#Estia

The procedures for the safe arrival and reception of civilians from a neighbouring country in a crisis were put to the test on Tuesday during an exercise at Limassol port. ...

A school facility in Larnaca intended to be used as temporary accommodation for foreign nationals fleeing from Lebanon has been hit by racist vandals, it was reported on Monday. Meanwhile, ...

International flights with destinations in the Middle East were diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday evening as Iran launched a series of missile strikes on the Israeli Mediterranean city of Tel ...

Over 100 British medical personnel have been deployed to the British bases in Cyprus as the UK prepares for possible evacuations from Lebanon, it was reported on Monday. Sources close to ...

Up to 100,000 people could be evacuated from Lebanon through Cyprus, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday, with the government preparing for “all possible scenarios”. “It will not be an ...

Cyprus is on standby to assist in the evacuation of Europeans and third-country nationals if conflict in the Middle East intensifies, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Thursday. Israel’...

Cyprus is yet to receive any requests from other countries to activate its ‘Estia’ plan to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon, as the country continues to teeter on the edge ...

In light of developments in the region, the foreign ministry on Sunday said that the Estia plan has been activated in case there was a need for evacuations but so ...

Public hospitals will be able to effectively handle increased needs for treatment linked to the conflict in the Middle East, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Thursday. In a meeting ...

Cyprus has received 26 requests from 26 countries for support in transporting foreign nationals currently in Gaza or Israel to their home countries via the island, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The US embassy in Israel has offered American citizens and their immediate relatives evacuation by sea from Haifa to Cyprus on Monday, a US embassy spokesperson said on Sunday. The ...

Applications for the new mortgage to rent scheme will be accepted starting October, the finance ministry said on Thursday, a day after the scheme was given the nod of approval ...

The cabinet approved on Wednesday a mortgage to rent (MtR) scheme, following approval from the European Commission last week, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The commission on July 6 approved a ...

The first flight that arrived from Sudan to Larnaca was welcomed on Tuesday evening by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constantinos Kombos. According to an announcement by the ministry, the minister ...

The Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday that 1,318 applications have been submitted, potentially qualifying for loans totalling €131.1 million under the Oikia housing scheme. This scheme was designed to help manage ...

The mortgage to rent scheme is moving forward as state-owned asset management agency Kedipes, the finance ministry, banks and the EU are finalising the details, reports said on Monday. The ‘...

The financial ombudsman has advised banks and credit-acquiring companies to refrain from foreclosing on mortgaged properties before the definitive conclusion of procedures within the Estia housing loan subsidy scheme, otherwise ...

The government anticipates that the European Commission will soon give it the green light to roll out the ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme. Speaking to the state broadcaster on Thursday, the ...

The government will formally seek approval from the European Commission later this year to transform the successor entity to the failed co-op bank into an asset management company. In parliament ...

The ministry of finance is at an advanced stage and is expected to begin consultations among stakeholders (banks and the Cyprus Asset Management Company Ltd) on how to support the 780 ...

A pro-debtors group on Tuesday blamed the government for the low uptake for the Estia debt relief scheme, saying the red tape involved disqualified many borrowers who now risk having ...

Only ten applications remain to be examined under the Estia programme to assist distressed mortgage holders, it was reported on Sunday. Total applications for Estia assistance numbered 6,393 concerning loans worth ...

A total of 700 borrowers with non-performing loans (NPLs) amounting to about €173 million were deemed non-viable for loan subsidisation under the Estia scheme, sources told the Cyprus News Agency on Friday. ...

The finance ministry has so far identified 700 unviable cases rejected by a state-backed mortgage relief scheme aimed at stricken borrowers and will be looking at ways to help them keep ...