Cyprus will move up several gears to digitalise its economy, with a €283 million EU-backed recovery fund, while teaming up with Estonia, considered the champion of e-government.

Two new routes complete the range of destinations available from Brussels South Charleroi Airport for the 2021-2022 winter season. Ryanair is launching new flights to Essaouira (Morocco) and Paphos (Cyprus), according to a press release from the budget airline on Tuesday.

The  CDC in Atlanta has issued new travel advisories lowering the threat of COVID-19 in many destinations including Cyprus, prompting the State Department to change its advisory for the island from “do not travel” to “reconsider travel.”

Hellenic bank saw earnings of €89.3 million in the first quarter of 2021, and profit of €12.9 million after tax.

Total new bank loans in April declined compared with the previous month, mainly due to the reduction in demand for new corporate loans while new consumer credit increased.

Plans are already underway to create a distinctive Japanese cherry blossom park in the Nicosia mountain village of Campos, where cherries are grown.

May 2021 was the month recording a higher passenger traffic in both of the island’s international airports than all of the year’s four previous months put together.

The Republic of Cyprus began on Tuesday issuing a temporary Covid-19 vaccination certificate to citizens who wish to travel abroad in June, with the document valid until the new European Digital Covid Certificate is scheduled to be introduced on July 1.

Germany and four other countries were moved from the Red to the Orange category on Monday as the health ministry updated its country categorisation travel list.

The child mortality rate in Cyprus was the sixth lowest in the EU in 2019 and below the average for the bloc, according to figures published by Eurostat.