MIGRATION Commissioner points to Cyprus’ own history of displacement while urging stronger support and integration policies for refugees and asylum seekers. Photo credit: Unsplash Refugee protection is a matter of human rights, commissioner says Newsroom Human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides has renewed her office’s commitment to protecting the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in a message marking World Refugee Day. READ MORE
Cyprus darts past 100 mark for confirmed coronavirus cases Eight more tested positive for the virus in the Republic of Cyprus, bringing the islandwide total to 108 Newsroom // | NEWS
Health Minister: better safe than sorry “I prefer to take painful decisions, even if they prove excessive in the end, rather than to remain unprotected” Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
National Guard to oversee returnees quarantined in hotels The army will be tasked with ensuring that the roughly 1,300 repatriated Cypriots stay in line with quarantine instructions ... Newsroom // | NEWS
Second Paphos private hospital to limit operations after Covid-19 confirmation A doctor at the Evangelismos hospital tested positive for the virus, as had happened with a doctor at the Iasis hospital ... Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
Seats available on Easyjet rescue flights to UK Rescue flights to London, Bristol, and Manchester will be departing from Larnaca and Paphos airports on Friday and Saturday ... Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
Coronavirus hits Cyprus police force A member of police working at the Nicosia headquarters tested positive for the virus Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
Cyprus follows through with charter flights Government makes exception to rule to bring stranded Cypriots back home Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
All medical professionals under one roof Republic of Cyprus enlists all registered doctors and nurses in the fight against pandemic Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
Man shot by police dies in hospital Police say they used their firearms on Iranian suspect after failing to calm him down Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
Elderly man killed while crossing the street Pedestrian, aged 89, dies in Limassol after being hit by a car Friday morning Newsroom 20/03/2020 | NEWS
