Coronavirus: Back to the drawing board for flight plans
Flights to Cyprus from the UK over the next weeks will not increase progressively as expected, the main reason being the decision by the British government not to include the ...
Only 13 per cent of NatWest staff to return to office full-time
Britain’s NatWest expects only about 13 per cent of its staff to return to primarily office-based working, the lender said on Tuesday as it revealed a three-pronged approach to post-pandemic ...
Hoteliers ask British High Commission to help move Cyprus to UK green list
A delegation representing the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) on Friday asked the British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie to move the island to the UK’s green list of tourist destinations ...
France will impose quarantine on visitors from UK
France on Wednesday declared a mandatory quarantine period for people coming from Britain due to the increasing prevalence there of a highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in India.
France ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus expects to be on UK green list in one or two weeks
Cyprus’ improved epidemiological picture might help put the country on Britain’s green list within one or two weeks, a tourist industry professional said on Friday.
The significant drop in ...
British Cypriot jailed after drunken rampage on Larnaca-Bristol flight last year
A British Cypriot who was drunk and tried opening the emergency door on a flight from Cyprus has been jailed for 11 months in the UK.
Alexandros Christou, 21, admitted in Bristol ...
Portugal to allow EU and UK tourists with a negative coronavirus test
Portugal will allow tourist flights from European Union countries with low infection rates and from the UK, but passengers must show a negative coronavirus test on arrival, the Interior Ministry ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus will learn on Friday if on UK amber list
Cyprus is expected to be placed in the UK’s amber category according to assessment by experts it was reported on Tuesday, in anticipation of London’s announcement on which ...
UK minister says there is no British plan
There is no ‘British plan’ on the table, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton said on Sunday, clarifying that the UK’s only interest in the Geneva ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus awaiting UK decision on outbound flights
Cyprus, which from May 1 will allow visitors from the UK with a certificate of vaccination to travel here without restrictions, is awaiting London’s decisions as regards outbound flights, Transport ...
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 Karousos.
Speaking to the Cyprus ...
Very British with a touch of Belgian
The set of ideas attributed to the UK are different from the community power-sharing system that failed miserably in 1963
There is no UK blueprint for a Cyprus settlement. It was ...
UK ministers in push to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake
British ministers, health workers and volunteers will join a weekend drive to encourage those in the most vulnerable groups to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, as the government nears its target ...
Pandemic fallout affects re-homing of dogs abroad
A lack of flights out of Cyprus due to the pandemic is having a huge impact on the ability of Paws dog shelter in Paphos to re-home dogs abroad, something ...
Rules issued for car imports from UK post-Brexit
The road transport department announced on Tuesday the rules concerning the importation of vehicles from the UK following its EU exit.
According to the department, an M1 category vehicle – passenger ...
UK sees record daily Covid deaths, London hospitals on brink
The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that its hospitals were at ...