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EY announces the launch of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ in Cyprus

EY Cyprus is pleased to announce the launch of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ program for the first time in Cyprus. With this launch, the ultimate global competition for entrepreneurs officially opens today for nominations. ...

Deaths are high, cases and hospitalizations are declining

As in August, we await an equally difficult September in terms of the number of COVD-19 patients who fell ill and ended up in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). ...

Pfizer Covid Shot Safely Bolsters Antibodies in Younger Kids

Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced strong antibody responses in children ages 5 to 11 in a large-scale trial,...

Cyprus sees Far East wide open for tourism

Cypriot deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios wants Gulf Air to keep the island in mind when expanding to Europe and America, hoping more connections would encourage Saudi visitors “from good stock” to pop up next door to Bahrain for a visitor visa to Cyprus...

President Anastasiades discloses his assets

The assets of the President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, along with other government officials were made public today on the website of the House of Representatives....

Vaccinations against Influenza 'A' begin for the elderly

Incensed anti-vaxxers

The recent anti-vaccination rallies in Athens and Thessaloniki were not the first of their kind, but they were the largest:...

Athens protests Turkey's fishing in Greek territorial waters

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has instructed the Greek Embassy in Ankara to issue a protest demarche over illegal fishing by Turkish fishing boats inside Greece’s territorial waters, the ministry said Monday....

Greek PM: Cost of ignoring climate crisis unimaginable

Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable,...

Avgorou man dies after car hits tree

A local driver was killed in Famagusta district on Monday morning after the car he was driving veered off course and crashed into a tree...

Europe late in growing up

As the Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia demonstrated, the international geopolitical landscape is changing in rapid and unforeseeable ways....

Russia: 8 people killed in university shooting

Russian media are reporting that a gunman open fired at Perm University in Siberia killing at least 8 and injuring 6....

Police hunt for supplier in cigarette racket

Cyprus police are making headway in the fight against the sale of illegal tobacco, with officials hoping a man's dramatic arrest over the weekend could help catch bigger fish and rein in the sale of untaxed cigarettes...

Cyprus’ spy van case too close to the bone

A police investigation in Cyprus has concluded there was no proof of illegal phone tapping in the spy van case, but prosecutors are still going after the main suspects on lesser charges despite reports of alleged contacts in the past with local officials...

153 new cases - 89 patients being treated

The Ministry of Health announces that today, September 17, 2021...

Britain: End of an Era - Which University ousted Cambridge and Oxford

For the first time in history, neither Cambridge nor Oxford are at the top of British universities: At the top of the rankings is now the University of St Andrews in Scotland....

EUMED9 summit poised to tackle migration and climate crisis

Nine European countries on the Mediterranean are holding a summit in Athens Friday afternoon to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and Afghanistan....

Tourist arrivals up by 208% compared to last year

Tourist arrivals increased by 208.7% in August 2021, compared to last August, when strict restrictive measures against Covid - 19 were implemented, but decreased by 41.9% compared to pre-pandemic levels. , of August 2019. ...

Philip's will: A 90 year secret

The will of Philip , Queen Elizabeth's deceased husband, will be sealed and will remain so for at least 90 years, a London court has ruled....

Foreign Press: How Erdogan uses Cyprus to send migrants to the EU

On the occasion of the visit of the Austrian Minister of European Affairs Caroline Edstadler to Nicosia, the Austrian newspaper Kurier focuses on the possible new increase of migration flows in Cyprus after the developments in Afghanistan and the role of Turkey. ...

10% reduction in electricity costs

The Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry, Ms. Natasa Pileidou, today announced a series of measures designed to ease the skyrocketing costs of electricity in households and business....

UFI code required for all chemical based products

According to GIS, as of January 2021, companies introducing new products into EU countries that contain harmful chemicals must have a UFI code....

Loizidou case still open as others settle

The conclusion of a meeting by the Committee of Ministers keeps the Loizidou case open for oversight, while other cases are closed due to amicable settlement between Greek Cypriot private citizens and Turkey...

Unvaccinated kids will get COVID 'sooner or later'

All children will eventually be infected with Covid-19 if they do not get vaccinated against the virus, said Nikos Sypsas...

Coronavirus deaths increased by 102% in one month in Cyprus

According to the national report published by the Ministry of Health, August was Cyprus' worst month in terms of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. ...

Japan issues warning after volcano eruption

Dutch foreign minister resigns

Dutch Foreign Minister Zigrid Kaag submitted her resignation from the government on Thursday,...

Greece’s significant air power projection

Greece’s military procurement program – a thorn in Turkey’s side, described by its defense minister, Hulusi Akar, as “provocative” – is back at the fore, after the recent briefing in Parliament about the navy’s acquisition of 44 torpedoes for its Type 214 submarines....

One death, 124 new cases

The Ministry of Health announces that today, September 16, 2021 there was 1 death and 124 new cases...

Antetokounmpo visits Cyprus ahead of NBA season

MVP Milwaukee Buck Giannis Antetokounmpo has been spotted in Limassol this week, prompting fans in Cyprus to flock to his hotel for a glimpse of the Greek Freak just one month before the NBA season kicks off...