Cyprus Chief of Police has intervened to stop a British woman from being prosecuted after chiding a village community leader ‘useless’ in a Facebook comment. Chief of Police Stelios Papatheodorou told the Financial Mirror he personally intervened to get the case dropped immediately. “The force sent a memo to the Attorney General, recommending the case
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Cyprus socialist party leader Vassos Lyssarides and self-appointed champion of human rights in the Middle East, died on Monday, two weeks shy of his 101st birthday. The centenarian politician was a veteran MP, a close associate of Archbishop Makarios and House President from 1985 to 1991. He established the socialist party EDEK in 1969, which
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Cyprus has reduced the time between AstraZeneca shots from 12 weeks to eight in a bid to speed up efforts to reach herd immunity, the Health Ministry announced Tuesday. “After reviewing and evaluating the data from international vaccine studies and the recommendation in the AstraZeneca Vaccine Package Leaflet, it was decided to reduce the period
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Cyprus religious leaders said they are praying the UN-hosted Geneva summit will end the stalemate and open the door to the resumption of peace talks. In a statement from the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP), religious leaders said the two Cypriot leaders are “meeting at a holy time for Christians and Muslims;
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Due to their vaccination drive, Israel, and the UK, contributing over 40% of the island’s tourist arrivals, have been upgraded in Cyprus’ revised COVID-19 safe travel list. Cyprus tweaked its COVID-19 safe travel list, upgrading Israel to the green category from orange and the UK to orange from red. Revising its safe travel list, Cyprus
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Cyprus continued to see a drop in new coronavirus cases on Monday, dropping to 611 from 773 the day before and a record 941 a week earlier, as the country went into its third lockdown for a fortnight in an effort to contain the spread of the virus. The health ministry said that three people
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Cyprus entered a two-week lockdown with critics blasting the government for its decision to request proof of vaccination from churchgoers while introducing COVID checks for people movement from 10 May. People have taken to the streets in a show of discontent, while predominant lawyers have spoken out over whether new measures and post-lockdown requirements are
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Cyprus’ vaccination rollout continues climbing down the age ladder this week, with thousands of appointments made available to those aged 39-42 from Tuesday, the Health Ministry said. Specifically, 42-year-olds will be allowed to book their vaccine appointment on Tuesday through the online portal, which will go live from 7:30 am until 8 pm. According to
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The Armenians of Cyprus joined worldwide diaspora communities in praising US President Joe Biden for his declaration in recognising the massacres of 1.5 mln Armenians in 1915 as an act of Genocide. Vartkes Mahdessian, Armenian Representative in the Cypriot parliament, sent a warm letter of gratitude on behalf of the community to US Ambassador Judith
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Britain’s opposition Labour Party has set out three tests for the UK Government ahead of the Geneva summit on Tuesday, such as insisting Turkish occupation troops withdraw, and a two-state solution is repelled. According to the Opposition, London must ensure a lasting and just settlement for the island of Cyprus when Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
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