We heard the Limassol Mayor announcing the municipality’s initiative to construct over 600 housing units to alleviate the shortage of housing units, thus helping reduce the sales prices/rental levels. He stated the municipality would go into “partnership” with the Governmental body of LDC (Land Development Corp). He expects this joint venture will provide housing units
More
Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Friday, the 14th this week, raising the September death toll to 24, while the number of new cases and hospitalisations continued to drop to 142 and 117, respectively. Boosted by the higher number of daily tests, mainly due to the mobile units visiting high schools this week, the ‘test
More
US Navy Seals joined the National Guard’s Special Operations Team in a military exercise at Limassol port on Friday, symbolising improved defence cooperation. Under the watchful eyes of Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and US Ambassador Judith G Garber, the exercise was conducted within Cyprus-US bilateral cooperation. The exercise scenario included the boarding, inspection and finally,
More
The coronavirus pandemic has created a new category of chronically ill patients, as data collected shows that one out of three people who get COVID-19 develop ‘long COVID’ syndrome. In Cyprus, it would mean that more than 30,000 of the near 120,000 people who have been infected are suffering from long COVID, although there are
More
Outgoing UN head of mission on Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, said it was important for Cypriots to keep on believing a peace deal was possible and they should never give up trying. The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative is leaving her post at the end of September; she was received on Friday by President Nicos Anastasiades
More
More evidence piles up against a Larnaca doctor accused of issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates, as seven out of 26 of his patients were found not to have developed any antibodies to coronavirus. In comments to state radio CyBC, police spokesperson Christos Andreou said that nine blood samples were taken from 26 patients vaccinated by
More
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told MPs that Cyprus had prevented illegal immigrants from arriving by boat while clamping down on sham marriages. Nouris, who briefed the House Interior Committee, said Cyprus ranks first in the EU for migrant inflows but has managed to stop illegal migrants from coming under the guise of studying and performing
More
Cyprus’ largest investment project, the €1.2 bln redevelopment of Larnaca port and marina, is on track as the final touches are added to the blueprints before the consortium takes over next April. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos was in Larnaca port on Thursday to be presented with the Master Plan for the port and marina by
More
Three more people died of the coronavirus in Cyprus on Thursday, raising the September death toll to 23, while the number of new cases and hospitalisations continued to drop to 174 and 119, respectively. The health ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that two men, aged 64 and 99, as well as a 74
More
Cyprus welcomed as historic the first disbursement of €156.8 mln in pre-financing in funds and loans provided under the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). President Nicos Anastasiades said receiving the first tranche on Thursday was a “historic day for our country”. “The first tranche will be used to finance investments and reforms expected
More
