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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President Nicos Anastasiades says he expects to be informed of a clear pathway to resuming Cyprus talks when UN envoy Jane Holl Lute revisits later this month after the deadlock in Geneva. Anastasiades said he is waiting to hear what the UN are willing to do to find common ground when the Turkish side insists
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Cyprus reported no deaths attributed to COVID-19 on Sunday, with patient hospitalisations and new daily infections also reduced to 32 and 33, respectively. The health ministry said in its daily Covid report that the death toll since the pandemic started remained at 373, of which 13 were in June. At present, 32 patients are admitted
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Next week, the President will meet party leaders on a one-to-one basis as he tries to reinvent a government stained by the golden passports corruption fiasco. With billions of EU funds swishing around, the government needs the Opposition to support its reform agenda in parliament. You know, the one that will digitally transform us into
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People who don’t get COVID-19 vaccinated are not just expressing a political view or voicing health concerns over potential side effects; they are a “potential drag on the economy”. As the vaccination rollout slows down, every month that Cyprus delays reaching herd immunity costs an additional €400 to the average household. It also cost businesses
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TUI will welcome its first tourists from Germany when the refurbished Robinson club resort in Alaminos, Larnaca, formerly the Aldiana, opens its doors this weekend. The hotel welcomes its first guests from Germany on Sunday with the maiden flight this summer season by TUIfly. Airline division TUIfly enhances its traffic to Cyprus by introducing direct
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The burden on Annita Demetriou’s shoulders is heavy. She is the first female and, at 35, the youngest member of the House to be elected as Speaker, and more so from the ruling DISY party. With just five years into her political career, she has shown to be a soft-spoken, mild-mannered and moderate MP, mildly
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Cyprus reported another death attributed to COVID-19 on Saturday, with hospital admissions in decline and a slight decrease in new daily cases to 42 from 60. The Health Ministry said that a 68-year-old man died at Nicosia General hospital, raising the death toll for June to 13, and the toll to date is 373. Ten
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Increased building costs, limited availability of suitable housing within town centres, the burden of VAT, the lack of title deeds has turned housing demand towards older properties, which require repair. In this sense, units that have attracted very little interest and value before the new state of affairs, now with the potential of improving older
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