Day: July 8, 2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged young people on Thursday to get vaccinated in the fight against the coronavirus, stressing that the vaccines are effective and protect against mutations.She was speaking during a public discussio…

The European Parliament, that meets in Strasbourg, has adopted two funds for asylum and border policies amounting to a total of 16.12 billion euros.These are the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amounting to €9.88bn, to support asylum and migrat…

The onward surge in covid cases in Cyprus continues and the authorities announced 993 cases on Thursday. The hospitalizations reached 107 and the positivity rate now stands at 2,03%.No deaths were announced and the total number remains at 380, 254 are …

The aggressive spread of the virus which is caused by the Delta mutation is causing significant burden on the epidemiological indicators, with the efforts of all states in the EU concentrating on halting the virus’ spread and further burdening the hosp…

Anti-poverty organization Oxfam said Thursday that 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing faminelike conditions around the globe has increased six times over the last year.In a report titled The Hunger Virus Multiplies, Oxfam sa…

Police in Cyprus conducted a total of 3,326 checks the last 24 hours for measures against COVID and fined 61 persons and 4 shop owners.In Nicosia the Police made 920 checks and fined 23 individuals and one shop owner, in Limassol 462 and fined 23 peopl…