Famagusta Gazette

• Cyprus-based troops reflect of Afghanistan mission

  5 days ago FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus-based troops from the 2 nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment have been reflecting on the part they played in the evacuation of more...

• Europe battles devastating summer wildfires amid intensifying climate change

  3 weeks ago FamagustaGazette

  Parts of Europe have been battling devastating wildfires over recent weeks amid extreme summer heat, which, according to experts, is the...

• Heat is coming to front among results of climate change: Europe’s 1st Chief Heat Officer

  30-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Heat is coming to the front among the problems resulting from climate change, and Athens, as an urban “heat island” with a dense population,...

• Cyprus tables recourse to UN Security Council against Turkish action on ghost city

  22-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus tabled a recourse to the United Nations Security Council asking for immediate action to counter a move by Turkey to open part of the...

• EU airlines prepared for summer take-off

  13-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Commercial flights in the European Union (EU) are showing an upward trend as summer begins, according to data published on Monday by...

• Germany reclassifies Spain as COVID-19 risk area

  12-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  As of July 11, Germany will again list Spain as a COVID-19 risk area as the 7-day incidence per 100,000 people there has recently risen to...

• COVID-19 Delta variant sweeps across Europe as restrictions ease

  12-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Another wave of COVID-19 infections, mostly driven by the Delta variant, is poised to sweep across Europe following its recent easing of...

• Cyprus: Press Statement on behalf of the Technical Committee on Health

  10-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  The Technical Committee on Health consider that in view of the epidemiological situation on the island, it is justified to invoke the...

• Cyprus reintroduces restrictions to stem resurgence of COVID-19 infections

  8-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus reintroduced restrictions relating to access in hospitality venues in a bid to reverse a sharp increase in new COVID-19 cases, Health...

• European economy recovering faster than expected: forecast

  8-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  The European economy is recovering better than previously expected, thanks to the roll-out of vaccination campaigns and effective containment...

• Cyprus offers holiday subsidy to boost COVID-19 vaccination

  7-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus on Monday offered additional incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A government statement said...

• Record-worst forest fire kills four in Cyprus

  5-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Four people were killed in a mammoth forest fire which has been raging for almost 24 hours in a mountainous area of Cyprus, police said on...

• Cyprus’ AKEL party gets new leader

  5-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus’ left-wing Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) on Sunday elected Stephanos Stephanou as the new Secretary General of its...

• Cyprus requests help from Israel, EU to combat huge fire

  3-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus requested urgent help from Israel and the European Union (EU) on Saturday to fight a huge fire that raged out of control in the...

• Ryanair’s June traffic number hits 5.3 mln, highest in 10 months

  3-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Europe’s largest budget airline Ryanair said on Friday it carried a total of 5.3 million passengers in June, the highest monthly traffic...

• WHO warns Europe to be “Delta dominant” by August, calls for more vaccines take-up

  2-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Thursday cited increased mixing, travel, gatherings, and easing of...

• Cyprus: Illegal fire arms and drugs convictions in SBA Court

  1-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  The Sovereign Base Area Police in Dhekelia has confirmed a Greek Cypriot man from Xylophagou was convicted for the illegal possession of a...

• EU’s landmark climate law enters into force

  1-7-2021 FamagustaGazette

  The European Union (EU) has its landmark climate law entering into force on Wednesday as the Minister of Environment and Climate Action of...

• Cyprus to start vaccinating 16-17-year-olds after new spike in COVID-19 cases

  29-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  The Health Ministry of Cyprus said on Monday that it will start vaccinating 16- and 17-year-olds after COVID-19 cases have spiked again since...

• EU tourism plummets 61 pct during pandemic year: Eurostat

  28-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Tourism in the European Union (EU) during the year of the COVID-19 pandemic fell by a staggering 61 percent, according to figures released...

• Cyprus reports new infections due to COVID-19 Delta variant

  25-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Five new cases related to the COVID-19 Delta variant have been detected in Cyprus, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday. The...

• UN chief urges for EU solidarity in managing migration

  25-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Solidarity between all member states of the European Union (EU) should be the priority when addressing migration and asylum in the bloc,...

• Cyprus: SBA Police request for information

  24-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  The Sovereign Base Area Police are asking the public for help in solving a 23 year old murder that took place on July 25, 1998, at Lady's Mile....

• Cyprus Rapid antigen testing units – 23 June 2021

  23-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  Aiming at the continuous surveillance of the community and the workplaces, the free programmes of rapid antigen testing of the general...

• UN official seeks to convene another meeting on Cyprus

  23-6-2021 FamagustaGazette

  UN Secretary-General’s envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute on Tuesday pursued efforts to convene yet another conference on the Cyprus problem by...