The Cabinet today announced the extension of existing COVID preventive measures until November 9 and the initiation of booster shots for people vaccinated with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

Approximately one in five (21%) people in Britain have a foreign holiday booked at the moment, easyJet’s ‘Taking The Temperature’ report has revealed.

Citizens have returned to their normal lives and proceed with loans mortgaging properties. Nicosia and Limassol are the two towns that have most mortgages in Cyprus. The capital has the largest number of mortgages but their value is less compared to Limassol.

The promotion of cycling aims to improve the traffic problem, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday as he announced that applications for the government’s bicycle purchase subsidy scheme can be submitted as of Monday.

The Cyprus government has issued a decree making it easier for companies to hire political asylum seekers in Cyprus.

Cyprus will receive any new Covid vaccines or treatments immediately after they are licensed, which is only a matter of time, a government official said Monday.

Delta+ variant was traced in 2 samples in total of 279 in Cyprus, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.

Cyprus has downgraded four countries in its latest COVID safe travel list, with Iceland, Poland and the Netherlands dropping from the medium risk orange to the high-risk ‘red.

The coronavirus situation has acted as an accelerator for digitisation, Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos said Monday as MPs reviewed the junior ministry’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022.

As of 11am Monday morning, about 490 violations were recorded by mobile and street cameras around Cyprus, according to Assistant Director of the Traffic Department of the Police Headquarters, Haris Evripidou.