Pharma’s Vaccine Tech Hoarding Kills, says AHFLOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) condemned today as criminal big pharma’s meddling in the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS waiver proposal negotiations, which would have allow…
Day: November 11, 2022
Labour Minister to begin separate contacts on Monday on COLA
Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Kyriacos Koushos said he will begin separate contacts with the social partners next week to explore the ground over a possible agreement on the Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).Next week Koushos will hold separat…
Funds for subsidising energy prices and hosting Ukrainian refugees included in third supplementary budget
The third supplementary budget for 2022, amounting to €345.1 million, was discussed on Friday in the Finance Committee of Parliament. It includes additional funds to subsidise the increased price of electricity and to accommodate Ukrainian refugees.Acc…
Government employment rises by an annual 0.5% in October due to temporary hiring
Total government employment in Cyprus rose by 0.5% year on year in October reaching 53,271 persons compared to 53,008 persons in October last year.According to data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat), permanent staff decreased by 77…
Economic activity expected to slow down considerably in Cyprus towards end of 2022 according to Commission’s Autumn Economic Forecast
The Cypriot economy is expected to slow down towards the end of 2022 after growing steadily during the first half of the year, according to the chapter on Cyprus from the European Commission’s Autumn 2022 Economic Forecast which was presented on Friday…
Turkish commando forces ready to intervene in the buffer zone, Foreign Minister warns
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Friday that there is information that in addition to reinforcing its outposts in the buffer zone, Turkey has commando forces ready to intervene, adding that almost every week there is an incident in the buffe…
EU official says second meeting of bicommunal working group on halloumi takes place in very productive atmosphere
Kjartan Björnsson, Deputy Director & Head of Unit Cyprus Settlement support at European Commission has said the second meeting with the bicommunal working group on halloumi/hellim took place in a very productive atmo…
Ministry of Health and Kids Save Lives sign MoU in Athens
Minister of Health, Michael Hadjipantela, singed a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Kids Save Lives, Anastasios Stefanakis, on Friday, at the Embassy of Cyprus in Greece.In a press release the Ministry said that “joining forces with th…
Health Minister discusses with Greek counterpart addition of Cyprus patients in National Register for transplants
The further deepening of the cooperation between Cyprus and Greece was discussed Thursday during a meeting Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela had in Athens with his Greek counterpart Thanos Plevris.A press release says that during the meeting the tw…
Ten deaths and 3,625 new COVID cases, the Health Ministry announced on Friday
The Health Ministry announced on Friday that between November 4 and November 10, six deaths occurred due to COVID 19. Three more deaths occurred in 2021 and another one occurred the week before, but were reported later to the Ministry. A total of 72,55…