Soaring building costs shackle recovery

Cyprus real estate and construction sectors are stressed from skyrocketing prices of building materials, making it harder to recover from the pandemic and scrapping of the ‘golden passports’ scheme. According to the

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COVID19: Pandemic far from over

Government lead scientist Constantinos Tsioutis warns against growing complacency the pandemic is over, following data suggesting Omicron has boosted immunity levels while causing less severe disease. Taking to Twitter, the head of

It’s time to fix Cyprus

In the next few days, it is quite likely that we shall come to see the stepping down of the UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, for holding parties at Number 10 during

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Cyprus struggling with migrant flows

Cyprus struggles to cope with high numbers of asylum seekers, as in the first 18 days of January, over 700 migrants have filed applications for international protection. According to data cited by

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COVID19: Cyprus built strong immunity wall

Scientists feel Cyprus has finally built a strong immunity wall against the coronavirus due to a high vaccination rate against Omicron spreading among the population. In comments to Phileleftheros daily, epidemiologist Dr

COVID19: More self-test kits for fully jabbed

Health authorities will be handing out the second batch of COVID-19 self-testing kits to fully jabbed people on the island. Confident the first batch of self-testing kits distributed in December helped to