Cyprus tourism is in for another nasty shock after people in the UK were warned that foreign holidays this summer are ‘extremely unlikely’ as concern builds over COVID-19 third waves. In an
With many parts of Europe going back into lockdown while Cyprus struggles to throw the shackles off a second national emergency, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine debate rumbles on. It is hard to dismiss
The long history of negotiations on the Cyprus question has been unforgiving to its actors, hence the infamous characterisation of it as the “graveyard of diplomats”, littered with tombstones. It need not
Cyprus resumed vaccinations of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday after the European Medicines Authority (EMA) ruled it was safe and effective, the Health Ministry said. Authorities had suspended administering the jab
Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, urges Cypriot authorities to investigate allegations of pushbacks and ill-treatment of migrants from Lebanon last September. In a letter to Interior Minister
Cyprus has the highest percentage of asylum seekers in the EU per population and struggles to manage the numbers of migrants it blames Turkey for sending. Cypriot government Spokesperson Kyriacos Koushos said
After six years of political limbo, Cyprus’ traditional cheese halloumi is on the home straight of an arduous race to be registered as an EU product of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO),
Cyprus’ decision to suspend COVID-19 inoculations using the AstraZeneca vaccine has disrupted 7,500 appointments for first and second jabs, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday. This will be a major setback
Nicosia has decided to purchase the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine once the EU authorities approve it, said government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos. Koushos told the Cyprus News Agency that the government would
By Margrethe Vestager and Josep Borrell This week, the European Commission presented its vision for a European “digital decade.” With policy targets for 2030 focusing on the four cardinal issues of skills,