Cyprus’ hospitality sector is experiencing rising worker shortages, with job vacancies at their highest in recent years, forcing establishments to reduce operations. A leading business lobby group has warned the government that
US Navy Seals joined the National Guard’s Special Operations Team in a military exercise at Limassol port on Friday, symbolising improved defence cooperation. Under the watchful eyes of Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides
The coronavirus pandemic has created a new category of chronically ill patients, as data collected shows that one out of three people who get COVID-19 develop ‘long COVID’ syndrome. In Cyprus, it
Outgoing UN head of mission on Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, said it was important for Cypriots to keep on believing a peace deal was possible and they should never give up trying. The
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told MPs that Cyprus had prevented illegal immigrants from arriving by boat while clamping down on sham marriages. Nouris, who briefed the House Interior Committee, said Cyprus ranks
Cyprus welcomed as historic the first disbursement of €156.8 mln in pre-financing in funds and loans provided under the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). President Nicos Anastasiades said receiving the
The banking sector faces multiple challenges ranging from the large percentage of non-performing loans (NPLs) to climate change; despite progress made, speakers told the Association of Cyprus Banks AGM. Finance Minister Constantinos
International credit rating agency DBRS Morning Star projects the Cypriot economy’s growth rate will be at 4.3% GDP this year and recede slightly to 4.1% in 2022. The projections are included in
On Wednesday, Cyprus’ Education Ministry removed an English language workbook from the school curriculum for “inappropriately” lauding Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The ministry’s decision to withdraw the book “until a solution
According to the Health Ministry, over 75% of the adult population in Cyprus are fully vaccinated as the government slowly but surely moves toward herd immunity against COVID-19 variants. Until 7 September,
