2022 in Cyprus
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Events in the year 2022 in Cyprus.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus and Cyprus dispute
- 4 January – Cyprus reports a record 5,457 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 183,178.
- 8 January - A Cypriot scientist reportedly detects a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 called "Deltacron", which combines genomes found in the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant and genetic signatures found in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.[1]
- 11 January - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes west of Cyprus.[2]
- 5 March - Cyprus denies access for five Russian military vessels to enter its port in Limassol. Whether the military ships could enter Cypriot ports in the first place is controversial, as the international law background is unclear.[3]
- 7 April - Cyprus lifts COVID-19-related travel conditions from April 18, ending rules of two years of the pandemic.[4]
- 8 June - Cyprus report their first suspected cases of monkeypox.[5]
- 7 July - The Cypriot House of Representatives approves the seventeenth amendment to the Constitution of Cyprus, which involves a reform of the judiciary, the recovery of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus and the creation of the Court of Appeal of Cyprus.[6]
Deaths
[edit]- 11 January – Dinos Hadjinicolas, (b 1955), politician.[7]
- 9 April - Lellos Demetriades, (b 1933), politician.[8]
- 6 July - Zeta Emilianidou, (b 1954), lawyer and politician.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bursztynsky, Jessica (8 January 2022). "Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "M 6.6 - 48 km WNW of Pólis, Cyprus". earthquake.usgs.gov. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ Solutions, BDigital Web. "Cyprus denies Russian ships access to ports". knews.com.cy. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Cyprus to lift COVID-19 travel conditions from April 18". Reuters. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ fm (2022-06-08). "Cyprus monkeypox alert after suspect case". Financial Mirror. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "AG hails 'biggest reform of justice system in history of Republic' | Cyprus Mail". cyprus-mail.com. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Πολίτης". politis.com.cy. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "403 unauthorized". www.philenews.com. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ SigmaLive. "Η Κύπρος πενθεί για τον χαμό της Ζέτας | News". www.sigmalive.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.