EU Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, has underlined that member states need to move ahead with new vaccination strategies against COVID-19, utilising the new adapted vaccines, and stressed that there is “no time to waste”, in a statement to …
Day: September 6, 2022
Cyprus Department of Meteorology – Forecast for the Sea Area of Cyrpus (A)
CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGYFORECAST FOR THE SEA AREA OF CYPRUS (A)FOR THE PERIOD FROM 0600 06/09/2022 UNTIL 0600 07/09/2022Area covered is 8 kilometers seawards.Winds are in BEAUFORT scale. Times are local times.Atmospheric pressure at the time o…
Report indicates overall warming of up to 5°C in this century projected for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
A new report prepared by an international group of scientists and published in the authoritative journal “Reviews of Geophysics”, identifies the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (EMME) as a climate change hot spot, and concludes that the regi…
Yellow warning for thunderstorms on Tuesday
The Department of Meteorology released a yellow warning for thunderstorms on Tuesday. The warning applies from 12:00 pm until 18:00 pm.According to the announcement, the isolated heavy thunderstorms are likely to affect mainly the mountainous and the …
Building permits decreased both in value and in area the first semester of 2022
A decrease in both the area and value of the new building permits issued in the first half of 2022, was recorded according to data published by the Statistical Service on Tuesday.During the period January – June 2022, a total of 3,898 building permits…
Cyprus to proceed towards digital public schools
The Cypriot Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth on Tuesday signed a €20 million contract for the provision of digital support services, paving the way for the transition towards digital public schools.The contract was signed in a ceremony at the P…
UK Minister for Europe expresses determination to settle the Cyprus issue and reiterates support for Varosha resolutions
The United Kingdom is “determined” to find a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Cyprus issue, the British Minister for Europe Graham Stewart told the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon.As he added, that was why he met with the Cypriot Forei…
Cooperation between EUROPOL and Cyprus Police is extremely positive and fruitful, says Cathrine De Bolle
EUROPOL Executive Director Cathrine De Bolle has said that the cooperation between EUROPOL and Cyprus Police is extremely positive and fruitful.De Bolle, who is currently on an official visit to Cyprus, met on Tuesday at the Police Headquarters with t…
Cyprus parliamentarians call for EU solidarity during Inter-Parliamentary Conference in Prague
A delegation of Cypriot parliamentarians called on the EU to enhance its presence in the Eastern Mediterranean region and show its solidarity towards Cyprus, during the 21st Inter-Parliamentary Conference session on the Common Foreign and Security Pol…
Mitsotakis thanks Slovak President for principled position on Cyprus problem
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Tuesday, September 6, with the President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Caputová, who is paying an official visit to Greece.During the meeting, Mitsotakis thanked the Slovak President for the participation o…
I will continue to struggle for Cyprus’ reunification until my last day in office, Anastasiades stresses
Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, assured on Tuesday that he will continue until his last day in office to struggle for the reunification of Cyprus, to free the country and to get rid of the occupation troops.Invited to comment on statements by Tu…
The results of the CMP on locating missing persons in the occupied territories are “disappointing”, Photiou says
The results of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) as regards locating missing persons in the occupied territories are disappointing, said Cyprus’ Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues and Overseas Cypriots, Photis Photiou on Tuesday.Re…