Cyprus reported 119 new coronavirus cases on Friday, with the figure remaining steadily below 200 throughout the week, as the country prepares to relax lockdown measures from midnight on Sunday. With the
The Cyprus vaccination programme is back on track after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave its go-ahead to the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca on Friday for people over the age of 18.
Lockdown measures produced the desired results with the COVID-19 test positivity rate dropping while the 14-day cumulative notification rate has halved from a fortnight ago. According to the latest Health Ministry Epidemiological
The government announced Friday a series of actions and measures designed to fight corruption based on the rule of law, transparency, and accountability to win back the public’s trust. President Nicos Anastasiades
European prosecutors accuse Cyprus of inadequately monitoring how EU funds are spent, claiming one in 10 fraud cases against the European Union budget has a Cypriot connection, an accusation Nicosia denies. Cyprus
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will pay a short visit to Cyprus to hold meetings on February 4 to plan the way forward ahead of a UN conference on reviving the peace
The UN Security Council mandate for Cyprus is to secure a bizonal, bicommunal solution but the parties can present new ideas at a conference in March, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “It
President Nicos Anastasiades said his government would announce Friday major anti-graft reforms after it scrapped its controversial passport-for-investment scheme last year. Cyprus dropped the “golden passport” scheme in November after Al Jazeera
Four people died of coronavirus in Cyprus on Thursday, with January just two short of becoming the deadliest month since the pandemic started. At the same time, the rate of new COVID-19
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides expects to see the Cyprus economy bounce back from the pandemic with 4.5% GDP growth in 2021 following a 5.5% contraction during last year’s health crisis. Addressing Invest
