Authorities in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus have put Nicosia and Kyrenia on lockdown while re-instating a 10 pm curfew as January becomes the worst COVID month on record. January is the worst month of the pandemic for Turkish Cypriots with cases reaching a record 497 cases and 7 deaths. As a result, authorities
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Paphos will get 39 street names for newly built or roads under construction, as it expands with new neighbourhoods and a long-overdue general face-lift that includes new pavements, fresh asphalting and repairs of old buildings. The town’s municipality issued a list of names to be given to new streets, a process that began in December
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Larnaca feels ignored by authorities in the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus, claiming favouritism toward Limassol port as the departure point. The Deputy Ministry of Shipping, tasked with reinstating the ferry link after 21 years, denied it favours the Limassol over the soon to be upgraded Larnaca port. However, Larnaca businesses,
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Cyprus’ Health Ministry announced that on Wednesday 9 am the COVID-19 vaccination portal will be available for people aged over 88 to book their vaccination appointment while vaccine supplies trickle in. The decision to move down the age ladder came after demand at the Vaccination Portal to book appointments for the over 90s was reduced
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Virus experts have told the government that lifting lockdown restrictions too quickly will only lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases which may need a third lockdown to control. Lockdown II will be gradually eased with shopping malls and hospitality might have to wait until March to re-open. Head of the COVID-19 Scientific Committee Dr
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The Health Ministry is positive on adopting the use of colchicine as a treatment for COVID-19 patients in Cyprus, according to lead government advisor Dr Constantinos Tsioutis. The results of a large Canadian study on colchicine in patients with COVID-19 showed a significant benefit with a 44% reduction in mortality, 25% drop in hospitalization and
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Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has filed an application to the Nicosia District Court for the liquidation of former Laiki Bank, eight years after it was sacrificed in the 2013 bailout to save the economy. CBC Governor Constantinos Herodotou told the House Finance Committee on Monday that the Central Bank submitted the request to the
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Cyprus reported two deaths, 164 patients admitted for coronavirus treatment and 126 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Monday, a number that may spike after hundreds defied lockdown restrictions and headed to the snow-capped mountains over the weekend. As Cyprus enters the final week of lockdown II to contain COVID-19, authorities are drafting a roadmap for
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Plans to gradually unlock its economy from a three-week lockdown are not affected by a new potent UK strain of coronavirus finding its way to Cyprus as measures were stepped up at entry points. The new potent variant found in the UK is expected to push COVID-19 cases up over the next one to three
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Two non-governmental organisations active in the Cyprus maritime sector have agreed to cooperate for the ‘blue economy’, in innovation, education, training, engaging with society, ocean literacy and marine cultural heritage. The Cyprus Foundation of the Sea (Cy-FOS) and the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) entered into a cooperation on Monday with the documents signed
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