Cyprus drilling programme will resume in November – December with oil major ExxonMobil expected to drill in block 10, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides has said.

Cyprus Casinos “C2” celebrates three years since the first authorized casino in Limassol opened its doors in the Republic on 28 June 2018.

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday unveiled the second supplementary state budget for 2021, a stimulus package aimed at continuing support to businesses struck by the coronavirus-related measures – although the single largest spending item consisted of €45 million on military defence.

Cyprus’ tourism industry has much more to offer than just the sun and the sea, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said at an event to rebrand the island’s tourism profile.

The pilot version of the island’s e-Justice platform was finally launched on Tuesday with the objective of streamlining legal processes and doing away with the previous burdensome and time-consuming manual practices.

Hellenic Bank received a vote of confidence from a leading rating agency on Monday, days after Cyprus’ second-largest lender announced Q1 net profits of €12.9 million, the fourth consecutive quarter in positive territory despite the pandemic.

Daily Covid cases rose to 314 on Monday in the Republic of Cyprus, with President Nicos Anastasiades calling vaccinations “patriotic duty” and reminding the youth is not invulnerable.

The health ministry on Monday announced the new coronavirus travel categorization of countries based on their epidemiological picture with Greece now upgraded from orange to the green list.

Despite the pandemic crisis the government has increased the development spending to boost the recovery, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has said.

The vaccination programme is to be expanded to include minors aged 16 and 17, the health ministry announced on Monday.