President Nicos Anastasiades said Greece and Cyprus expect the international community to adopt a more resolute stance to persuade Turkey its behaviour is not possible without consequences. “We expect from both the international and the European community that they finally adopt a more decisive stance, making it clear to Turkey that it can’t continue to
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Travellers returning from Cyprus will have to get COVID tested to enter Austria, the Austrian Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein announced. However, the minister didn’t provide any date for when the law enters into force. Cyprus has seen a surge in coronavirus infections, with daily cases peaking in four digits. Currently, fully vaccinated and recovered people
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Cyprus’ firefighting capability was boosted by two state-of-the-art drones worth more than €40,000, donated by Hellenic Petroleum (EKO). The two drones will help firefighters monitor and draw action plans for fires in remote mountain areas and uncompromising terrain. The donation comes weeks after the deadly wildfire in the mountainous areas of Limassol and Larnaca earlier
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The construction of a special ramp on Lady’s Mile beach was completed Wednesday, which will provide physically disabled people better access to the sea. The ramp was funded by the British Bases, which worked alongside the Community Council of Asomatos, Limassol’s District Office and the Deputy Tourism Ministry to install it. A total of four
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Brussels will consider actions at its next meeting if Turkey does not row back its decision to open up Varosha, said the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell. According to an EU declaration, the European Union “strongly condemns” Turkey’s unilateral steps and the “unacceptable” announcements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader
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Scientists concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases among the elderly want health authorities to introduce a booster shot for vulnerable groups jabbed in December and January. On Tuesday, Cyprus announced another six COVID deaths involving older people aged 67 to 86, pushing the total number of deaths to 410 and the average age
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Cyprus is in the middle of another spy-related scandal, following the infamous ‘spy van’ case two years ago, as the European Commission is asking questions about its link to Israel’s Pegasus spyware. Brussels wants to know how Cyprus is implicated in the Israeli Pegasus spyware platform allegedly misused by governments and institutions to spy on
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From Sunday, only vaccinated Cypriots and permanent residents arriving from high-risk COVID-19 countries will be allowed to take a PCR test at Cyprus airports on arrival. In a statement, the Health Ministry reminded the public that a Cabinet decision on 2 July would come into effect on 1 August, changing the rules that allow Cypriots
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Cyprus reported six coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and a rise in hospitalisations to a critical 292 patients, as health officials called on the government to continue the national free testing programme in order to monitor the spread of the virus. The new daily infections dropped from 851 to 791. Scientists advising the government on COVID-19
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Scientists advising the government on COVID-19 do not want to see free rapid testing abolished from Sunday. They argue termination of free testing programs will jeopardise efforts to contain the spread of the virus, as tracking new cases and their contacts will become harder. Members of the Health Ministry’s track and trace team have repeatedly
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