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3421. All education levels revert to distance learning

Primary, middle, and high school won’t be returning to school classrooms on January 7, as the Education Ministry announced Tuesday that the school year will resume via distance learning....

3422. Ankara wants Lausanne Treaty change

Reiterating a call frequently made by Turkish leaders, Turkey’s Energy Minister Fatih Donmez raised the issue of renegotiating the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, which set out the modern borders between Greece and Turkey....

3423. House gatherings banned, leniency for NYE

The holiday period appears to have taken its toll on the local coronavirus pandemic as Cyprus announced a record high 751 new cases on Monday, with the Health Ministry following up on Tuesday with stricter restrictions just days before New Year’s Eve....

3424. Report says ministry was shuffling papers

An initial redacted report on golden passports made public in the Republic of Cyprus on Tuesday painted a picture of an Interior Ministry serving as a “filing office” without ability to examine cases in any meaningful way, with opposition crying foul over the committees’ selective method...

3425. Redacted report on golden passports published

A redacted version of the Kalogerou report on golden passports is expected to be made public on Tuesday afternoon, amid criticism of the government from opposition parties calling for transparency in probing corruption allegations...

3426. Cyprus hits record high 751 new coronavirus cases

The health ministry announced a record number of new coronavirus on Monday, when a whopping 751 new cases were detected, while one coronavirus fatality was also recorded....

3427. Healthcare system nearing its limits, Health Minister warns

The surge in coronavirus patients has begun to put intense pressure on the healthcare system, with the Health Ministry and State Health Services (Okypy) already working on a plan to restructure how hospitals will deal with the steady influx of coronavirus patients....

3428. First batch arrives in Cyprus

The first batch of vaccines reached Cyprus on Saturday, a day after Christmas, with a senior home and a referral hospital getting the first vaccinations on the island as early as Sunday...

3429. Health ministry announces three deaths, 477 new cases

The health ministry announced three coronavirus deaths and 477 new cases on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 104 and total cases detected to 18,883....

3430. Two arrested after Syrian refugees reach shore

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling after over a dozen presumptive refugees from Syria reached Cypriot shores late Tuesday night, while there was still concern over overcrowding concerns at a migrant camp outside the capital...

3431. Health ministry announces five deaths, 402 cases

The health ministry announced five coronavirus deaths and 402 new cases on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 101 and total cases detected to 18,406....

3432. Police to step up checks, patrols amid holiday period

With the health ministry sticking to the plan despite the holidays, the police will be stepping up patrols and checks, even in private homes in the event of a complaint....

3433. Cyprus remains an attractive investment destination

Cyprus remains an attractive investment destination, especially among established investors ...

3434. Parents cry foul over quarantine decision

Parents of Cypriot students in the UK protested against the government’s latest quarantine measures, saying their children were not given a heads up to decide whether to travel and isolate in a hotel or stay put over the holidays...

3435. Health ministry announces one death, 286 new cases

The health ministry announced one coronavirus fatality and 286 new cases on Monday, raising the death toll to 96 and total cases to 18,004....

3436. Cyprus puts travelers from UK up in hotels

Cyprus’ health ministry rushed to clarify instructions for airports on Monday amid fears of a coronavirus mutation, saying a 7-day mandatory self-isolation for all adult travelers from the United Kingdom will take place in hotels with the state footing the bill...

3437. Health ministry announces two deaths, 410 cases

The health ministry announced two coronavirus fatalities and 410 new cases on Friday, raising the death toll to 87 and total cases to 17,057....

3438. AG says release of 'golden passports' files would harm investigations

The findings of the investigative committee looking into the Cyprus’ disgraced Citizenship by Investment scheme will be made public to the degree that will not affect public interest, Attorney General Giorgos Savvides said Friday....

3439. Cyprus President to be among first to get Covid jab

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will be among the first citizens to receive the vaccine against Covid-19, Government Spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said Friday....

3440. Nicosia takes lead in number of new coronavirus cases

Over half of the new coronavirus cases detected during the first two weeks of December were Nicosia-based, the new national surveillance report published Friday showed, while December has already broken the record in the highest numbers of coronavirus fatalities in any given month....

3441. Heath ministry announces 457 new cases

3442. 5G bidding process wraps up, first licences in January 2021

The bidding process of the 5G frequencies auction wrapped up smoothly on Thursday, with the first licences expected to be distributed in January 2021, a press release by the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, said....

3443. Man with chainsaw has fallout with officials

A man in Paphos has been arrested following complaints that he threatened to harm staff at the town’s Turkish-Cypriot property management office last month...

3444. State budget battles rage on in Cyprus

Ruling party DYSI has been mounting a campaign over the last 24 hours to secure votes to pass the state budget, which is up in the air over golden passport probe wars, with added pressure also causing rifts even within smaller parties...

3445. Health ministry announces one death, 401 new cases

The health ministry announced one coronavirus fatality and 401 new cases on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 85 and total cases to 16,190....

3446. Signs of stabilization as Cyprus preps for inoculations

The coronavirus situation is showing signs of stabilization and a drop in the number of daily cases is expected, member of the government’s health advisory committee Dr Petros Karayiannis said Wednesday....

3447. Police focus on Larnaca in passport probe

Police in Larnaca carried out searches on Tuesday in connection with an ongoing criminal probe into golden passports, with reports saying investigators were focusing on at least five persons of interest but were not calling them suspects...

3448. Turkey’s defence industry to go it alone

US Senator Robert Menendez says he is not worried about retaliation from Turkey after Washington imposed sanctions on Ankara, with officials in Turkey warning further development of their domestic defence industry could speed up as a result...

3449. Cyprus asked to clarify passport probe impasse

The Cypriot government says it will comply with a request from an international organization of audit institutions, which asked to hear the administration’s view over the golden passports probe impasse after the state’s auditor sought support from the global network...

3450. Cyprus mourns two more deaths, detects 339 new cases

The health ministry announced two more coronavirus fatalities and 339 new cases on Tuesday, raising total deaths attributed to the virus to 84 and total cases recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic in March to 15, 789....