‘The crossings have to open’
Without the lifeline offered by tourists and Greek Cypriots traders in the centre of north Nicosia say they can hardly scrape by as they preside...
Covid 19
Hysteria, misinformation and lack of historical perspective
The current Covid-19 pandemic has unsurprisingly dominated the lives of millions, especially in the West, and the media have had a field day with their...
Perfect storm: Covid-19, 5G, the police and ‘fake news’
The police are investigating 22 people and clarified what constitutes a 5G related infraction after a telecommunication mast in Limassol was attacked last week. Speaking...
Oil and gas companies on the retreat
By Charles Ellinas The combined effect of the massive decline in global oil and gas demand due to Covid-19 depressing the global economy, and the...
How do coronavirus measures in Cyprus compare?
Schools are closed until March 20, gatherings of 75 people or more are banned and a flurry of other measures by the government have taken...
Our View: Cabinet decisions over Covid-19 only spreading alarm
The Council of ministers met for four hours on Tuesday to decide measures for protecting the population from the spread of the coronavirus after two...
‘We got the worst possible scenario’ health minister says after a doctor diagnosed positive (Update 3)
Authorities on Tuesday said the 152 samples taken from persons who had come in contact with the head of the Nicosia general hospital’s heart surgical...
Almost 50 Covid-19 tests, all negative, 400 people self-isolated
Cyprus has carried out 49 Covid-19 tests to date and placed five people in quarantine while 400 others have placed themselves in isolation, it was...
Turkish Cypriots ban visitors from high-risk countries to prevent spread of Covid-19
As part of measures against the spread of Covid-19, Turkish Cypriots will ban people from high-risk countries from entering the north, it emerged on Tuesday....
Man tests negative for Covid-19
An Asian man who may have come in contact with a confirmed coronavirus case while in Milan, Italy has tested negative, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou...
