Cyprus’ Tourism Ministry on Monday announced an incentive scheme for vaccinated Cypriot holidaymakers, offering them discounted hotel stays from 15 July to 31 August. The holiday deal is part of a series of measures introduced by the government to encourage younger people to get vaccinated following a new outbreak driven by the delta virus. As
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Cyprus’ main opposition party AKEL has a new leader, Stephanos Stephanou, elected Secretary-General by a strong majority at the end of a three-day party conference. Stephanou, 56, a former government spokesperson, replaces Andros Kyprianou, who stepped down after holding the post for 12 years. Stephanou received 74 votes, or 71.84% of the party’s newly elected
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Cyprus has downgraded popular travel destination the UK into the red while Denmark, Belgium and Jordan are upgraded to the safer COVID-19 green category. Denmark and Belgium join the expanding number of EU countries turning green, although Spain has moved from orange to red like the UK. Spain is the first EU country currently in
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A deadly fire in the south-eastern foothill of Troodos that burnt through 10 villages across Limassol and Larnaca, claiming the lives of four Egyptian farmworkers, was brought under control Monday after a two-day battle. Cyprus’ worst-ever fire broke out in the village of Arakapas in Limassol at around 1.50 pm on Saturday, destroying 55 sq.
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Cyprus reported its first coronavirus death after a 19-day streak, as hospitalisations spiked at 71 and new daily cases remained just below 600, dropping slightly to 577. The health ministry said in its daily Covid report that a 93 year old woman died, the first in July, with the death toll since the pandemic started
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By Tom Brookes & Gernot Wagner Nowhere are the limitations of neoclassical economic thinking – the DNA of economics as it is currently taught and practiced – more apparent than in the face of the climate crisis. While there are fresh ideas and models emerging, the old orthodoxy remains deeply entrenched. Change cannot come fast
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Four people found dead outside Odos Larnaca village are thought to be the missing Egyptian labourers engulfed by the island’s worst-ever forest blaze, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. He said the four charred bodies were found in an area where the fire reached. “Forensic examiners are going to the scene for identification while all the
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A farmer has been arrested for possibly causing the fires that broke out in Cyprus on Saturday, burning forest land and leading to the death of four Egyptian workers. Limassol District Court issued an eight-day remand on Sunday for the 67-year-old farmer who was seen leaving his field moments before the blaze started and spread
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Cyprus missed another EU green deadline in failing to comply with a directive to ban single-use plastic products. According to an EU directive on Saturday, Cyprus should have become part of the EU single-use plastics free zone. Still, the island ignored the deadline, with Brussels preparing to launch another infringement process. Cyprus must ban plastic
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With the spread of coronavirus getting out of hand, the government and business community conflict with health experts, who want harsher measures re-introduced before the situation becomes a thunderstorm. The administration, under pressure from entrepreneurs, threats from moaning parents and unable to challenge the anti-vaxers, is contemplating introducing incentives to encourage more people to vaccinate,
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