Day: August 5, 2022

The European Union will continue to stand next to Cyprus which is what “we said from the first moment”, Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said in a post on Twitter, on the occasion of the announcement of the approval of EU funding for migrat…

Cyprus on Friday announced 28 more deaths from COVID-19 and 5,472 new cases, recorded between July 29 and August 4. Twenty-three of the deaths, occurred between January 27 and and July 13 and the remaining five in the last week.According to the Health …

Head of Blood Bank Androula Panagiotou urged citizens to donate blood before they head off for their summer vacation to keep up availablee blood quantities on the island at a safe level.She told the that at the moment no life is in danger. But she wen…

Cyprus on Friday announced 28 more deaths from COVID-19 and 5,472 new cases, recorded between July 29 and August 4. Twenty-five of the deaths, occurred between January 27 and July 13 and the remaining three in the last week, the Ministry of Health said…

There may be news within the day about the possibility of the EU vaccine sharing mechanism expediting the process of the delivery of doses of the vaccine against monkeypox to Cyprus, Communications Advisor to the Minister of Health, Konstantinos Athana…

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has praised the European Commission’s decision to award 72 million euros for projects to support the reception, asylum and return systems in Cyprus. In particular the EC on Thursday awarded a total of €171 million for pro…

As of today, the EU has successfully coordinated 1,000 medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients via its Civil Protection Mechanism to provide them with specialised healthcare in hospitals across Europe. As the number of wounded people in Ukraine incre…

Home for Cooperation has announced on Friday it is accepting registrations for Turkish and Greek language courses for the academic year 2022-2023.The goal of the courses, according to a press release, is to overcome language barriers and provide a spac…

The European Commission has sent a letter to Cypriot authorities underlying the need to rectify the situation regarding amendments to the country’s VAT legislation, Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said responding to a question by the Sorce: Cyp…

The Deputy Ministry of Shipping announced on Friday it has signed a contract for the digitization of its services, a move welcomed as “an important step” to the effort to further strengthen the efficiency of the Deputy Ministry.The contract, signed wit…