Kyriacos Iacovides

For the first time ever those who PDO is aimed at protecting are taking the issue to court The halloumi PDO (protected designation of origin) comes into force on Friday, ...

The role of negative interest rates – becoming an ever more prevalent reality – in reviving hard hit economies Deposits in Cyprus banks recorded an increase for the fifth consecutive month in ...

Exodus of EU workers leave hotels, retail and restaurants struggling Acute labour shortages that ended when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 have reappeared because of the pandemic and the uncertainty ...

After Akel’s dismal showing in last week’s elections, the consensus is that the party must adapt or die. But it’s by no means certain the party can ...

And the necessary reforms to tap funds could prove tricky By Kyriacos Iacovides The government’s multi-billion euro recovery and resilience plan, ‘Cyprus Tomorrow’ is not quite the done deal ...

They range from single issue parties such as hunting to those seeking a fairer society in general By Kyriacos Iacovides A record 15 parties, movements and coalitions will be contesting the ...

In a bid to keep halloumi Cypriot we set ourselves specifications we cannot meet By Kyriacos Iacovides The registering of halloumi as PDO (protected designation of origin) has been hailed ...

Greece has a higher positivity rate than Cyprus, but is deemed a safer country to visit By Kyriacos Iacovides The health ministry is taking pride in the daily number of ...

A campaign calling for online signatures to a petition in support of the reunification of Cyprus was launched on Tuesday, three weeks before the informal five-party conference in Geneva. The ...

Blunt assessment of Geneva meeting from former president George Vassiliou President Anastasiades needs to dispel the doubts that exist about his commitment to a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) clearly and ...

Cyprus will be on its own at the upcoming Council meeting THE eagerly-awaited European Council of March 25-26, which the Cyprus government had hoped would take punitive measures against Turkey ...

FINANCE Minister Constantinos Petrides hopes that the recovery and resilience plan being prepared by the government apart from absorbing close to a billion euros from the EU would also help ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Monday had an indirect dig at those critical of a British proposal aimed at bringing the two communities closer together ahead of the informal five-party ...

Economy is the ‘worst it’s been since 1974’ Every sector of the economy has been dealt a big blow by the pandemic, but with tourist arrivals down by 85 per cent ...

Cyprus energy minister Natasa Pilides was one of six energy ministers that expressed support for the EastMed pipeline project that would take natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean to Greece, ...

By Kyriacos Iacovides The reopening of schools, which was scheduled for February 1 when the latest lockdown was announced, could be further delayed if the scientific advisory team deems it unsafe, ...

Asymptomatic, bored and craving salt, Kyriacos Iacovides describes his stint in isolation after returning from the UK with coronavirus. I arrived from the UK on January 3, aware that I would ...