Following a decision of the Council of Ministers, on 18 February 2021, regarding the Action Plan for the gradual resumption of flights and the re-opening of airports, the Epidemiological Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health has made a re-evaluation of the epidemiological situation in various countries as regards COVID-19.
Erdogan’s announcements made during his recent illegal visit to occupied Cyprus represent an extremely negative development. The real prospect of the colonalisation and/or making use of the enclosed area of Famagusta constitute a violation of the relevant resolutions of the UN, the EU’s founding principles and the rules of international law. As AKEL, we have […]
Cyprus has appealed to the United Nations Security Council over the transfer of part of an abandoned coastal town on the ethnically-split island to Turkish Cypriot control, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.
In the mid-twentieth century, Great Britain abandoned its control of a Mediterranean territory, leaving two ethnically and religiously divided populations, each with historic claims to its occupancy, to sort out competing claims of legal status and sovereign authority with little help from the international community. Unsurprisingly, intercommunal violence, the involvement of outside powers, and a […]
Cyprus pays tribute today to all those killed during the Turkish invasion in 1974 which resulted in the occupation of 37% of the Mediterranean island`s territory, an EU member state since 2004. The people of Cyprus, the political and religious leadership, as well as political parties and organisations remember and condemn the continuing illegal occupation […]
Cyprus remains in the UK government`s amber list, following changes to international travel rules for COVID-19.
AKEL Member of the European Parliament G. Georgiou, raised before the European Commission, with the urgency procedure, the adverse effects of the fires that broke out in Cyprus recently, calling for the immediate creation of a European airborne firefighting base. More specifically, AKEL MEP G.Georgiou stressed that the recent fires had as a tragic result […]
One of the Vice Presidents of the Royal Caribbean Cruises was in Cyprus to praise the authorities for their cooperation and express certainty that Cyprus is a potential destination for cruises.
AKEL: 8 proposals on forest fires 9th July 2021, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia The recent fires have demonstrated the need to define a central overall policy for combating fires and other natural disasters, both with regards their prevention and extinction, but above all a methodology for the rehabilitation of burnt affected areas. Forests and […]
The European Commission gave the green light to Cyprus’ €1.2 billion National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the disbursement of which will begin this year and will complete in 2026. Speaking during a joint press conference in the iconic library of the University of Cyprus, both European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as well as […]
