Walk in Covid-19 vaccination clinics will be in operation all across Cyprus as of Thursday, the health ministry has announced.

Rules on crossings between the government controlled areas and the Turkish occupied areas in Cyprus changed on Monday due to the deterioration of the epidemiological situation in Cyprus, the bicommunal Technical Committee on Health has announced, noting that it is justified to invoke the emergency mechanism and move to level 3 (dark red).

Worsening Covid-19 cases across Europe has led Cyprus to downgrade Greece and another three EU member states to higher-risk categories on its safe travel list.

The Cyprus government is already at work to find a solution for the country on the OECD minimum corporate tax proposal that has been agreed to by the G7 and G20 political forums.

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, domestic exports managed to hold their own last year while leading products such as pharmaceuticals and halloumi even registered an increase over 2019, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday.

Response to Limassol Municipality’s newly-launched pioneer 24-hour service to citizens is much higher than anticipated. That’s why a second crew has been assigned to it, Philenews reported on Monday.

The Energy ministry is developing new methods of monitoring fluctuations in prices of transport fuel so as to be in line with the rest of EU countries, according to Philenews.

The Jewel of the Seas sets sail from Limassol on Saturday marking the beginning of Royal Caribbean’s return to the Mediterranean, a bold move mid-pandemic after Cypriot authorities jumped on board to offer a helping hand to an industry desperately looking for a welcoming port.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that Cyprus’ recovery and resilience plan was well balanced and addressed key structural challenges it was faced with, as the EU adopted a positive assessment of the proposals in an important step for the disbursal of €1.2 billion in grants and loans.

The digital readiness of Cyprus consumers is quite well-developed, a new study shows.