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European Union countries are expected to agree to limit to nine months the duration of COVID-19 certificates for travel around the bloc, three EU sources told Reuters, but some states ...

Omicron travel ban has separated families and disrupted business Like dozens of South African Cypriots, Michalis Polyviou was appalled by the government’s decision last Friday to ban all flights ...

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 including India, Brazil and Turkey in ...

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, and Norway from Green to ...

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 Agency on Friday, Stamataris said ...

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 of Covid-19 cases ...

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 (WTTC). The global tourism body, ...

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, but tourism stakeholders warned that ...

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 priority would be keeping the ...

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 in time, it announced on ...

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 be exempted from testing and quarantine ...

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 countries affects people who want ...

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 said on Tuesday, amid pressure ...

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 holidays can go ahead this ...

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 without any restrictions, authorities clarified ...

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 Karousos. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

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 pandemic that ...

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 travel this ...

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 sluggish vaccination campaign and ...

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 Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas ...

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 existing category system will be replaced ...

The tourism industry in Cyprus could be headed for another barren summer as the European Commission advises an end to all non-essential travel. Fears over a third wave and coronavirus ...