The European Commission announced Tuesday it has adopted a €31.6 mln second Annual Action Programme for aid to the Turkish Cypriot community to support new projects that facilitate Cyprus reunification. It comes in addition to the €5 mln that was approved earlier this year. Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira said: “Projects under the
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Demetra Kalogirou, head of the task force reviewing high-risk cases of ‘golden passports’ that were issued to convicted investors, is seeking legal advice to see if their Cypriot citizenship can be revoked. The task force was set up last year after the government agreed to revoke the citizenship of 26 investors from countries including Russia,
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Cyprus has removed the Netherlands, France and Croatia from its ‘safe’ travel list, along with another two non-EU countries, Andorra and Tunisia, following a resurgence of the coronavirus in Europe. Changes to the travel status of each country come into effect from Friday, August 28. The Netherlands, France and Croatia have been moved from category
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Around 22.3% (194,400) of Cyprus’ population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to the results of a survey on Income and Living Conditions 2019. According to the Cyprus Statistical Service, 22.3% of the population are living in households whose disposable income was below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold or living in severely materially deprived
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Cyprus’ Finance Ministry, after re-evaluating the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, is sticking to its basic scenario of the economy shrinking by 7% GDP this year. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said that Q1 data indicate that for the first six months the recession was close to 5.5% on
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Leading decision-makers and analysts will meet for the first Cyprus Forum in Nicosia in October, to debate six different themes to help improve future policies on sustainability. Organised by the NGOs Oxygono and Zenox, in collaboration with the Delphi Economic Forum, the all-day Cyprus Forum will be held at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre on October
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Cyprus reported one of its highest daily figures for COVID-19 cases on Monday with 39 taking total infections since the pandemic began to 1460. Authorities have struggled to keep cases low and Monday’s 39 comes after only 4 were confirmed on Sunday. The highest daily case toll for Cyprus peaked at 58 in April. Most
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Cyprus has launched its Extraordinary Plan for domestic tourism by encouraging Cypriots to take a discounted local holiday during the pandemic. The plan for residents includes the provision of affordable prices from hotels with the state subsidizing part of the cost. The scheme aims to support local businesses which is why tourist establishments taking part
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Greece and Cyprus foreign ministers on Monday held emergency talks after Turkey issued a maritime warning (Navtex) extending its illegal energy search in the East Med until August 27. Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides held a long telephone conversation with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias on the Turkish move. “Definitely, this is not a positive
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Cyprus recorded a jump of 30 COVID-19 cases on Monday after interim results from only 346 airport tests on arrivals mainly from Mykonos, Amsterdam and London. It is among the highest number of daily coronavirus cases recorded in Cyprus since the outbreak. The Health Ministry said from random checks at airports, the majority (17) of
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