President Nicos Anastasiades has congratulated Israel for forming a government and looks forward to further developing the Cyprus-Israeli strategic partnership. The President tweeted: “My warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate PM/FM Yair Lapid for forming a government. “Looking forward to closely working together in furthering the rock-solid Cyprus-Israel strategic partnership to the
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Holborn’s second office in Cyprus will be the Dubai-headquartered international financial advisory group’s global administrative, compliance, marketing, IT, and client relations centre. Significantly, the establishment of offices in Limassol coincides with Holborn’s acquisition of a highly sought-after Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license. The global asset manager is now also fully MiFID-compliant, able to operate and
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Cyprus has decided to ban entry to people arriving from India in a bid to keep the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant of the coronavirus from entering the island, with those exempted having to self-isolate. A handful of the new variant cases, first detected in India, which has become the dominant variant in the UK,
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Cyprus reported one death attributed to COVID-19 on Monday and a drop in hospitalisations, but an increase in new infections from 33 to 57, as the vaccine rollout portal opened to all ages to speed up the inoculation programme. Health authorities reiterated that only through vaccinations will the coronavirus pandemic be effectively controlled, while from
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Cyprus unveiled one of the most modern Joint Rescue Coordination Centre’s (JRCC) in Europe when a new facility was inaugurated in Larnaca on Monday. Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos attended the ceremony to launch the new facility. Petrides said in recent years, Cyprus has attributed great importance to developing a reliable
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Health authorities reiterated that only through vaccinations will the coronavirus pandemic be effectively controlled, while from Friday onwards, the online portal will be accessible for everyone over 18. Cyprus’ much improved epidemiological data peaked at 940 daily cases in April and dropped to double digits within a month. There are fewer patients in coronavirus hospital
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Cyprus has dropped criminal prosecution against 15 police officers for allegedly botching investigations into the disappearance of seven women and children, later found murdered by serial killer Nikos Metaxas. On Monday, the office of Attorney General George Savvides said that after looking at the evidence, it could not “prove beyond reasonable doubt” that the officers
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Cypriots can now enter Denmark without being subject to quarantine rules upon arrival, as the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has placed Cyprus among its COVID-19 low-risk countries list. Croatia, Luxembourg, and Switzerland join Cyprus on the newly revised list, enabling citizens of these regions to travel to the Scandinavian country quarantine-free, even for non-essential
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Cyprus has the world’s highest proportion of blood donors, as one in ten Cypriots is a regular giver, said the Blood Bank on Monday to mark World Blood Donor Day. Paying tribute to the thousands of donors who make up for 9% of the population, the Blood Bank said Cyprus is one of 62 countries
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Romania, Poland join Malta as the only European Union states on Cyprus’ safer COVID-19 green category, while Spain and Croatia turn red after the Health Ministry revised its travel list. The changes will come into effect from June 17. Under the newly introduced colour-coded system, there is no mandatory quarantine for tourists entering Cyprus. The
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