Новости за 20.04.2020

Facing isolation and rising stress because of the novel coronavirus, Californians are buying more cannabis products, especially for home delivery. The state, which legalized recreational cannabis in 2016, has imposed a stay-at-home order to prevent the virus’ spread, and many people fear going out because of the infection risk. As...

Arsenal’s players and coaching staff have agreed a 12.5% salary cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making the London-based club the first in the Premier League to announce such a measure. Several Premier League clubs have furloughed employees since the new coronavirus outbreak while others, such as West Ham United...

The state health services Okypy hope to find a solution for the delivery of medicines used to treat radiotherapy patients in the coming days, spokesman Pambos Charilaou said on Monday, after problems were reported in obtaining them. Problems were reported after a flight ban was introduced as part of Cyprus’...

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Elizabeth Howcroft Southern European bond yields rose to near one-month highs on Monday, a sign of investor unease ahead of a European Union summit later this week over how to tackle the economic fall-out from the coronavirus crisis. Portugal’s 10-year borrowing costs hit one-month highs after...

Five new cases of Covid-19 were announced on Monday by the ministry of health’s epidemiology team, from a total of 1,669 tests. This brings the total number of cases on the island to 772 and is the second day in a row that the number of new cases is just...

The foreign and transport ministries have organised two flights to this week, which will leave Larnaca airport to repatriate Cypriots and return others to Germany, an announcement said on Monday. On Tuesday, April 21, one flight operated by Cyprus Airways will leave Larnaca and head to Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine...

Members of the United Nations and those with diplomatic papers will be disallowed from crossing into the north over the Green Line for a further wee ‘acting prime minister’ in the north Kudret Ozersay announced on Monday. The initial decision was announced on April 12 and was to be in...

Tourism in Cyprus will regain its stride during the 2022-2023 season, head of the Paphos hotelier’s association Thanos Michaelides said on Monday. Michaelides said some of the hoteliers have decided to not reopen until July this year, and a smaller number later than that. He added other hoteliers decided not...

By Andreas Rinke and Micha Serr Germans returned to the shops on Monday, craving retail therapy after a month of lockdown, but Chancellor Angela Merkel was worried that they could increase coronavirus infections again just as the number of new cases had started to slow. Shops up to 800 sq...

The Paphos Innovation Institute has gained official recognition as a private school of higher education,from the government, according to the municipality. The relevant decision from Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou was published in the Government Gazette after the evaluation by an international evaluation committee rating its high success rate academically and...

Police Chief Kypros Michaelides on Monday thanked the pubic for widely abiding by the government decrees to limit the spread of coronavirus. He was speaking while visiting police officers carrying out checks in Limassol, also wishing them a Happy Easter. He spoke to them at a spot on the Limassol...

Exports from Cyprus decreased by forty per cent for January and February 2020 in comparison with last year, Eurostat data published on Monday showed. Exports of goods reached €0.4 billion for the two month period, €0.1 billion less to the EU €0.3 billion with the rest of the world. Meanwhile,...

Thirteen per cent of Cyprus enterprises reported online sales of at least 1 per cent of their turnover during 2018, data showed on Monday. Τhe same figure for the EU as a whole was 17 per cent. With 36 per cent of EU enterprises selling online, up from 31 per...

Chinese ambassador Huang Xingyuan said he was relieved to see Covid-19 cases in Cyprus drop to daily single digit and expressed hope for a speedy revival of the Cyprus economy. In a message on twitter, Ambassador Huang said he was “relieved to see confirmed cases in single-digits. Hope will see...

The kitchen at Paphos general hospital will remain closed after five staff members working there tested positive for coronavirus, hospital director Joseph Moutiris said on Monday. The order for the kitchen’s closure was given by the state health services Okypy. Moutiris said, the kitchen has been sanitised and the hospital...

By Jack Tarrant The Tokyo Olympics next July will be a “uniquely risky” event, demanding flexibility from organisers amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly if a vaccine has not been rolled out by then, medical experts say. Japan and the International Olympic Committee made the unprecedented decision last...

By Michael Holden Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have told Britain’s biggest tabloids that there would be “zero engagement” with them in future because of their false and invasive coverage, upping the stakes in their increasingly fraught relationship. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who gave up their jobs...

Cyprus is ranked among the four countries with the lowest birth rate in the EU, Eurostat data published on Monday showed. According to the data, from 2018, the countries with the lowest birth rates were Malta (1.23 births per woman), Spain (1.26), Italy (1.29), Cyprus (1.32), Greece (1.35) and Luxembourg...

The Turkish drillship Yavuz is approaching the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday, accompanied by a Turkish navy frigate. Turkey has reportedly issued a Navtex covering the area of block 6 and 7 of the island’s EEZ from Monday April 20 until July 18....

By Anna Ringstrom IKEA store owner Ingka Group, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, aims to start reopening shops in Europe in May after closures and sliding demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic slashed group sales by 60%, its chief executive said. Most of Ingka’s stores in main market Europe and...

A 22-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Sunday night for having offensive weapons in his possession and breaking the movement ban. According to police, the man was stopped at around midnight while he was driving. An examination of his car found a bat, a folding knife and a blade. He...

An 18-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday after evidence was given against him following thefts from the same shop selling bikes in Limassol. The first burglary took place between April 4 and 5 and the second between April 10 and 11. A total of four bikes were stolen, worth €2,000....

Out of a total of 3,219 checks carried out by police between 6pm on Sunday and 6am on Monday a total of 119 people were booked. Checks were also carried out in 935 building and one person was booked. At the end of last week police said measures would be...

Two of the new cases announced on Easter Sunday refer to British residents of Paphos, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday. Tracing of their contacts has already begun. On Sunday six new cases were announced, including a police officer in Kokkinotrimithia, a cleaner at Nicosia general hospital, two cases...

By John Morris A gunman who at one point masqueraded as a policeman killed at least 16 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a 12-hour rampage, authorities said on Sunday, in what was the country’s worst modern-era mass shooting. Among the victims of the shooting spree that...