Cyprus inflation declines to -1.6%

Inflation in Cyprus continued to drop in January with the Consumer Price Index decreasing to -1.6% on the year before as energy bills dropped. In January the CPI fell by 1.06 units

Over 7,000 applied for Cyprus asylum in 2020

During the pandemic, Cyprus received more than 7,000 applications from asylum seekers last year with Syrians making up a quarter of the total, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. He held a video

Britain urges progress at UN summit

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday pledged Britain would play a decisive role in ending decades-long division in Cyprus urging all parties to make progress at a United Nations summit. “We

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Archbishop denies bulldozing listed buildings

Archbishop Chrysostomos II has denied demolishing four listed buildings surrounding the site of a new cathedral under construction in Nicosia which caused a public outcry. According to letters sent to Nicosia Mayor,

COVID19: Cyprus cases refuse to slow down, 1 death

Cyprus announced one coronavirus death on Wednesday and a marginally higher 139 new cases of SARS-CoV-2, raising concerns whether the government’s plans to gradually relax lockdown measures had been premature. ‘Lockdown II’