Israel has targeted August 1 for when it starts welcoming tourists from neighbouring Greece and Cyprus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. “We are looking now into reopening tourism, in which case Greece and Cyprus will be the first,” said Netanyahu. He said he hoped that as of August travellers to and from Cyprus
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Cyprus needs to get connected after being ranked among the bottom five EU countries in the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) published by the European Commission. Despite having improved its score in all five areas covered by the Index, Cyprus still performed poorly compared to the EU average coming 24th out of 28 member
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The Cyprus Shipping Chamber fears if crew changes are delayed because of coronavirus, seafarers could go on strike and paralyse the maritime transport industry, at a time when nations are trying to lift lockdown and restart their economies. The Chamber, whose members employ up to 60,000 seafarers onboard their vessels around the world, called on
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Many Cyprus hotels are having second thoughts about opening in July, after Israel’s epidemiological COVID-19 data worsened which means Israeli tourists will need to fork out extra for coronavirus tests. Following a spike in daily COVID-19 cases in Israel, Cypriot health authorities put the country in a higher risk category resulting in Israeli tourists needing
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Brussels is anxious over Turkey’s tension escalating activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, said the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell who will visit Nicosia to discuss the matter. He said Greece and Cyprus were right to complain about Turkey`s drilling activities near their coastlines and the EU27 are concerned about the increasing tension. The EU’s High
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Cyprus airports will be speed testing Cypriots and tourists who were unable to get a coronavirus test at their country of departure, eliminating the need for an overnight stay at a quarantine facility. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said: “In the next few days we will be moving ahead with new procedures so that we can
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Cyprus health authorities on Monday confirmed two new coronavirus cases after reporting three the previous day, taking the total to 985 since the outbreak began on March 9. Health authorities said the two COVID-19 cases were detected after conducting a below-average 622 lab tests due to the weekend and that some government schemes are coming
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Total employment in the wider public sector in the first three months of 2020 reached 69,263 persons, an annual increase of 2.3% (1,527) from 2019. Employment in general government was 63,695 and in publicly-owned enterprises and companies there were 5,568 personnel, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service. In general government, which consists of state, non-profit
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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci urged scientists to “think loud and clear” while expressing their views on the coronavirus situation in neighbouring Turkey, ahead of reopening ports in the occupied north of Cyprus. Turkey is included in the list of countries from which the Turkish Cypriot authorities announced they would start receiving passengers on 1
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Cyprus Health Ministry on Monday launched another free testing scheme for employees who returned to work after lockdown restrictions were lifted allowing gyms and hotels to open. A total of 10,000 employees at malls, catering establishments, hotels and gyms, are to undergo COVID-19 tests as part of government policy for wider testing among the general
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