Tourist arrivals in the first 11 months are at 80% of the record-setting 3.97 million in 2019, as 3.1 million made their way to Cyprus this year. According to CyStat data for January to November, tourist arrivals were 3,091,039 compared to 1,840,003 in the same period of 2021. During the first year of the COVID
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Paphos Bishop Georgios is considered the favourite to become the next Archbishop of Cyprus, despite Bishop Athanasios of Limassol securing the lead in Sunday’s popular vote. Cypriot churchgoers gave Limassol Bishop Athanasios a clear win with 35.68%, followed by Paphos Bishop Georgios with 18.39%, and Tamassos Bishop Isaias with 18.10%. The three bishops form the
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Mountain resorts have overtaken coastal hotels as Cypriots rush to book a holiday getaway, hoping for a white Christmas. Owners of mountain hotels report they are fully booked for the holiday weekends, while the majority of hotels are closing down operations as tourist arrivals dwindle. In comments to news site Stockwatch, Andreas Pavlou, the manager
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British Bases Police Community Unit in Dhekelia will donate more than 50 food and essentials packages to families in need over the next week to help ease some of the financial pressures that the Christmas period brings. The Food Aid project, launched after the Cyprus financial collapse in 2012, will see packages of dried and
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Over the past decade, no opportunity was unexploited to solve the Cyprus problem, President Nicos Anastasiades told political magazine Politicians. He pledged that until his last day in office, he would seek to resolve Cyprus’ division or create the conditions so that the next President would continue his effort based on the UN framework. Anastasiades
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Liberal democracies thrive only if the parties that make up their political system abide by fundamental liberal principles. Freedom of elections is one of them. But how candidates are selected is a trivial matter that many countries and parties comply only with the letter rather than the spirit of their own laws. Take, for example,
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Almost everyone in Cyprus is cringing at the idea that any day now, a Cypriot link to the Qatargate will surface, either in the form of a shell-company smokescreen to take the scent off the graft-investigating hound dogs or individuals who handled some of the cash, for personal or party gain. Two key takeouts from
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Cypriot churchgoers will cast their vote Sunday for the next leader of the Cyprus Orthodox Church following the death of Archbishop Chrysostomos II. Ballots open at 10 am, after Sunday mass, with the faithful heading for 942 polling stations at schools and churches across the island. Polls are open from 10 am to 1 pm
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Fifa President Gianni Infantino boldly claimed this week the 2022 Qatar World Cup had been the best ever, with excitement running through the duration of this tournament. And football’s ruling body is contemplating whether the format of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada should be changed as planned. Well, that’s
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Despite news of big cryptocurrency trading platforms casting their vote of confidence in Cyprus, local stakeholders feel differently as they argue the island is unfriendly to crypto businesses. Cyprus’ ambition of becoming a fintech hub has been boosted by the decision of some cryptocurrency firms, such as Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, to
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