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13-12-2019 14:52
Announcement by the Office of Reform and Training of the Supreme Court
A series of interactive training seminars on Insolvency, organised by the School for Judicial Training of the Supreme Court in cooperation and with the financial support of the International Monetary Fund, was concluded with great success. The seminars took place between the 9th and 13th of December 2019 at the Supreme Court, with expert trainers, former Judge, Mr Leif Clark, from the United States and Madame Justice Marie Baker, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland.District Court Judges, L...
13-12-2019 14:19
Conference for the presentation of the co-funded project “MARIS - Marine Career Information System”
On Friday, December 13th , 2019, the conference for the presentation of the co-funded project “MARIS - Marine Career Information System” was held successfully at Posidonia hotel in Lemesos.The Marine Career Information System – MARIS was implemented under the INTERREG V-A partnership program Greece–Cyprus 2014-2020, and co-funded by the Shipping Deputy Ministry and the European Union, as well as the Shipping Ministry of Greece and aims to develop an online application, which will be an appro...
13-12-2019 13:43
Total employment for the 3rd quarter of 2019 increased by 3,0%
Total Employment for the 3rd quarter of 2019 is estimated at 446.891 persons, of which 398.063 are employees and 48.828 are self-employed. Compared to the corresponding quarter of 2018, total employment for the 3rd quarter of 2019 increased by 3,0%. The highest percentage increase was observed in the economic activities of Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (NACE R), Construction (ΝΑCE F), Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (NACE M) and Information and Communication (NACE J). ...
13-12-2019 11:50
The Shipping Deputy Minister on Lloyd's list
Following the example set by the International Maritime Organization with this year’s Maritime Theme of “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”, Lloyd’s List felt it was important that the Top 100 project as a whole reflected more of the influential women steering companies, bodies and associations through these turbulent times in shipping.Before unveiling those who made it into the full Lloyd’s List Top 100 most influential people in shipping ranking, the ten influential women in shipp...
12-12-2019 21:29
Photo Album - President of the Republic - European Council
The President of the Republic participates at the meeting of the European Council. Brussels, 12 December 2019
12-12-2019 17:31
Presentation of Dr. Constantinos Kadis, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment “A science-policy interface on risks of climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean region and Middle East”
It is with great honour and pleasure that I welcome you to today’s Side Event that we jointly organise with the Union for the Mediterranean. My presentation focuses on the Initiative that was recently announced by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus for Coordinating Climate Change Actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.As you may know, the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Actually, according to scient...
12-12-2019 14:13
Survey results on information and communication technologies usage in householdsand by individuals 2019
Use of InternetIn 2019, Ιnternet access in households increased and reached 89,6% compared to 86,2% in 2018. (Table 1)85,5% of persons aged 16-74 years old are using the internet at least once a week. All persons aged 16–24 years old (100,0%) use the internet at least once a week. This percentage decreases with age, even though for individuals aged 65–74 years old the use of internet increased to 44,3% in 2019 compared to 37,5% in 2018. Persons with high educational level (97,3%) use the in...
12-12-2019 11:48
Archaeological Excavations conducted by the Australian Mission to Nea Pafos in 2019
The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces the completion of the 2019 excavations of the University of Sydney at the World Heritage Site of the ancient theatre of Nea Pafos, located on the southern slope of Fabrika Hill. The 2019 team consisted of more than 70 archaeologists, specialists and students from Australia.Over the five-week season which took place in October 2019, an enormous amount of soil was moved, revealing a number of ancient and ...
11-12-2019 18:01
Photo Album - Foreign Affairs Minister – Public Consultation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lefkosia, Cyprus
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, participates in the Public Consultation, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on “Gender Mainstreaming in Foreign Policy”.
11-12-2019 16:11
KYPRIA International Festival 2020: Open call for proposals
TheArtisticDirectoroftheKYPRIAInternationalFestival is issuing an international open call for proposals to select performing arts shows for the upcoming Festival that will take place in September and the 1st week of October 2020.Interested parties, artists and organizations from Cyprus and abroad, are invited to submit their performing arts proposals (genres: theatre, dance, music, opera, musical, performances for children, site-specific performances or any combination of the above) plus pro...
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