Nicosia is keeping the real estate market alive with high demand for office space from foreign high-tech companies looking to be based in the capital expected to revive a sluggish property sector.

The health ministry said Saturday that from May 10 onwards, people with valid Covid vaccine certificates arriving in Cyprus, irrespective of country of origin, will be exempted from testing and quarantine under certain conditions.

Cyprus is ready to welcome the first cruise passengers based on a revised health protocol,  Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos and Deputy Minister of Shipping Vasilis Demetriades have told reporters.

GPs have so far ordered around 20,000 vaccine doses, which they will administer to their patients without them having to go through the vaccination portal.

Health authorities announced on Saturday that 35.6% of the island’s population has received the first dose of a Covid vaccine, while 11.2% is completely finished with the jabs.

A third lockdown in Cyprus ended on Sunday as new measures went into effect Monday including a controversial safety pass, with the government betting on a slight improvement as it pushes for gradual return to normality.

Energy leaders in 32 countries believe that demand will fully recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic by the end of 2023.

A Cypriot audience can now experience Melco’s luxurious properties in Asia through a series of hyperlapse videos revealing the company’s integrated resorts (IRs), including City of Dreams and Studio City in Macau.

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be temporarily unloaded at the Vasilikos port, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday, adding that within a few months the demolition of the LPG facilities from the town’s seafront will begin.

The number of registered unemployed increased by 12.6% on an annual basis in April 2021, the Statistical Service of Cyprus announced on Thursday.