A financial support package for businesses to cope with the impact from coronavirus disease is being prepared by the government, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said. He also stressed that an extraordinary budget
Turkish Cypriot authorities are closing two crossing points across the island’s divide at Strovilia and Limnitis until March 22 in measures to contain the spread of coronavirus in the north. This leaves
Cyprus Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has not ruled out more drastic government measures to be announced in following the WHO’s decision to declare coronavirus a pandemic. President Nicos Anastasiades convened a ministerial
Cyprus’ ambulance service helpline is crashing under the weight of thousands of calls a day from citizens asking trivial questions about coronavirus rather than reporting symptoms. The ambulance service has issued an
Cyprus tour operators say they are facing the worst crisis in their history and on the brink of collapse after waves of holiday cancellations due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Association of
The Cyprus Education Ministry said Wednesday it was closing all public and private schools and universities as a precaution in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak. A statement said the action
Cyprus social and cultural habits are under the microscope after a government decree has banned going out to crowded restaurants, bars, and the cinema while church services also fall under the restriction
Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that four more people have been found positive for Covid-19 including two people arriving from the UK, taking the number of cases in the Republic to
The Cyprus trade deficit widened to €5.09 bln in 2019, from €4.89 bln in the year before, due to a significant drop of €1.2 bln in exports, according to official statistics. However,
Following Cyprus’ first two coronavirus cases, consumers have taken to stockpiling personal hygiene and non-perishable food items, as supermarkets handle twice the traffic they would normally see. Although nowhere near the levels
