Almost 1,000 people received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a Limassol mass walk-in vaccination event for booster shots and first-timers, as nearly 79% of the population are fully vaccinated. A total of 949 people received a coronavirus vaccine at a special walk-in centre set up at the Lanition stadium on Sunday. Now 84,000
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President Nicos Anastasiades criticised the Turkish side for preventing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from appointing a new special envoy for Cyprus as a successor to Jane Hall Lute. Lute, appointed in 2018, has stood down from her position after being unable to get the two sides back to the negotiating table. Guterres met Anastasiades and
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Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Sunday, as daily cases dipped below 100 to 94 and hospitalisations remained unchanged at 60. A 53 year old woman was the latest victim of the virus. The Health Ministry said in its Covid bulletin the death toll increased to 558 since the pandemic started in March last year,
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The travel environment in a post-Covid world is a taxing experience of form filling, testing, and checking the category of the country you are flying to. If you are a traveller to the UK, the entry rules seem to change by the hour as Boris is indecisive whether Britain has walked through the pandemic phase
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Society, culture, and education face a serious crisis when the younger generation is not encouraged to embrace critical thinking. Or when they do not challenge the establishment and tolerate all the ills of racism, discrimination, corruption and turning a blind eye to lawbreakers. And it all boils down to lack of education. If he plans
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Cyprus is taking another step towards clean mobility as authorities gear up to launch an attractive €10,000 incentive package to encourage motorists to scrap their old petrol cars for a new environmentally-friendly electric one. According to sources at the Transport Ministry, the cabinet is backing a proposal to be tabled by the ministry to promote
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Cyprus reported no coronavirus deaths for the third day in succession on Saturday, as daily cases and hospitalisations dipped slightly to 134 and 60, respectively. The Health Ministry said in its Covid bulletin the death toll remained unchanged at 557 since the pandemic started in March last year, of which five were recorded in October.
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Another successful event was held by IFX Expo International 2021 this week in Limassol at the Parklane Hotel, where dozens of financial services firms, including many other service providers, gathered to promote their products, ideas, and services. After taking a break last year due to Covid-19, the event also felt like a reunion for many
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Notwithstanding our 42 years of operation in the real estate market in this country, we are still learning from the wrongdoings and bad mentality that we all seem to share. We got a negative reaction from some after we wrote that the main cause of the prevailing economic situation is our mentality and the brainless
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In recent months, Cyprus airport operators have been encouraged by the uptick in passengers and are optimistic that traffic will stabilise before taking off next year. Hermes Airports, the operator of Larnaca and Paphos airports, said 822,928 passengers passed through in September, compared to 577,794 last year, recording an increase of 38%. Some 552,771 passengers
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