The cabinet on Wednesday approved experts’ recommendation to roll out a second booster shot for COVID-19 using the updated ‘bivalent’ vaccines. The government said the decision was made after the vaccination committee
Consequences of geopolitical events to the economy and banking sector have been contained, but the second-round effects are unknown, said Cyprus Central Bank governor Constantinos Herodotou. He argued that uncertainty in an
The government hopes to strike a happy balance between labour union demands to scrap the 12% penalty clause imposed on people who retire early at 63 and the state’s budget. In comments
Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, said it actively prevented the contract killing of Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus. The cases involved a ‘would-be’ Azeri hitman, who allegedly arrived in Cyprus to assassinate a
Authorities said Tuesday they had traced the bad smell that has troubled Nicosia residents for two weeks to within the United Nations controlled buffer zone. The Environment Department said farms belonging to
Former KGB officer Murat Zyazikov, once President of the Russian Republic of Ingushetia, has been appointed Russia’s ambassador to Cyprus, according to a decree by the Kremlin. He succeeds Stanislav Osadchiy, who
Six Cypriot MEPs are urging EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to intervene in releasing Andreas Soudjis, a Greek Cypriot detained in the Turkish-occupied north. DISY MEP, Loucas Fourlas, said the six
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is preparing to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on September 19 in London. The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) has learned that arrangements are already being made for Anastasiades
Minister of Research and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos announced that in 24 months, the upgraded computerisation of public hospitals would be completed with an integrated health information system. Kokkinos said that this
Cyprus is nowhere near reaching gender equality in politics, as the gap has widened, with the island ranked 21 among the European Union 27. According to a note sent to Parliament by
