Cyprus reported two deaths and a drop in new coronavirus cases to 5,089 on Tuesday, down from Monday’s record 6,494, with hospitalisations also retreating somewhat to 182, as the national infection rate remaining above the 5% marker. The health ministry said in its Covid bulletin that the latest victims of the pandemic were a 76
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By Craig Erlam Stock markets across Europe were rallying on Tuesday, buoyed by positive noises coming from Turkey where Ukraine and Russia may be nearing a ceasefire agreement. While there are reportedly still plenty of gaps in the demands of the two teams, there appear to have been compromises found on some big issues including
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The Cyprus Psychiatric Association told its members to respect their patients’ gender identity and sexual orientation, keeping away from conversion therapies. The association’s intervention comes after Cyprus MPs heard LGTBQ+ rights activists, psychiatrists and government officials reveal evidence of ‘conversion therapies’ carried out by priests, doctors and psychologists. Conversion therapies remain legal in Cyprus, but
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Scientists advising the government on coronavirus are against rolling out a second booster shot for the general population, urging authorities to donate surplus vaccines to poorer countries. In comments to Phileleftheros daily, Dr Christos Petrou, a government advisor on vaccinations, said: “Instead of contemplating rolling out a second booster shot for the general population, Cyprus,
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The Cyprus University of Technology is launching the first of a series of post-graduate courses in Larnaca in September, with a Master’s MSc degree in Maritime and Finance. CUT Rector Panayiotis Zafeiris and the town’s mayor, Andreas Vyras, announced on Tuesday: “This is the next step in our existing cooperation”, and the aim is to
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Tuesday marked a historic day for Cypriot sports as the FIBA Europe Board of Directors entrusted Cyprus with hosting one of the four groups of EuroBasket 2025. Latvia will host the Final Phase of the European Basketball Championship and one of the groups in the Group Phase. Cyprus and Finland will each play host to
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With tensions rising in Europe, the National Guard participates in Greece’s multinational air exercise Iniochos launched this week, the Ministry of Defence confirmed. The annual medium-scale exercise (type INVITEX) is based at the Air Tactics Centre of Andravida Air Base, in the Northwest Peloponnese operating inside Athens FIR. This year the drills last until 7
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Greek Cypriot Armida Books published a debut novel by a Turkish Cypriot author in a move described as a collaborative demonstration of tolerance and reconciliation. Metin Murat’s ‘The Crescent Moon Fox’ is a historical novel set in Cyprus from the 1930s to the early 2000s. It is a compassionate, heartbreaking, brutal and occasionally humorous novel
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A fourth COVID-19 jab for the elderly and a first booster shot for children aged 12 to 17 will be available from Wednesday. In the first stage, health authorities call on the elderly over 80, making their way down the 70 plus in the coming days. Teenagers can also come forward for a third jab
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Cyprus health authorities will be looking at hospital admissions before easing any more COVID measures, say experts. Despite a recent surge of COVID-19 infections pushing daily cases to a record high of 6,494 on Monday, authorities are contemplating relaxing measures as the number of patients in ICUs remain stable. In comments to news site Stockwatch,
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