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06-08-2020 10:17
Announcement by the Ministry of Interior on the tragedy in Beirut
In a telephone communication he had today with the Ambassador of Lebanon in Cyprus, Ms Claude El Hajal, the Minister of Interior, Mr Nicos Nouris, expressed his condolences for the tragedy in the neighboring country and the readiness of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus to provide any assistance considered necessary to transfer persons in medical need or who are in need of any other assistance, to our country.In addition, the Ministry of Interior rebuts the allegations in to...
05-08-2020 12:42
Registered unemployed: July 2020
The unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of July 2020, reached 32313 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for July 2020 decreased to 33082 persons in comparison to 33.243in the previous month. (Table 1)In comparison with July 2019, an increase of 11731 persons or 57,0% was recorded, attributed mainly to the sectors of accommodation and food service activities (an increa...
05-08-2020 12:15
Mail services countries list
Cyprus Post announces that mail can also be sent to the following destinations, as from 10/08/2020:ArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBahrain BelgiumBrazilBulgariaCanada CzechChinaCroatia DenmarkDubai EgyptEstoniaFinland FranceGermanyGreat BritainGreeceHungary Hong Kong JapanIndiaIrelandIsrael ItalyKuwait Letonia (Republic of Latvia) Lithuania LuxemburgMexico Netherlands (Holland) Norway OmanPhilippines PolandPortugalRomaniaRussia Servia Slovakia Slovenia Sp...
05-08-2020 10:52
Instructions and precautionary measures against the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in health providing areas
In the context of actions being implemented for the protection of members of the public from the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 virus and in particular the vulnerable sections of the population, including patients, the Ministry of Health highlights the following precautionary measures which must be upheld in hospitals and clinics by the patients, visitors and the personnel.1. Checks at the entrance to the clinics1.1. The management of the clinic must keep a registration record of patients/visit...
05-08-2020 09:51
Statement by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic in relation to the case of Theodoros Adamakopoulos and others v. Republic of Cyprus
A Decision of the International Arbitral Tribunal on the Application submitted by the Republic of Cyprus for Security for Costs, in the context of the case Theodoros Adamakopoulos and others v. Republic of Cyprus (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/49), which concerns claims brought by more than 900 nationals of Greece and Luxembourg relating to the resolution measures applied to the Bank of Cyprus and the Cyprus Popular Bank in 2013, orders the Claimants to provide security of US$ 5 million in the form o...
04-08-2020 11:14
Applicable measures for passengers coming from each country category
In the context of the strategy applied by the Government for combating and managing the coronavirus pandemic and aiming at protecting Public Health and restricting incoming COVID-19 cases through entry points to the Republic, the Ministry of Health has been implementing country categorisation since May according to the epidemiological risk assessment.More specifically, European Union countries as well as third countries, in accordance with the recommendations of the European Council, are cla...
04-08-2020 09:02
Epidemiological risk assessment of countries concerning COVID-19, dated 04/08/2020
The epidemiological picture of various countries with regard to the COVID-19 disease has been re-evaluated by the Epidemiological Monitoring and Control of Infectious Diseases Unit of the Medical Services and the Public Health Services. The evaluation was based on the epidemiological indicators of the countries, such as: the effective reproduction number R(t) for SARS-CoV-2, the number of new diagnoses, the number of laboratory tests, the mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants, the estimated ...
04-08-2020 08:39
Convention on the avoidance of double taxation with regard to income taxes between the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and the Russian Federation
In relation to yesterday's press publication regarding the intention of the Russian Authorites to unilaterally terminate the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation, the Ministry of Finance states that the final round of negotiations have been scheduled for the 10th and 11th of this month. The Cyprus delegation will be headed by the Minister of Finance Mr Constantinos Petrides.(IK/II)
03-08-2020 15:17
Press announcement by the Ministry of the Interior on obtaining a Special Entry Permit to the Republic of Cyprus
The Ministry of the Interior announces that the requirement for obtaining a Special Entry Permit to the Republic of Cyprus applies only to persons coming from countries not falling into Categories A and B, in accordance with country categorization based on risk assessment, as these are announced by the Ministry of Health concerning the following cases:(a) First degree relatives of persons who reside lawfully in the Republic and/or are economically active in the Republic (husband, children, ...
02-08-2020 20:28
Greece is being moved to category B as of 6 August 2020
Following the detection of an increased number of COVID-19 cases amongst travelers returning from various parts of Greece, the Ministry of Health announces that, after evaluation, Greece is to be moved to category B with effect from 6 August 2020In order to ensure public health and to monitor the epidemiological picture, in addition to the increased controls carried out on flights from the United Kingdom, the sample laboratory tests carried out on passengers on flights from Greece, are incre...
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