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61. Man who died in taxi was a surgical emergency

An elderly man who showed up at the emergency room with severe abdominal pain and died in a taxi ride between hospitals had suffered internal bleeding according to results from a post mortem...

62. Man dies during taxi ride between hospitals

Health officials have ordered a probe into an incident in Paphos where an elderly man died in a taxi while on a ride between hospitals after being refused treatment and ambulance...

63. COVID vaccine in a patch

64. Less red tape for asylum seekers but no new options

Labor minister Zeta Emilianidou says her office has simplified paperwork for the hiring of asylum seekers, but the country's chamber of commerce says cutting red tape and shuffling less paper does not solve staff shortages in fields that are still inaccessible to those applicants...

65. Government issues decree to allow employment of asylum seekers

The Cyprus government has issued a decree making it easier for companies to hire political asylum seekers in Cyprus....

66. Cargo imports into Dubai airport to be restricted from Tuesday

Dubai will restrict imports of cargo into its international airport for six days from Tuesday to clear a backlog caused by “extraordinarily high” volumes of inbound shipments....

67. Fears of panic buying in the UK ahead of the Christmas season

Fears of panic shopping ahead of Christmas are being raised by market participants in Britain....

68. Workers detained as hotel industry scrambles

Five people in Paphos district were taken to a police station for questioning after immigration police officers raided a local hotel suspected of employing workers unlawfully...

69. Israel’s Sheba declares curve ‘flattened out’

The director of Sheba Medical Center says the coronavirus epidemic in Israel is under control, adding he is confident that Cyprus was on its way to beat the virus as well...

70. Hospitals the Achilles heel of the pandemic

The suspension of patient admissions at all four state General Hospitals was one of the initial fears that was expressed by the state health services organization (SHSO), which oversees the island’s public hospitals that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak....

71. Talent shortages costing European private businesses €414 billion each year

European private businesses’ biggest challenge is the increasingly growing skills shortage that is preventing them from hiring the right talent for growth. A PwC survey across 31 European countries shines a spotlight on a wider, ongoing issue across the region. PwC estimates that the skills shortage is costing the region €414 billion annually in lost revenues - just from private businesses. That’s around 2.6%of European GDP and is more than the combined annual GDP of Greece and Portugal. ...

72. Germania airline files for bankruptcy, halts flights

73. Minister weighs in on Paphos doctor strike

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has issued a public response to state union doctors in Paphos going on rolling strikes, pointing out inconsistencies in their position...

74. Student arrested while delivering food to Paphos Immigration

Paphos immigration officers arrested a delivery guy from Bangladesh, after he had gone to their department to deliver a food order....

75. UK financial sector wants global talent on tap after Brexit

Costs for hiring bankers, accountants and lawyers from outside Britain will soar after Brexit and threaten London’s standing as a global financial centre unless the immigration system is urgently reformed, a report said...

76. UK food prices likely to rise without a Brexit deal

Food prices are likely to rise after Brexit if no trade agreement with the EU is reached and there could be shortages of some products...

77. Cyprus hotels in need of staff

Hotel owners are having difficulty in finding staff, due to a number of disagreements with union workers but also immigration rules that put many restrictions on foreign students who are willing to work....

78. J&P starts to pay workers again

J&P workers in Saudi Arabia finally got their December pay cheque following a protracted labour dispute with the management of the Cypriot company, which is facing a number of financial challenges. Cypriot workers are still waiting to get paid but it looks like they will have to wait until after the Easter holidays....

79. J&P Overseas in dire straits

The Cyprus-based J&P Overseas construction company is in a negative spotlight this week, after a series of damning letters sent by employees to Riyadh’s management were made public. The allegations are pretty ugly but the company vows to fix problems....