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Cyprus eyes more tourists from Sweden, Finland

Tourism Minister Costas Koumis held contacts in Stockholm and Helsinki to increase flight capacity to Cyprus over the next year. Koumis met leading executives of travel firms and airlines that operate routes

15th September 2023

Cyprus/Life & Society

Sweden’s request for NATO membership

As the date of the NATO summit (July 11) in Vilnius approaches, the question of Sweden’s accession to the alliance is gaining currency because of Turkey’s opposition. On May 16, 2022, the

17th June 2023

Comment/Europe

COVID19: Lithuania, Sweden, Belgium, Serbia turn red

Cyprus safest green travel category is shrinking, with only 11 countries from which tourists can enter the island without restrictions, following the Delta variant taking a grip. According to the island’s latest

17th August 2021

Cyprus/Life & Society

Sweden issues hefty fine to SEB Bank for AML breach

By Sandra Nebritova Last week, the Swedish Financial Regulator issued yet another fine to SEB Bank – worth 1 billion Swedish Krona (€95.2 mln), one of the biggest fines in the regulator’s

4th July 2020

Companies/Guests/Markets

COVID19: Sweden peeved at exclusion from Cyprus guest list

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde is struggling to improve her country’s reputation abroad after Swedes were declared persona non-grata by fellow European Union member, Cyprus. Last week, the island said nationals from

27th May 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

Thief who snatched teen’s ashes jailed

A 33-year-old Cypriot man who stole a box containing a Swedish teenager’s ashes from his family’s rented car was jailed for 15 months by the Limassol district court. The thief who expressed

27th February 2020

Cyprus

Teen’s stolen ashes finally scattered after thief repents

Parents of a 19-year-old Swedish man were finally able to scatter their son’s stolen ashes in Cyprus on New Year’s Day after the repentant thief revealed where they were. Dennis Bednarz’ parents

2nd January 2020

Cyprus

Police retrieve ashes stolen from Swedish couple

Two Cypriots were remanded in police custody on Monday suspected of stealing a box containing the ashes of a Swedish teenager from a car in Limassol as his parents were looking for

30th December 2019

Cyprus