The state of affairs
A recent report by international auditors PWC regarding the prevailing real estate market in Cyprus was of great interest. It looked at the reduction in...
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Batch of frozen peppers recalled
The health ministry’s public health service recalled on Friday a batch of imported frozen peppers from the Cypriot market due to the detection of a...
Public consultation opens on farmers markets
The agricultural ministry announced on Wednesday that the public consultation prior to the drafting of amendments to the law regulating farmers markets would begin on...
Police seek two Greek Cypriot youths for verbally abusing Turkish Cypriot vendor
Police on Thursday were seeking two Greek Cypriot youths suspected of verbally abusing a Turkish Cypriot basket seller and throwing his merchandise to the ground....
Mixed feelings towards a municipal market Christmas
With the redevelopment of Eleftheria square, central Nicosia’s main public space, still not finished, some five years after the original due date, the municipality has...
Cypriot bond yields drop sharply after Portugal rating upgrade
The yields of Cyprus’s government bonds dropped dramatically in recent days pushing those of a bond maturing in more than eight years for the first...
Ermou: going back in time for third year
Ermou Street in the old part of Nicosia will travel back in time on Sunday as it will be transformed for the third year in...
Power market liberalisation may take three more years
Diko lawmaker Angelos Votsis said that Cypriot private power producers will have to wait another three years before they can gain access to the electricity...
Hypokit batch withdrawn from market
The state pharmaceutical services on Monday recalled from the Cypriot market the medicinal product of Novo Nordisk GlucaGen® HypoKit, batch number FS6X535. GlucaGen® HypoKit is...
Authorities to check children’s clothing shops for hidden dangers
The competition and consumer protection service announced on Friday the launch of a campaign to identify and remove dangerous children’s clothing from the market. Officials...
Medicines containing fusafungine should have licences revoked, EU health watchdog says
The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended that the marketing authorisation for drugs containing fusafungine be revoked, so the medicines can no longer be marketed...
ECB says Cyprus could be excluded from sovereign bond purchases (Updated)
Cyprus might soon be excluded from the European Central Bank’s bond-buying programme because its credit rating is below investment grade and it is likely to...
Fourteen dead and dozens injured in “terror” attack in Aleppo city – Syrian state tv
At least fourteen civilians were killed and dozens were injured on Sunday when terrorists struck with mortars and rockets against a busy market place in...
Batch of raw almonds withdrawn, consumer warning
The health ministry on Sunday advised consumers in possession of a particular batch of Amalia raw almonds not to use them as they contained levels...
New bill designed to better regulate meat sales
By Andria Kades The meat market in Cyprus needs to be put in order, the House health committee heard on Thursday during a discussion of...
Saudi-led air strikes kill 19 Yemeni civilians – residents
Saudi-led air strikes killed 19 Yemeni civilians in bombings of homes and a market on Sunday, residents said, a day before a U.N.-brokered ceasefire is...
Warning over dangerous electric blanket
A dangerous electric blanket is currently on the market in Cyprus, the department of electrical and mechanical services warned on Tuesday. The MateStar blanket, model...
Tender process for Paphos’ Kennedy Square underway
PAPHOS municipality announced that the tender process to overhaul Kennedy Square and the main shopping area in the heart of the town was underway. The...
Dodgy raisins recalled
The health services on Friday recalled raisins that could cause an allergic reaction. On the raisins, packed in small plastic bags, labelled Edesmata Chr. Chrysanthou...
A year after energy market liberalisation, private producers still shut out, group says
By Stelios Orphanides The delay in preparing the underlying framework regulating the domestic power market continues to deprive Cypriot households and companies the benefits of...
