First time traveling abroad as a student: Here’s what to expect
No matter which country you are visiting, you are going to be stoked about exploring a new place and immersing yourself in the culture. However,...
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Coronavirus: UK eases travel rules for 47 countries including Cyprus
Britain will scrap tough COVID-19 quarantine requirements for 47 destinations including South Africa on Monday and make it easier for people to arrive from countries...
Coronavirus: Countries downgraded amid worsening epidemiological conditions
The health ministry on Monday issued new country guidelines for travel, downgrading Sweden and Belgium from Orange to Red, among others, and Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia,...
Coronavirus: Cypriots opting for staycations
The number of Cypriots travelling abroad this year is low, according to the Association of Travel Agents President Vassilis Stamataris. Speaking to the Cyprus News...
Coronavirus: US issues ‘Do Not Travel’ advisories for Cyprus, Spain, Portugal over Covid-19 cases
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department both warned against travel to Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan because of a rising number...
Approved vaccine inconsistency could delay the restart of international travel, says WTTC
The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved COVID-19 vaccines, says the World Travel & Tourism Council...
Coronavirus: UK opens door for Brits to come to Cyprus for non-essential travel (updated)
The UK has lifted travel advice to British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Cyprus, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks,...
UK travel: expect hassles and delays, Johnson warns (Updated)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that travellers would face hassle and delays this year if they sought to go abroad because the...
Coronavirus: Salamis calls off cruise programme as staff couldn’t vaccinate in time
Salamis has postponed the cruise programme of its liner Salamis Filoxenia for this year because it was not possible to have all the staff vaccinated...
Coronavirus: Fully vaccinated passengers exempted from quarantine
The health ministry said Saturday that from May 10 onwards, people with valid Covid vaccine certificates arriving in Cyprus, irrespective of country of origin, will...
Coronavirus: Israel moved to green, UK to orange in country classifications
The health ministry said on Monday it has upgraded the UK and Israel in the country ranking relating to their epidemiological situation. The classification of...
UK hasn’t given up on May 17 return of foreign travel, says PM
Britain hasn’t given up on resuming international travel on May 17, but needs to be cautious given rising COVID-19 infections in Europe, its prime minister...
Too soon to say if Brits can holiday abroad, UK says (Update 2)
By Kate Holton, Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday it was too soon to say whether international summer...
Coronavirus: only vaccinated Cypriots and Israelis can enter without restrictions (Updated)
Only nationals of Cyprus and Israel and permanent residents in both countries who hold a valid vaccination certificate will be able to travel to Cyprus...
Airports preparing for passenger influx
Larnaca and Paphos airports are getting ready to welcome an increased number of flights and thousands more passengers from mid-May, according to Transport Minister Yiannis...
Facing ‘crisis of century’, EU threatens ban on Covid vaccine exports to UK
The European Union on Wednesday threatened to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens facing a third wave of the...
Rifts over Covid vaccines weigh on EU push to reopen summer travel
Six countries demanded more COVID-19 vaccines from the European Union on Wednesday, the latest setback to the bloc’s troubled inoculation campaign that risks undermining plans to restart...
Europe seeks to restart travel with Covid ‘pass’ despite vaccine squeeze
The European Union will on Wednesday unveil a COVID-19 pass to allow free travel this summer and support the struggling tourism sector despite the bloc’s...
Vaccine passports for all? Not yet
The ‘vaccination passport’ deal reached with Israel last Sunday for Israeli travellers to Cyprus cannot be replicated with other countries at the moment, according to...
Coronavirus: airports will reopen under traffic-light system
Airports will be reopening in March with a colour-coded health risk assessment system, the ministry of transport announced on Thursday. As of March 1, the...