Cyprus Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos, an unconventional politician known for his bikes-to-buses actions, donned his diving gear on Saturday and plunged several meters at the site of the sunken harbour of ancient
As post-lockdown Cyprus welcomes back tourists, efforts to attract holidaymakers may have hit a brick wall as the UK may not remove the island from quarantine regulations any time soon. Cyprus allows
By Tassos Anastasiades The 2018 PISA survey evaluating national school systems (Programme for International Student Assessment) has added evidence that transformational change is needed in education in Cyprus. The results show that
A daily curfew will be pushed back to midnight from Monday, while the safe pass will no longer be required for any outdoor activities, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced. After Friday’s cabinet
The two-week Easter lockdown, combined with an aggressive vaccination rollout, contained the COVID-19 third wave, said the Health Ministry on Friday. All COVID indicators have improved in The Health Ministry’s weekly analysis
The long-term trend in the European Union shows marriage is in decline, although Cyprus, as the island of love, is the one country bucking that trend while divorces are rising. Since 1964,
Cypriots are the most suspicious in Europe over COVID-19 vaccines, while one in four said they would not get vaccinated, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The vast majority of Cypriots (
The US has donated two mobile digital X-ray machines to Cyprus for helping to treat COVID-19 patients at Nicosia and Larnaca General Hospitals. One of the machines was handed over on Thursday
After surpassing 400,000 vaccinations, Cyprus will tweak its online COVD-19 vaccine portal, allowing people to book regardless of age, but only for AstraZeneca, while GPs can also vaccinate the over 20s with
Paphos introduces a ‘smart parking’ system for 3,300 spaces around town, making it the island’s first town to practically implement its ‘smart city’ concept. The new system, costing €916,300, will be ready
