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UK'S NEW COVID MEASURES MET WITH SCEPTICISM, CONFUSION

Cyprus Mail 23 September 2020 - by Reuters News Service Bad news for pubs as they will have to close by 10pm The British government on Wednesday defended its new, stricter coronavirus measures against criticism that they did not got far enough, saying it was trying to balance supporting …

CORONAVIRUS - ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR LARNACA IN EFFORT TO BREAK CLUSTERS

Cyprus Mail 23 September 2020 - Cyprus News Agency Leontios Kostrikis, Professor of Molecular Biology at the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Cyprus (CNA) Additional measures against the spread of coronavirus in Larnaca, which has seen four major clusters in recent …

EU CHIEF NEGOTIATOR 'DETERMINED' TO GET BREXIT DEAL BUT WILL BE FIRM

Cyprus Mail 23 September 2020 - by Reuters News Service The House of Lords is more likely to seek to amend the bill to remove or dilute certain parts, or insert additional checks and balances The European Union is determined to get a Brexit trade deal with Britain but will be firm and re…

CONSENSUS REACHED ON UPDATING DEFINITION OF RAPE

Cyprus Mail 23 September 2020 - by Staff Reporter Skevi Koukouma The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday reached a broad consensus on a draft bill modernising the definition of rape under the law, they said. MPs hope, following further discussions with the justice ministry, that t…

CORONAVIRUS - COMPANIES WHICH CHEATED GOVERNMENT SCHEMES INVESTIGATED

Cyprus Mail 23 September 2020 - by Peter Michael Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou Almost 2,000 companies will be investigated over abusing funds doled out to support businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports on Wednesday. Packages issued by the government covered b…

LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS TO HOLD ONE-HOUR STRIKE [Thursday 24 September]

Cyprus Mail 23 September 2020 - by Jonathan Shkurko Local government workers will go on strike for an hour on Thursday from 11am to 12pm to protest delays to local government reform, according to an announcement released by unions Sek, Peo and Deok. The one-hour strike also aims to raise…

SUSPICIOUS PHONE CALLS FROM UNKNOWN CALLERS WITH FOREIGN NUMBERS MAY BE RUSE FOR DEFRAUDING CALLEES

in-cyprus 23 September 2020 - by Maria Bitar Police caution the public, to protect themselves from fraudulent telephone calls from foreign countries possibly aimed at defrauding citizens who receive the telephone calls. According to Police, and based on some complaints they’ve received l…

JOHNSON & JOHNSON KICKS OFF FINAL STUDY OF SINGLE-SHOT COVID-19 VACCINE IN 60,000 VOLUNTEERS

in-cyprus 23 September 2020 - by Maria Bitar Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday kicked off a final 60,000-person trial of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that potentially would simplify distribution of millions of doses compared with leading rivals using two doses. The company expects res…

LESS THAN 100 DAYS UNTIL END OF BREXIT TRANSITION AND STILL NO DEAL IN SIGHT

in-cyprus 23 September 2020 - by Maria Bitar With less than 100 days until the end of the Brexit transition period, a new crisis in EU-UK talks has emerged after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed new domestic laws for Britain that would undercut the Brexit divorce internation…

MESSAGE FROM THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION RE SOME UK BANKS CLOSING ACCOUNTS OF EU/EEA RESIDENTS

From the British High Commission: Some of our UK nationals in Cyprus may have seen recent media coverage about some UK banks’ decision to close accounts belonging to EU/EEA residents, and we wanted to share the latest information.   Whether UK banks can service EEA-based customers af…