Although officially opening on Tuesday, Paphos Airport will not see its first arrivals until June 21 with flights scheduled from Greece and Israel. Paphos Airport operator Hermes Airports officials have, however, indicated that it may be welcoming flights earlier than planned, the Cyprus News Agency said. Both Larnaca and Paphos Airports reopened Tuesday after Cyprus
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Cyprus on Tuesday welcomed its first tourists since airports were closed under COIVID-19 lockdown rules in March, with flights arriving from Israel, Greece and Bulgaria. Israir Airlines from Tel Aviv was the first commercial flight to land at Larnaca airport since the 21 March ban. Airports reopened as part of the third phase of easing
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Saudi Arabia ambassador in Cyprus Khaled M. Alsharif has praised the Cyprus government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, congratulating frontline health workers in combating COVID-19. In a written statement to CNA, the Ambassador said: “As Cyprus enters the third phase of lifting the restrictions imposed to combat the spread of Covid-19, I praise the Cyprus
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Cyprus reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, two more from the previous day, with all of the cases related to Cypriots who have recently returned from abroad, with the coronavirus cases stubbornly refusing to drop to zero. This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Cyprus since March to 970. The announcement
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By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Investor sentiment kicked off the week on a positive note, with equities in Asia resuming last week’s rally, the US dollar remaining soft against its major peers and commodity prices on the rise. Attitude towards risk over the past week has been boosted by further re-opening of
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Cyprus is waving goodbye to lockdown by reopening airports, shopping malls and gyms but those attending concerts, school graduation or planning weddings will have to wait until September. The Cabinet decided to launch the third stage out of COVID-19 lockdown on June 9 but this phase will only last until June 24, and not July
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With just two days to go as Cyprus opens its airports to international passengers for the first time since lockdown, the number of COVID-19 cases has once again risen to four, from none the day before. The Ministry of Health announced Sunday that three of the cases were discovered from among 518 tests conducted on
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Cyprus’ landmark General Healthcare System (GHS) entered the final stretch this week with the introduction of inpatient care as officials heralded the project a success while pledging to keep the system financially viable. Officials were pleased to see the majority of private hospitals join the GHS, offering patients a broader range of healthcare options. The
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We’ve been told the economy is going to rebound as businesses have re-opened quicker than expected under the tough lockdown regime. A doomsday cloud that hangs over the key tourism industry also seems to be lifting slightly as Cyprus prepares to open its airports on Tuesday. Although many of the restrictive lockdown measures have been
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Every so often, we reach an intensified level of activity to ward off Turkey’s gunboat diplomacy with trilateral and multilateral summits making declarations, all of which Ankara continues to ignore and follow its own agenda. The energy issue is the thorn in Turkey’s side, simply because it does not have access to the oil and
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