Social distancing measures introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to work from home, but Cyprus is well below the EU average of homeworkers. In 2020, 12.3% of
The long-term trend in the European Union shows marriage is in decline, although Cyprus, as the island of love, is the one country bucking that trend while divorces are rising. Since 1964,
Cyprus’ National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the blueprint to absorb over €1 bln from the EU’s Next Generation fund, will be submitted to the Cabinet next week for approval. Finance Minister Constantinos
Cyprus Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides highlighted the need for a faster, more united and effective crisis response during the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels presided by policy chief Josep Borrell. “Today
Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides believes the country’s EU partners will deliver a “clear and unambiguous” message to Turkey at the European Council in June that partition is unacceptable. Christodoulides was in
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will host next week’s informal Cyprus meeting in Geneva, his first such event since the pandemic began a year ago. On 27 April, the Secretary-General will have bilateral
Cyprus tweaked its COVID-19 safe travel list, demoting two countries and upgrading another three, with the green category still hosting just six countries, with no EU entry. Cyprus has demoted Denmark to
The European Commission officially declared the island’s traditional cheese as a protected designation of origin (PDO), meaning halloumi can only be produced in Cyprus under strict product specification. But implementation of the
Thirteen EU countries, including Cyprus and Greece, are turning up the heat on the European Commission to ratify the introduction of Green passports for vaccinated tourists to reboot travel within the bloc.
Cyprus has the thankless task of trying to persuade Europe that Turkey is a regional bullyboy which cannot be trusted no matter how important the country strategically. Nicosia often sounds like the
