Life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity totalled US$159b in 2020, down from US$306b in 2019, reaching one of the lowest levels since 2014, according to the 2021 EY M&A Firepower report. A single megadeal – AstraZeneca’s December purchase of Alexion Pharmaceuticals – accounted for a quarter of the annual life sciences M&A spend in 2020.

Cyprus Airways will launch direct flights from Larnaca and Malta on June 27 it announced on Tuesday, increasing the airline’s international destinations to 14.

Cypriots have built up their savings amid the lockdowns that began last year, recently released data show.

According to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan that the Finance Ministry submitted to Brussels, the target is to reinforce the resilience of the country’s economy. The total estimated budget is 1.25 billion euros, out of which 1.06 billion will be distributed in the form of funds and 0.2 billions in the form of loans.

As of tomorrow vaccinations by personal physicians of people 30 and over with AstraZeneca vaccines will begin, according to Andreas Polyneikis, president of the personal physicians’ company.

A package of measures and proposals submitted by the Cyprus Technical Chamber (ETEK) before the Town Planning Department aim towards the rejuvenation of mountainous Troodos region, Philenews reports.

Population in Cyprus will grow by 10-20% until 2050, Eurostat estimates published on Friday show.

Cyprus was 12th among the top choices by groups of adults, and 12th among the best picks for family travel, according to a survey of 5,000 consumers using the metasearch site Skyscanner’s analytics data.

Twelve hotels in coastal Paphos are full of Russian and Israeli tourists despite the Mediterranean island’s total coronavirus lockdown which is in effect till May 9.

Ayia Napa’s first underwater museum in the Mediterranean will be ready to welcome visitors by mid-July, Philenews reported on Tuesday.