CABINET APPROVES GRANTS FOR NURSING STUDENTS

CABINET APPROVES GRANTS FOR NURSING STUDENTS - Cy Mail 30/7 by Eleni Panayiotou


The cabinet on Thursday approved a new annual grant scheme for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students, with Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides describing it as “a particularly important step towards addressing “perhaps the most pressing issue in the country’s health sector”; the shortage of nursing staff.

Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Charalambides said the scheme would take effect from the 2026-27 academic year and would be available to both new and existing students.

CRIME ROUND UP

Pafos Live 31 July 2026




On September 10, the trial for the case against the suspended Mayor of Paphos, Phaedon Phaedonos, will continue. Today's scheduled hearing will not take place, as the prosecution was unable to ensure the presence of additional witnesses. Therefore, the case was set to continue on September 10.

The hearing continued yesterday, Thursday, behind closed doors, before the Permanent Criminal Court sitting in Paphos.

The proceedings are conducted without the presence of the public, following a decision of the Court that accepted a request to that effect by the prosecution.

CROSSING POINT TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER WHETHER TO BREAK UP PACKAGE OF FOUR -

CROSSING POINT TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER WHETHER TO BREAK UP PACKAGE OF FOUR - Cy Mail 31/7 by Tom Cleaver


Discussions over the potential opening of new crossing points to connect Cyprus’ two sides remained deadlocked during this week’s visit of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the island over the question of whether to break up the package of four locations, which the sides had agreed last year, high-level sources informed the Cyprus Mail on Friday.

The idea of opening four new crossing points at once has been the agreed-upon formula since the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which took place in March last year in Geneva, when Guterres sent the sides home from Switzerland with instructions to suggest two new crossing points each.

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EUROPE'S BORDER STORMED AS THOUSANDS FORCE THEIR WAY INTO SPAIN

EUROPE'S BORDER STORMED AS THOUSANDS FORCE THEIR WAY INTO SPAIN - KNews 31/7

The dramatic scenes at Ceuta have reignited fears over a new migration surge, and raised fresh questions about what it could mean for countries like Cyprus.


One of Europe's most heavily guarded borders was overwhelmed in a matter of hours on Thursday, as thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, many swimming around border barriers or forcing their way through security gates in scenes that prompted Spain to deploy soldiers and additional police. At least nine people died during the crossings, according to authorities.

EU TO PLAY ''IMPORTANT ROLE'' IN CYPRUS TALKS

EU TO PLAY ''IMPORTANT ROLE'' IN CYPRUS TALKS - Cy Mail 31/7 by Johanna Pauls


President Nikos Christodoulides met newly appointed EU envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Friday.

Fitto had arrived on the island on Thursday and is expected to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman later in the day.

Speaking after his meeting with the president, Fitto reiterated the EU will to participate “with an important role in the UN process on the Cyprus issue.”

“It is very important for us to contribute positively to the process,” he said.

WHY DO WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE COMMONS?

WHY DO WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE COMMONS? - Cy Mail 31/7


The sea off Dasoudi keeps turning brown, and no one in charge can agree on why. That should worry us more than it does

By Penelope Vasquez Hadjilyra

The sea off Dasoudi has turned brown again. Swimmers are filming it, not as an eyesore, but as evidence of a gamble people are asked to take with their health every time they go in.

The wider Limassol district held 19 Blue Flag sites in 2024, 14 in 2025, and five in 2026, four beaches, Pissouri, Kourion, Parekklisia, and Governor’s Beach, plus the Limassol Marina. The high traffic municipal stretches of the city seafront and Dasoudi are missing from that list, not because they applied and failed, but because they did not apply. Cymepa’s National Blue Flag Jury says the municipalities agreed in advance not to submit, given the pollution reported the previous year and an assessment that certification was not achievable.