The Health Ministry urged Cypriots to get a COVID-19 jab as most coronavirus infections and hospitalisations involve younger people who are not vaccinated. Health authorities are concerned as 24% of cases detected in June are aged 18 to 30. Another 21.1% belongs to the age group 30-39, meaning that four in ten cases involve the
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Cyprus airports operator Hermes has welcomed a collective campaign by leading aviation bodies, dubbed Destination Summer, for the safe reopening of European borders and the easing of travel restrictions across the continent, following successive waves of the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative aims to achieve consistent health measures that avoids unfair discrimination between vaccinated and non-vaccinated
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Cyprus is closer to the European Centre for Disease Control’s green category status for coronavirus risk assessment, as its epidemiological indices have progressively improved. The island’s 14-day accumulative notification rate has dropped to 92.1 per 100,000, compared to 130 two weeks ago. To be classified as green, Cyprus must push cases to below 75. Cyprus
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The United States and Cyprus have taken another important step in strengthening their international cooperation and partnership in military training and security. On Thursday, the US embassy in Nicosia welcomed the first eight officers from the National Guard, participating in Washington’s International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. Speaking during a ceremony at the embassy,
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Cyprus is losing ground to major economies, as it fell three places to 33 among 64 countries on the 2021 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking index. According to the University of Cyprus Economics Research Centre, an IMD World Competitiveness Centre partner, Cyprus’ ranking deteriorated in three out of the four categories that make up the overall
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By Charles Ellinas The UK-Norway interconnector, known as the ‘North Sea Link’, has just been completed and started testing. At 720 km and 1.4GW capacity – at a total cost of €2 bln – it is the world’s longest interconnector. As Nigel Williams, construction director of the North Sea Link, said, the interconnector would allow the
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Cyprus reported no deaths attributed to the coronavirus for the third day in a row on Thursday, as hospitalisations increased to 41 and new daily infections dropped to 65. The health ministry said in its daily Covid bulletin that the death toll since the pandemic started remained unchanged at 374, of which 14 were recorded
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Nicosia should continue fiscal support measures to mitigate COVID-19 economic scarring and focus on digitisation and transition to a green economy as recovery takes hold, the International Monetary Fund said. Following a consultation, the IMF said that after a 5.1% GDP recession in 2020, the Cypriot economy is estimated to grow by 3% and accelerate
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In an unprecedented show of rebellion, Emily Yiolitis has resigned as Justice Minister accusing President Nicos Anastasiades of “insulting behaviour” in trying to undermine her work as he pushes for a reshuffle. Yiolitis only appointed a year ago, said she decided to hand in her resignation amid continuing reports of a reshuffle in which she
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Cyprus is one of 23 countries that participated in the Europe-wide coordinated action days against human trafficking for labour exploitation, which took place between 31 May and 6 June. According to the police, one operation was conducted in Cyprus during, which an individual was arrested, and eight possible victims of human trafficking were identified. The
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