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06-03-2025 17:44
Consumer Price Index (CPI): February 2025
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in February 2025 increased by 0,38 points, reaching 117,11 units compared to 116,73 units in January 2025. Inflation in February 2025 increased at a rate of 1,9%. (Table 1)The largest change in economic categories compared to February 2024 and the previous month was recorded in Agricultural Goods, with percentages of 7,0% and 2,7%, respectively. (Table 2)Analysis of Percentage Changes Compared to February 2024, the largest changes were observed in the catego...
06-03-2025 14:30
Registered Unemployed: February 2025
The unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of February 2025, reached 12.761 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for February 2025 decreased to 10.272 persons, in comparison to 10.417 in the previous month. (Table 1)In comparison with February 2024, a decrease of 1.543 persons or 10,8% was recorded, attributed mainly to the sectors of financial and insurance activities, a...
05-03-2025 16:28
Turnover Value Index of Services: 4th Quarter 2024
The Turnover Value Index, during the fourth quarter of 2024, recorded increases in the sectors of accommodation and food service activities (8,9%), administrative and support service activities (7,0%), information and communication activities (6,5%), real estate activities (5,0%), and professional, scientific and technical activities (3,7%), compared to the corresponding quarter of 2023. During the period January-December 2024, increases relative to the corresponding period of 2023 were obse...
05-03-2025 16:27
Turnover Value Index of Transport and Storage: 4th Quarter 2024
Annual Change +2,2%The Turnover Value Index of Transport and Storage during the fourth quarter of 2024 reached 142,4 units (base year 2021=100), recording an increase of 2,2% compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.By economic activity, increases relative to the fourth quarter of the previous year were observed in water transport (38,6%), in air transport (22,5%), in postal and courier activities (10,8%), in land transport (7,1%), and in warehousing and support activities...
05-03-2025 16:10
Industrial Turnover Index: December 2024
Annual Change +5,6%In December 2024, the Industrial Turnover Index reached 131,7 units (base 2021=100), recording an increase of 5,6% compared to December 2023. For the period January-December 2024, the index recorded an increase of 1,6% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.In manufacturing, the Industrial Turnover Index for December 2024 reached 136,7 units, recording an increase of 7,3% compared to December 2023. Increases were also recorded in the water supply and m...
05-03-2025 12:58
New Publications by the Office of the Law Commissioner
The Office of the Law Commissioner has recently published the following editions:Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus – (English translation and consolidation) - ΓΕΝ(A) – L.223The Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Law of 2024 – (English translation) - ΓΕΝ(A) – L.224Σύνταγμα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας – (Ενοποίηση στην Ελληνική) - ΓΕΝ – Ν.77 (MS/IA)
05-03-2025 12:55
New Publications by the Office of the Law Commissioner
The Office of the Law Commissioner announces the posting on the Office's website the following new editions of translations and consolidations:Οι περί Κυπριακού Οργανισμού Αθλητισμού (Διάρθρωση και Όροι Υπηρεσίας) Κανονισμοί του 1975 μέχρι 2007-(Ενοποίηση στην Ελληνική) - ΓΕΝ – Δ.Π.22Οι περί Κυπριακού Οργανισμού Αθλητισμού (Γενικές Διατάξεις και Πειθαρχία) Κανονισμοί του 1970 μέχρι 1993-(Ενοποίηση στην Ελληνική) - ΓΕΝ – Δ.Π.23Οι περί Ιδιωτικών Σχολών Γυμναστικής Κανονισμοί του 1995 μέχρι ...
05-03-2025 10:48
Announcement by the Department of Labour Inspection on dust episode – 5 March 2025
High concentrations of dust are observed in the air today, 5 March 2025, according to measurements from ground Stations of the Air Quality Monitoring Network operated by the Department of Labour Inspection.The public, and particularly any vulnerable groups of population (children, older people, and the infirm) are urged to avoid circulating in open spaces until the observed episode has elapsed, as the small size of respirable particles in dust may have negative effects on human health.The e...
04-03-2025 22:13
The President of the Republic of Cyprus and the First Lady hosted a State Banquet in honour of the King and the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, and First Lady Philippa Karsera-Christodoulides hosted tonight at the Presidential Palace, a state banquet in honour of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who are paying a state visit, for the first time since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus.In his speech at the banquet, President Christodoulides said: “It is an honour and a true privilege to welcome Your Majesties tonight to ...
04-03-2025 20:26
Written statement by the Government Spokesman, Mr Konstantinos Letymbiotis, about the letter the President of the Republic received from the UN Secretary General
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, received today a letter from the United Nations’ Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, inviting him to participate in the expanded meeting on the Cyprus problem, to be held in Geneva on the 17th and 18th of March.In his letter, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General notes that the aim of the meeting is to have a meaningful exchange of views on how to make progress on the Cyprus problem. As mentioned, the meeting will beg...
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