A 51-year-old woman died of swine flu in the first such case of the winter season, said medical authorities. Petros Matsas, the head of the medical services, said that there are 19 cases of H1N1 virus being monitored by the authorities, in comments reported by Phileleftheros newspaper. Thirteen patients have already been discharged and the […]
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Weaknesses are continuing to trend in Cyprus’ economy, starting with the number of unemployed, which reached 45,969 persons in January. This is slightly down compared to December 2015, the Cyprus Statistical Service estimates there was an 8.1 percent decrease in the number of unemployed, but it is still close to the highest level since the […]
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Three Norwegians who were arrested at Ayios Dometios checkpoint have denied accusations that they intended to kidnap a four-year-old girl living with her Cypriot mother in Nicosia. The men were taken into custody earlier this week on the basis of a warning from Norwegian police, and were caught with maps to the child’s home and […]
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Larnaca bus drivers who have declared an indefinite strike will not receive pay rises in 2016 because the country has just come through an economic crisis and salaries are frozen until 2017, said Transport Minister Marios Demetriades in comments to state radio. There is a law in effect preventing wage increases in the public sector […]
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