News: Travel Journal – Page 22
AFIS President: Serious effects on health and environment if batteries are not recycled
Recycling batteries is not only a matter of environmental consciousness. It is also a tangible example of the direct…
Cold weather and rain to return
Meteorologists are warning members of the public to prepare for a return in cold weather with rain, snow and even dust…
Cyprus shamed by high breast cancer deaths
Cyprus holds the unwanted record of the highest shares of deaths due to breast cancer among the sole female population…
Hospitals running out of doctors
State hospitals across Cyprus are suffering from a big shortage of doctors and the ministry is unable to make up the…
North’s dairy industry in disarray
The dairy industry in the north is said to be teetering on the brink of collapse as a result of low milk production…
Support Centre for Voluntary Return or third country nationals begins operation
The Information and Support Centre for Voluntary Return began operation in January this year, aiming to contribute to…
Thomas Cook seeking to expand Cyprus market
One of the UK’s biggest tour operators, which plans to bring in more than 250,000 tourists in 2016, has said that…
Cypriot tennis player Baghdatis scores opening win in Montpellier
Marcos Bagdatis notched a 7-5, 7-5 victory in his Montpellier debut on Monday, downing Lukas Lacko at the Open Sud de…
Cyprus Airways only aircraft now been sold
The only aircraft that had been owned outright by the now-defunct national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY), has been sold…
Game service warns people to keep distance from flamingos
Bothering flamingos – or any wild birds – and accessing Larnaca’s salt lake is illegal, the game and fauna service…
Nearly 100% of school pupils to learn a foreign language
Nearly 100 per cent, to be exact 99,9%, of lower secondary pupils in Cyprus have studied a foreign language during…
Re-designing the island’s tourism
Cyprus’ tourism should be based more on its own competitive capabilities and less on external or geopolitical factors,…
UK and Cyprus boost military ties
Cypriot Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides and his UK counterpart Michael Fallon have signed a deal outlining…
Zika mosquitoes not found in Cyprus
The species of mosquito that acts as a host for the tropical Zika virus have not been found in Cyprus according to…
21 years of cancer support
Paphos charity, Cancer Patients Support Group (CPSG), is celebrating its 21st birthday this year and is marking the…
Choirs come together in Paphos for charity
FIVE different choirs from Cyprus will take part in a musical evening in Paphos next month, raising thousands for…
EU money for students who want to work
Changes are underway for tertiary education in Cyprus with the Finance Ministry gearing up to unveil a new…
Free Greek language lessons for third country nationals
Several municipalities will be offering free Greek lessons to third country nationals in all areas of the Republic, it…
Minister upbeat over recovering economy
Cyprus is completing its reform programme agreed with the European Stability Mechanism and the International Monetary…
Most pupils in Cyprus learn extra language
Nearly all secondary school pupils in Cyprus learn a foreign language with the island ranking second in the EU…
Researchers harness €63.9m in EU funding
CYPRUS researchers have collectively harnessed some €63.9 million in EU Research and Innovation funding in the…
Supreme Court prepares to rule on lifting immunity of serial speeder MP
The Supreme Court said on Monday that sometime over the next few days it will rule on the lifting – or not – of the…
Unemployment rate stable at 15.7% in December, Eurostat says
The unemployment rate in December remained unchanged at 15.7 per cent, compared with the month before, and fell from…
Volunteers keeping up the good work
Fundraising is continuing for the construction of a park with equipment for disabled children in Larnaca, which the…