New measures which were announced by the Minister of Health Michalis Hadjipantelas last Thursday to curb the spread of COVID-19, including compulsory PCR tests by all travellers upon their arrival in Cyprus are in effect as of Monday.Hadjipantelas anno…
Day: December 6, 2021
Double murder suspect appears in Court in Limassol on Monday
A suspect for the murder of two women, appears before Limassol District Court on Monday facing the charge of premeditated murder.The bodies of the two women, believed to be Mariia Gazibagandova, 33 from Dagestan and Khaiat Alraeesi 43, from Syria, had …
Arrivals in Cyprus up by 100.6% in first ten months of 2021
Passenger arrivals in Cyprus increased by 100.6% in the first ten months of 2021 on an annual basis, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service show.According the data, arrivals of travelers in October 2021 reached 474,140 compared to 123,023 in O…
New UN Special Representative Steward arrives in Cyprus with the hope of attaining lasting peace
The new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart said that he looks forward to continuing the work of the United Nations in Cyprus and hop…
Cyprus-Greece-Israel summit in Jerusalem to discuss on Cyprus problem, E. Mediterranean, environment and energy
The 8th trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Israel set to take place on Tuesday, in Jerusalem, is expected to focus, among other issues, on the Cyprus problem, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, cooperation on environmental protection …
Malta moved to red category, in effect December 9th
Cyprus authorities announced Monday a new categorization of countries based on their epidemiological data. Malta is moved to red category from orange, in effect December 9th.A press release issued by the Health Ministry recalls that following a decisio…
Upgrading of National Guard’s capabilities needed due to Turkey’s intransigence and offensive stance
Cyprus Defence Minister, Charalambos Petrides, said on Monday that the Turkish intransigence in combination with Turkey`s increasing offensive stance make it necessary to continuously upgrade the National Guard`s capabilities.Speaking during a ceremony…
Cyprus to focus on structural reforms through Resilience and Recovery Mechanism, FinMin told Eurogroup meeting
Cyprus focuses on structural reforms through the Resilience and Recovery Mechanism in order to increase the country’s potential economic performance, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said during Monday’s Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, according t…