New Democracy officials resign over voters’ list
Two conservative officials resigned and one was ousted on Friday amid a scandal involving the leak of an unspecified number of email addresses of Greek voters residing abroad.
Cypriot inflation up 2.1% y-o-y in February
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in Cyprus rose by 2.1% between February 2023 and February 2024, according to data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) on Friday.
TikTok is its own worst enemy
I was really rooting for TikTok. In 2020, when the Trump administration first tried to force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app or risk having it shut down, I argued that banning TikTok in the United States would do more harm than good.
Overshoot in 2023 budget takings
Tax revenues and the primary result of the budget in January and February exceeded the target, but this is largely counted in the 2023 budget, per the Finance Ministry.
Food prices over Lent expected to remain steady
The initial feedback regarding the “Lenten Basket” initiative is encouraging, as per reports from Ministry of Development officials.
First ship to use new sea route delivers aid to Gaza, Israeli miliary says
A ship delivered 200 tons of humanitarian supplies, food and water to Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said, inaugurating a sea route from Cyprus for aid to help ease the humanitarian crisis brought by Israel’s 5-month-old offensive in the enclave .