After losing the “Halloumi” trademark last May (failing to act on a cancellation application in a British court filed by a British company), Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Yiorgos Lakkotrypis announced early this week that Cyprus has successfully registered the “Halloumi” trademark in the UK Intellectual Property Office, correcting a very big mistake made by the Ministry.

Cypriots should not panic over the coronavirus, Health Minister Costantinos Ioannou said on Thursday after briefing the relevant House committee on the issue.

Cyprus has recorded inflation of 1.1% in January this year on an annual basis, according to a Cyprus Statistical Service announcement released on Thursday.

The number of registered Cyprus unemployed in January fell to a new 10-year low, according to seasonally adjusted data, mainly due to the decline in public administration jobless figures.

Only 1.2% of Cypriots work from home, one of the smallest shares of people in EU member states, Eurostat figures published on Thursday show.

The eurozone’s bailout fund agreed on Thursday to Cyprus repaying €6.3 billion of costly crisis loans from the International Monetary Fund, so it can replace them with cheaper loans from the market.

Switzerland has been emerged as the most expensive nation to live in, followed by Norway and Iceland according to a report by CEOWORLD magazine based on a range of living costs. Making up the top 10 were Japan, Denmark, Bahamas, Luxembourg, Israel, Singapore, and South Korea.

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to expend a scheme promoting the acquisition of electric cars, as applications for the project exceeded the target within a day of its launch, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced.

New mortgage lending in Greece, Ireland, Austria, and Spain is offered at a higher rate than the average rate for outstanding mortgages, while for Cyprus, Belgium and Finland, the difference between new and outstanding mortgage rates is very low, according to the European Central Bank.

It took Nicosia capital city seven years to get a head start on real estate sales, according to latest data released by the Cyprus Land Registry.