Cyprus on Friday filed its first criminal prosecution in its controversial passport-for-investment scheme abolished last year over corruption allegations, the state legal service said. “The first criminal case concerning the naturalisation of foreign investors and business people was registered at Larnaca District Court,” said a statement from the state prosecution service. It said the legal
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Fourteen years after dismantling the national traffic camera network due to technical and legal hiccups, Cyprus will be installing the first speed cameras by the end of the year. US-based Conduent State and Local Solutions Inc. that signed a €34 mln deal on in December 2020 for speed cameras, has submitted its final plan to
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A daily curfew will be pushed back to midnight from Monday, while the safe pass will no longer be required for any outdoor activities, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced. After Friday’s cabinet meeting, Ioannou announced an additional easing of COVID-19 restrictions added to those originally scheduled from Monday, following the lifting of a two-week lockdown.
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The two-week Easter lockdown, combined with an aggressive vaccination rollout, contained the COVID-19 third wave, said the Health Ministry on Friday. All COVID indicators have improved in The Health Ministry’s weekly analysis of the 14-day data until May 11. Cyprus’ average test positivity rate has dropped from 1.2% to just 0.2% compared to the last
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Shopping malls are sounding the alarm as they see stores and businesses unable to cope following three lockdowns and ongoing restrictions such as the safe pass. Senior management at shopping centres warned that many businesses are on the verge of going under while they feel the authorities are singling them out with the demand for
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Limassol’s integrated resort casino City of Dreams, once completed next year, will mark a defining moment for Cyprus tourism, creating an all-season quality destination, said Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios after touring the site. Set to open in the summer of 2022, the €550 mln City of Dreams Mediterranean will become Cyprus’ first IR and Europe’s
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The long-term trend in the European Union shows marriage is in decline, although Cyprus, as the island of love, is the one country bucking that trend while divorces are rising. Since 1964, the marriage rate in the EU has declined from 8.0 per 1,000 persons in 1964 to 4.3 in 2019, while the number of
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Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Thursday, a drop in hospitalisations and 213 new infections, as well as an increase in the daily tests, driven by the regulations for public meetings, as well as concerns of a major virus spread among football fans. Nicosia club Omonia won the championship on Monday, hours after Lockdown III
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The government has launched a campaign to eradicate corruption in public office, with Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis pledging to carry out the action plan demanded by President Nicos Anastasiades earlier this year. The campaign includes a series of measures designed to fight corruption based on transparency and accountability to win back the public’s trust. Yiolitis
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Cypriots are the most suspicious in Europe over COVID-19 vaccines, while one in four said they would not get vaccinated, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The vast majority of Cypriots ( eight out of 10) feel that COVID jabs were developed and approved under pressure, and not enough time is given for their safety
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