An online conference on “The challenges facing the restart of Cyprus Tourism”, acknowledged that tourism for the summer 2021 will continue to be difficult but summer 2022 will offer more hope. However, participants called for seamless procedures and more cost efficient testing done to passengers arriving on the island. Addressing the virtual conference organised by […]
All Ministers of the Cyprus government who have not yet been vaccinated, will get the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday, Government Spokesman Kyriakos Koushos announced today.
Cyprus Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides, has stressed that sovereign equality cannot be accepted because it would result in the recognition of a separate state in the occupied areas of Cyprus, and therefore it is not within the framework of a bizonal, bicommunal federation.
The European Commission announced on Monday the official decision for the registration of Halloumi/Hellim as a protected designation of origin (PDO) product, protecting it against imitation and misuse across the EU. The European Commission also adopted a measure allowing this PDO product to cross the Green Line, provided that the cheese and milk from which […]
Cyprus’ public debt reached €26 billion, or 124% of GDP at the end of February pushed by increased borrowing by the government in a bid to support the real economy amidst the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The rising public debt comes as the Cypriot authorities sought to boost cash reserves building a buffer […]
NEPOMAK UK hosted an online event on its Facebook page on 1 April, to mark the beginning of the 1955-59 EOKA struggle against the colonial rule of the British Empire, but also to discuss the contribution of Cypriots to the Greek war of independence in 1821, on its 200th anniversary. The guest speaker was the […]
A new digital registry obliging Cyprus-based companies to declare their true owners puts the east Mediterranean island nation in line with European Union regulations against “terrorism” financing and organised crime, the country’s commerce and energy minister said on Tuesday. Natasa Pilides said the new registry, which went online last month, bolsters transparency in what is […]
With the measures applied in the last years, the population of the endangered Mediterranean Monk (monachus monachus) seal has seen the biggest increase, reaching 19, announced on Thursday Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, Costas Kadis.
Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, said on Wednesday that Cyprus has ordered and is ready to receive COVID-19 vaccines for two million people.
Cyprus House of Representatives website is under attack by a Turkish hacker, the legislative body said in a press release on Monday.
