Cyprus has become the latest country where the highly infectious Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant, has been detected. The Health Ministry said Friday it had identified three cases of the Omicron variant in Limassol. “All incidents have a travel history and were located in the district of Limassol. None of the three cases requires hospitalisation,”
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President Nicos Anastasiades said the Greek Cypriot side is ready to resume Cyprus negotiations during his first meeting on Friday with Colin Stewart, the new UN envoy and head of the peacekeeping mission (UNFICYP). Stewart said he would do his best to help the process on the Cyprus issue, noting that it is too early to
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Some 15 police officers face disciplinary sanctions for allegedly botching investigations into the disappearance of seven foreign women and children, later found murdered by serial killer Nicos Metaxas. They escaped criminal prosecution six months ago when Attorney General George Savvides ruled that it could not be “proven beyond reasonable doubt” the officers deliberately neglected their
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The latest COVID-19 map issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows Europe mostly high-risk dark red, with Cyprus remaining in that zone for a second week running. A rise in cases in Cyprus has kept the island in the dark red zone on the COVID-19 epidemiological risk map compiled by the ECDC
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Next year, Cyprus will proceed with tax reforms, including increasing corporate income tax and introducing green taxation to achieve its environmental targets, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said. Speaking before the Parliament’s plenary ahead of the 2022 budget debate on Thursday, Petrides said the tax reforms would be “fairer, fiscally neutral” and finalised in 2022. “It
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Pancreatic cancer is the 15th most common cancer worldwide, but it has a very high fatality rate, with an estimated 5-year survival rate of only 5-10% after diagnosis. In Europe, pancreatic cancer causes over 95,000 deaths every year, and the life expectancy from the time of diagnosis is less than five months. The incidence rates
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Wrongfully convicted Raphael Rowe, the presenter in the NETFLIX series ‘Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons’, is in Cyprus to be locked up for a week in Nicosia Central Prisons without a trial. A NETFLIX series concentrating on the life of inmates, “Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons”, has made its way to Cyprus. The series’ presenter,
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Cyprus reported two coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as well as an increase in daily cases to 635 and hospitalisations to 139, with fears that the almost certain arrival of the Omicron variant will implode daily figures to over 1,000. In comments to the Cyprus News Agency, epidemiologist Dr Michalis Voniatis said that while cases seem
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and President Nicos Anastasiades underlined the excellent relations between the two countries and their support for sovereignty and territorial integrity. In a joint communique issued at the end of their meeting in Madrid, they also stressed the importance of the sovereign rights of each state in its maritime zones, including
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A dozen EU states back an initiative by Cyprus requesting the Commission’s temporary support measures for air transport be extended beyond mid-2022 and put on a three-year time horizon. This is according to a proposal tabled by Cypriot Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos in Brussels on Thursday, which is supported by another 11 member states. “Passenger
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