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10-06-2020 15:01

The Council of Ministers has approved an Incentives Scheme for the airline companies in order to address the consequences of the COVID-19 on the air connectivity of Cyprus

Statements by the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yiannis Karousos, following the Meeting of the Council of MinistersThe Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yiannis Karousos, said after today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers that the Council of Ministers has approved a new Incentives Scheme for the airline companies. The Scheme aims at reestablishing without delay the air connection of Cyprus with abroad, revitalizing air passenger traffic and reducing the ...

10-06-2020 14:57

The special arrangements for discharging duties applicable to vulnerable groups are abolished

In the context of the ongoing evaluation of the epidemiological data, the Council of Ministers at its meeting today decided to abolish the special arrangements for discharging duties applicable to vulnerable groups, which come under Group A and Group B.By extension, those individuals who worked from home on account of the circumstances created by the coronavirus, should make the necessary arrangements and planning for return to their work as of 12 June 2020 at midnight, whereupon the decisio...

09-06-2020 19:45

Address by the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, on the agreement with the United Kingdom concerning the development in the British Bases

I am very glad and particularly gratified to welcome you to the Presidential Palace on the signing ceremony and entry into force of an agreement that concerns the development of the non – military areas within the British Bases.I consider this day a historic one for the inhabitants and property owners in the territory controlled by the British Authorities, as well as a tangible proof of the excellent relations between the Republic of Cyprus and the United Kingdom.Following 60 years of consu...

09-06-2020 19:29

Joint Statement on the “Arrangement between the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland relating to the regulation of development in the Sovereign Base Areas”

The UK Government and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus announce today the next important stage in the implementation of the bilateral Arrangement reached in 2014 on the regulation of non-military development in the Bases.The Department of the Environment of the Republic of Cyprus and the SBA Administration will tomorrow morning publish the Draft Policy Statement, the zoning arrangements, including maps, and the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) report relating to the A...

09-06-2020 13:41

EMA receives application for conditional authorisation of first COVID-19 treatment in the EU

EMA has now received an application for conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) of the antiviral medicine remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 and has formally started its evaluation. The assessment of the benefits and risks of remdesivir is being performed under a reduced timeline and an opinion could be issued within weeks, depending on the robustness of the data submitted and whether further information is required to support the evaluation.Such a short timeframe will only be possib...

09-06-2020 13:15

Foreign Trade Statistics March 2020

1. The Statistical Service of Cyprus announces that it has published the monthly electronic publication “Intra & Extra EU Trade Statistics (Summarised Data)” for March 2020.2. The main developments in the foreign trade of Cyprus were:(a) Total imports of goods (from EU Member States and from third countries) in January – March 2020 amounted to €2.108,4 mn as compared to €1.990,0 mn in January – March 2019, recording an increase of 6,0%. Total exports of goods (to EU Member States and to...

09-06-2020 13:14

Registration of motor vehicles for January – May 2020 period

The Statistical Service announces the publication of the report entitled “Registration of Motor Vehicles” for the period January – May 2020.In May 2020, the month during which the COVID-19 containment measures started to be gradually lifted in Cyprus, the total registrations of motor vehicles numbered 3.105, recording a decrease of 28,5% compared to May 2019. Passenger saloon cars registered a fall of 33,5% to 2.293.The main developments in the first five months of 2020 compared to the corr...

08-06-2020 21:14

Gradual lift of restrictive measures on flights to and from the Airports of Larnaka and Pafos

As already announced the gradual lift of restrictive measures on flights to and from the Airports of Larnaka and Pafos will be implemented in two stages:STAGE A – 9 June – 19 June 2020STAGE B – 20 June 2020Countries will be categorized by the Minister of Health depending on their epidemiological profile into categories A and B.Included in Category C will be those countries not falling into categories A and B. The Ministry of Health is continuing the evaluation of countries and the categor...

08-06-2020 13:53

Cyprus has the cleanest bathing waters in Europe

Statement by the Minister of the Environment, Costas Kadis, on the announcement of the European Commission concerning the quality of bathing waters for 2019“The European Commission today announced the final results concerning the quality of bathing waters across Europe. This is the annual evaluation of European bathing areas, which shows how well the environmental protection measures are applied, allowing the citizens to make sound decisions with regard to the bathing areas they will choose ...

07-06-2020 15:36

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus regarding the Egyptian Initiative to achieve peace in Libya

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, a neighboring country that is also a member of the European Union, welcomes the latest Egyptian initiative aimed at ending the Libyan conflict and at the resumption of the political process. The Cairo initiative is based on the principles and values of the United Nations Charter, the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, as well as the conclusions of the Berlin Conference on Libya. These express the will of the international commu...

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