CENTRAL BANK - SHARP INCREASE IN FRAUD INCIDENTS AND CYBERATTACKS

CENTRAL BANK - SHARP INCREASE IN FRAUD INCIDENTS AND CYBERATTACKS - Filenews 13/5 by Theano Thiopoulou


Card fraud and cyberattacks are an ever-evolving threat, with cybercriminals using increasingly sophisticated methods to intercept banking data, despite advances in security measures.

The study entitled "State of card payment fraud in Cyprus: causes, effects and mitigation strategies", published yesterday on the Central Bank's blog by Irena Prodromou, highlights how the situation is today, i.e. on which payment services frauds are recorded and where cyberattacks have taken place.

FORECLOSURES - WHICH LAWS DID THE PRESIDENT PUT INTO EFFECT, WHICH ONES DID HE SEND TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT CHANGED

FORECLOSURES - WHICH LAWS DID THE PRESIDENT PUT INTO EFFECT, WHICH ONES DID HE SEND TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT CHANGED  - Filenews 13/5 by Eleftheria Paizanou


Three of the five laws on foreclosures and the insolvency framework, which were returned by the Presidency to Parliament last month and amended by the Legislature, were signed to enter into force by the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides.

At the same time, it proceeded to refer two other pieces of legislation to the Supreme Court, bringing the total number of references to justice on the same issue to six. The final verdict of the Government was communicated through the publication in the Official Gazette of the three laws signed.

DUST AND STRONG WINDS - WHEN DOES THE TEMPERATURE FALL

 

DUST AND STRONG WINDS - WHEN DOES THE TEMPERATURE FALL - Filenews 13/5

Weak low pressure affects the area. Thin dust will be suspended in the atmosphere from time to time until Thursday.

Today, the weather will be generally mostly clear, although there will be increased high clouds at times. Winds will be mainly southwest to northwest, initially light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort, to strengthen soon and become generally moderate to strong and locally strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort, while locally, especially on the south and east coasts, will blow up to very strong, 6 Beaufort. The sea will generally be a little rough to rough. The temperature will rise to around 31 degrees inland, around 29 on the south and east coasts, around 25 on the west and north coasts and around 22 degrees in the higher mountains.

VACCINATIONS FOR THE FLU BACK AT PHARMACIES?

VACCINATIONS FOR THE FLU BACK AT PHARMACIES? - Filenews 13/5 by Marilena Panayi


The transfer of flu vaccinations from the clinics of the personal doctors of the GHS and the vaccination centers of the Ministry of Health to the private pharmacies of the neighbourhood is claimed by the pharmacists, with the Pancyprian Pharmaceutical Association again putting its relevant request before the Ministry of Health and the AU.

"This is not the first time that we have brought this issue back," the president of the Pancyprian Pharmaceutical Association, Plutarchos Georgiades, told "F", adding that "an issue that in the rest of the western world has been settled for decades in Cyprus we are still trying to discuss. In the rest of the world, vaccinations are done by pharmacists, here in Cyprus we are still fighting it."

MOTORCYCLISTS - ONE IN TWO DEAD - CYCLIST PROTECTION MEASURES UNDER DISCUSSION - STUDIES FOR CAMERAS AT BEGINNING AND END OF HIGHWAYS AND CAMERAS FOR MOBILE PHONE USE

MOTORCYCLISTS - ONE IN TWO DEAD - CYCLIST PROTECTION MEASURES UNDER DISCUSSION - STUDIES FOR CAMERAS AT BEGINNING AND END OF HIGHWAYS AND CAMERAS FOR MOBILE PHONE USE - Filenews 13/5 by Michalis Chatzivasilis


The numbers are frightening for motorcyclists victims of road collisions, since almost one in two dead this year is a two-wheeler driver. Yesterday's meeting of the Road Safety Council brings measures for motorcyclists to stop the heavy toll of blood on the asphalt.

According to data from the Traffic Police submitted to the Council, out of the 15 dead this year, seven are motorcyclists. The five were drivers, a passenger and a moped driver. Another dead person was riding an electric scooter. The other victims were: Two pedestrians, four vehicle drivers and a passenger. Compared to last year, this year we count two more deaths.

SETBACK IN HALLOUMI PDO - THE QUOTA IS AT 15% FROM 25% AFTER THE STRIKE OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - ISSUANCE OF A NEW DECREE

SETBACK IN HALLOUMI PDO - THE QUOTA IS AT 15% FROM 25% AFTER THE STRIKE OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - ISSUANCE OF A NEW DECREE - Filenews 13/5 by Angelos Nikolaou



The issue of the production of PDO halloumi is entering a new, critical phase, as the government is called upon to balance between the strict standards of the European Union and the painful reality brought about by foot-and-mouth disease in the livestock of Cyprus.

The government proceeded yesterday with the issuance of a decree which provides for a drastic reduction in the minimum proportion of goat and sheep milk in PDO halloumi, setting it from next Friday at 15% until the end of the year, instead of the current 25%.

POED - RETURNS TO THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE - WHAT IT ASKS FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO DEAL WITH THE WORRYING PHENOMENON

POED - RETURNS TO THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE - WHAT IT ASKS FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO DEAL WITH THE WORRYING PHENOMENON - Filenews 13/5 by Evangelia Sizopoulou


The Ministry of Education requests the appointment of meetings on a regular basis, to discuss issues related to school violence and delinquency, for their evaluation and for timely decision-making.

The teachers' organization, based on the extremely interesting research it carried out on the issue of school violence and delinquency and the particularly informative findings that have emerged and which reflect the prevailing picture, addressed a letter to the competent Minister, declaring at the same time its readiness for cooperation in order to deal with these phenomena in our schools once and for all.