Cyprus-based Venus Minerals has confirmed earlier assessments of high accumulation of gold in Troodos, following an exploratory drill in Kokkinoyia.

The first Clinic for long COVID patients is operating at the Nicosia General Hospital, the State health Services Organisation announced.

A total of 949 people received one dose of a coronavirus vaccine at a special walk-in centre set up at the Lanition stadium in Limassol on Sunday, the ministry of health said.

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday morning received his Covid vaccine booster shot calling again on those who can but will not get vaccinated to do so for their own benefit, as well as that of the country’s, he said before walking in a coronavirus vaccine centre in Nicosia.

According to data from the Health Ministry, 81.4% of the adult population received at least the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19. Fully vaccinated adults (18 years and over) reached 78.9%.

COVID measures are beginning to ease in Cyprus.  The new measures announced today by the Council of Ministers come into effect on Saturday, October 9.

Paphos Municipality, Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the Cyprus government have finally reached a significant milestone concerning the establishment of a school of tourism and hospitality management in Paphos, after two and a half years of talks.

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to an extra €92 million in government spending until the end of the year, over and above the approved budget for fiscal 2021, the lion’s share of which concerns coronavirus-related expenditures.

The rate of inflation in Cyprus remained high in September – registering at 4.1% – though lower than the 5% of the previous month, according to the Statistical Service.

The 2022 state budget will feature a significant fiscal correction, after two years of high deficits, said finance minister Constantinos Petrides, while handing it to the President of the House of Representatives, Annita Demetriou.