Famagusta Gazette

• Cyprus to relax travel restrictions by dropping tests for fully vaccinated

  1 day ago FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus is to relax travel restrictions after March 1 by dropping pre-travel coronavirus tests for vaccinated travelers and those who have...

• Fifth wave of pandemic in Cyprus de-escalating

  3 days ago FamagustaGazette

  The fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Cyprus is de-escalating, two members of the scientific team advising the government said on...

• New communications facility at Dhekelia

  4 days ago FamagustaGazette

  The United Kingdom will build a new communications facility on one of two bases it maintains on Cyprus, a British Defense Ministry spokesman...

• Cyprus issues 10-year Eurobond for 1 bln euros at 1 percent

  4 days ago FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus has issued a ten-year Eurobond for one billion euros (1.15 billion U.S. dollars) at an interest rate of one percent to beef up its...

• Road tax payments now open for 2022

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Road Tax for 2022 in Cyprus can be paid to the Ministry of Transport. The last date for renewals is 11th March, late payments will incur a...

• Stelios Philanthropic Foundation 2022 Business Bi-Communal Awards

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  For the 12th year, 20 Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot entrepreneurs will receive a total of 200,000 euros for doing business together. The...

• Sergeant Loucas Panayiotou awarded an Overseas Territories Police Medal by Her Majesty the Queen

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  SBA Police Sergeant, Loucas Panayiotou, has revealed the pride he feels in being awarded the Overseas Territories Police Medal by Her...

• Electric supply to northern Cyprus expected to cease

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Famagusta Gazette The electric supply to northern Cyprus from the Republic is expected to end today. The EAC power network has been...

• Cypriot scientist dismisses “lab mistake” claims over “Deltacron” strain

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Claims that the discovery of a possible new strain of COVID-19 is the result of a “lab mistake” have been refuted by the professor...

• Bank closure sparks outrage

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Residents of communities outside Paphos will protest later against closure of the Hellenic bank in Stroumbi. The bank is one of the only...

• Euro area’s inflation reaches highest level in 25 years in December: statistics

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Inflation in the eurozone hit a new record of 5 percent in December, , the European Union’s statistical arm Eurostat has said. Preliminary...

• New coronavirus variant discovered

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Scientists at the University of Cyprus have identified a new coronavirus variant in the community. According to Dr Leontios Kostrikis, the...

• New COVID-19 variant detected in Cyprus with no need to worry yet, says minister

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  A new COVID-19 variant which was dubbed Deltacron has been identified in Cyprus, but it is not presently a source of alarm, Health Minister...

• Foreign minister of Cyprus resigns

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus’s Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides announced on Sunday that he has resigned from his post and indicated that he would probably...

• Rapid antigen testing units – 9 January 2022

  1 week ago FamagustaGazette

  Based on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and aiming at the suppression of the dispersion of the virus SARS-CoV-2, in places where...

• EU to share 700 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses by mid-2022: Von der Leyen

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  The European Union (EU) is on track to meet its pledge of sharing 700 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the middle of 2022, European...

• 3,777 people in Cyprus test positive

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  Figures published on Thursday show 3,777 people in Cyprus tested positive from 77,255 PCR and rapid tests. There are currently 225 people...

• Cyprus’ economy projected to recover output lost to COVID-19 crisis during 2020

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus’ economy is projected to recover in 2021 the output lost in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC)...

• Cyprus steps up COVID-19 restrictions, makes PCR test mandatory for all arrivals

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  The government of Cyprus on Wednesday stepped up its COVID-19-related travel and movement restrictions for the second time in eight days in...

• Rapid antigen testing units – 5 January 2022

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  Based on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and aiming at the suppression of the dispersion of the virus SARS-CoV-2, in places where...

• Cyprus has a higher than the EU vaccination average rate

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  Around one in five European Union (EU) citizens have received a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, European Commissioner for Health Stella...

• Relocation of Xylofagou Post Office

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  The Cyprus Post wish to inform the public that, as of 3 January 2022, Xylofagou Post Office will be relocated to 17B Anastasi Manoli street,...

• Rapid antigen testing units – 4 January 2022

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  Based on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and aiming at the suppression of the dispersion of the virus SARS-CoV-2, in places where...

• Clear week ahead, but occasional showers forecast

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  The weather will be clear across Cyprus today, Monday, according to the Meteorological Service. However, the rains will return from...

• Omicron accounts for bulk of new COVID-19 infections in Cyprus

  2 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  The Omicron variant has become the main source feeding the COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus, representing an estimated 80 percent of new...