Omonia Nicosia FC has confirmed the club will be bought by Cypriot expat billionaire John Christodoulou and informed UEFA, the governing body of European Football. The London-based Cypriot billionaire is set to take over Omonia Nicosia FC in a deal worth around €28 mln, from the current major stakeholder, wealthy Cypriot investor Stavros Papastavrou. The
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Like many other things, most of our living requirements are changing, and they now seem to have a noticeable circle. A young couple starts with acquiring an apartment with 1-2 bedrooms, then, depending on their financial ability, move on to a larger apartment and the more affluent than to a house. Other than those with
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths for the fourth day in a row on Friday, with new infection cases and hospitalisation rates dropping to 142 and 56 respectively, as the government kept up the pace with its vaccination programme. The cabinet approved a proposal to lower the current age limit of 65 for the administration of
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The government has decided to revoke the citizenship of 45 dubious investors who obtained a Cyprus passport through the disgraced citizenship by investment scheme, which collapsed under corruption scandals. The decision was announced on Friday by government spokesperson Marios Pelekanos. He said the cabinet based its decision on an independent inquiry into the programme, which
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Some 20% of COVID-19 cases recorded in recent weeks in Cyprus were imported, attributable to an influx of tourist arrivals and Cypriots returning from trips abroad. According to the latest epidemiological report issued by the Health Ministry on Friday, one in five of the 1,345 coronavirus cases detected in the last 14 days were imported.
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The situation in fenced-off Varosha and developments in the Eastern Mediterranean will be on the agenda of Monday’s EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, a European official confirmed. The official said the issue had been placed on the agenda by High Representative Josep Borrell per his statement on behalf of the EU in July, when
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Cyprus health authorities are pushing forward with their COVID-19 booster shot rollout reaching down to people aged 60 while adding more vulnerable groups. The cabinet Friday approved the proposal by Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas, backed by the recommendation of the epidemiological team to lower the current age limit of 65 for the administration of booster
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Health authorities should stop wasting time and taxpayers’ money trying to convince unvaccinated Cypriots to get a COVID-19 jab and send vaccines where they are most needed, said a former government advisor. Cyprus should be sending leftover vaccine stocks to countries where the vaccination rollout is suffering, said virologist Dr Leondios Kostrikis. The former lead
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Amid a backlash, Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has refuted issuing a list of 42 Turkish Cypriot critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who are barred from entering the country. The persona non grata list includes former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Asked by Asli Aydintasbas, columnist at Cumhuriyet, one of the country’s biggest publications, Foreign
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Cyprus is already on the technology map but aspires to become a regional hub for science and tech companies, said Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos. He called on start-ups to believe in themselves and demand from the state what they deserve. Kokkinos was addressing the opening of the three-day technology
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