Cyprus hotels are given a financial lifeline as they anticipate their establishments to fill up with Cypriots during the August holidays. Traditionally most Cypriots take their annual leave mid-August when most businesses close down for a week from the 15 August, marking a religious holiday for Greek Orthodox Christians. In comments to the website Stockwatch,
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By Dr Andreas Poulikkas The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently published a new study on global warming and its future effects. The lengthy paper, written by 234 scientists from 66 countries, citing more than 14,000 scientific papers, is the first major scientific update since 2013 when the IPCC commission found that
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Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Friday, as new daily cases and hospitalisations stabilised at weekly lows of 419 and 259, respectively. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that a 90 year old man was the latest victims of the virus, raising the August death toll to 31 and to 455 since the
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Cyprus hospitals are feeling the pinch from an increase in COVID-19 patients needing to be treated in an Intensive Care Unit, with officials warning if numbers keep rising, beds will become scarce. In comments during a visit to Nicosia’s walk-in vaccination centre at the State Fair, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said: “Although the situation is
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Around 70% of the island’s adult population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and over 76% had one jab, said Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Friday. The rate of the fully vaccinated adult population was just shy of 70%, as 69.9% of people over the age of 18 had received both shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Secondary school teachers oppose the Health Ministry’s plan to have unvaccinated teachers and students tested twice a week for COVID-19 when the new academic year starts in September. Unions OELMEK and OELTEK, representing secondary and technical schoolteachers, told Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas and Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou that having staff and students tested every 72
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After a week of fighting wildfires that turned Greece into an inferno, the Cypriot fire-relief mission returned home on Friday, welcomed by state officials. A C130 aircraft of the Greek Air Force arrived at Larnaca airport carrying 20 members of the Fire Service, two fire trucks and 20 members of the Civil Defence and their
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Cyprus and Serbia are ready to deepen their bilateral military cooperation programme after a visit to Belgrade by National Guard chief Lieutenant General Demokritos Zervakis. Zervakis held a two-day official visit to Serbia this week at the invitation of his Serbian counterpart General Milan Mojsilović. A statement by the National Guard General Staff said the
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Cyprus is expecting thunderstorms inland with heavy rain in some areas and hailstones falling on higher ground Friday, according to a Met Office yellow warning for extreme weather conditions. The alert is in force from 11 am to 5.30 pm Friday. According to the Met Office, the island’s mountain and inland areas are in for
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About 150 Turkish Cypriot students studying abroad have been vaccinated against COVID-19 at the State Fair centre in Nicosia at the initiative of the Republic of Cyprus. Government sources told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), the aim was to help the students get the necessary certificates for travelling abroad to continue their studies. This is
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