dark about his future and had not spoken to the club’s president as the under-pressure Dutchman took a swipe at ...
Crypto: Bitcoin rises 5.2 per cent to $43,717
Bitcoin was up 5.23 per cent at $43,716.97 as of 22:08 GMT on Thursday, adding $2,174.07 to its previous close.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency has gained 57.6 per cent from the year’...
It’s official: Halloumi joins EU’s PDO register
The halloumi PDO (protected designation of origin) is a “protective shield,” Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Friday as the cheese entered the European Commission’s register for PDO and ...
Pub group Wetherspoon’s losses widen, staff hard to find
J D Wetherspoon (JDW.L) fell deeper into the red for its fiscal 2021 and said it had like many other businesses found it hard to attract workers in some areas ...
Lava blasts out of new vent on La Palma volcano
Lava flowed from a newly opened crack in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma on Friday, carving a different path down the mountainside from previous flows, and ...