Pope Francis met Friday with the leader of Cyprus Orthodox Church to further mend an ideological and political rift between the Catholic West and the Orthodox East that dates back nearly a
Markets did not take well to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointing Nureddin Nebati, a strong supporter of his low-interest rate drive as minister of Treasury and Finance on Thursday, as the Turkish
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he was saddened that Pope Francis is not visiting the occupied north of the island, “choosing to visit only the Greek Cypriot Christians”. Tatar issued a
Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as the number of hospitalisations dropped slightly to 112, but new daily cases went beyond 500 again, rising to 538. New infections dropped to 492
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced its human medicines committee (CHMP) started a rolling review of VLA2001, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by French company Valneva. The CHMP’s decision to start the rolling
Inflation in Cyprus kept rising to 4.3% in November due to the sharp increase in the price of electricity and petroleum products. According to the Statistical Service, in November, the Consumer Price
Cyprus has awarded natural gas exploration rights for an offshore block to the ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum consortium, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides announced. In comments to the press, Pilides said that Block
The government has approved more COVID-19 measures following the emergence of Omicron and the rising cases, including banning Christmas events at shopping malls. All Christmas events planned by department stores and malls
Every passenger arrival in Cyprus must undergo mandatory PCR testing for COVID-19 after the country introduced tighter measures in the wake of the new Omicron variant. All passengers aged over 12 arriving
A hand-made explosive device caused extensive damage at a Limassol primary school pre-dawn on Thursday, while a Nicosia village school was the target of arsonists, with evidence suggesting links to anti-maskers. Police
