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08-02-2021 09:55

Kakopetria Post Office and KE.PO. will remain closed today

The Cyprus Post announces that the Post Office and the KE.PO. in Kakopetria will remain closed on Monday, 8th February 2021 due to a COVID-19 incident. The Cyprus Post kindly asks the customers who had arranged an appointment at KE.PO. to reschedule it through the online booking platform www.kepo.cypruspost.post.  Furthermore, asks for customers understadning and apologises for any inconvenience caused.  (IK/II)

07-02-2021 18:06

Rapid antigen testing for employees and the general population is in progress at 59 units

Testing Units – 8 February 2021Aiming at the continuous surveillance of the country’s epidemic picture, the Ministry of Health continues the free programmes of rapid antigen testing of the general population and employees.The increased number of tests in the community constitutes a decisive factor of the strategy for the gradual lifting of the restrictive measures. Focusing on the surveillance of the working places, with regular testing of the employees, their smooth and safe operation is s...

06-02-2021 17:22

Rapid antigen testing for employees and the general population – Testing units

According to the decree in force, employees in businesses and other professional sectors who are returning to work on 8 February, are obliged to undergo an antigen rapid test, by tomorrow, Sunday 7 February 2021. In this context, the Ministry of Health’s program of free screening with rapid antigen test continues, in order to ensure a smooth and safe re-opening of businesses/sectors.Based on the above and to make the screening possible for everyone returning to their work place on Monday, th...

06-02-2021 14:06

Remarks by the President of the Republic

The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, today sent a message to Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots that if they really desire a peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem then they should assist in satisfying primarily the demands of all Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots alike, and not the claims of Turkey.In his remarks to the media, following his meeting with the Foreign Minister of Slovenia, Mr Anze Logar, at his residence in Lemesos, President Anastasiades said that t...

06-02-2021 12:58

Photo Album - House President receives Slovenian Foreign Minister

The President of the House of Representatives, Dr Adamos Adamou, receives the the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Anže Logar at the House of Representatives.

06-02-2021 11:30

Statement to the Press by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, on the occasion of the visit to Cyprus by Dr. Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

It is with great pleasure that I welcome to Cyprus my good friend and excellent colleague, Anže Logar. Anže and I have been eager to exchange visits, and so I am very pleased to host him today and very much look forward to visiting Ljubljana.As Slovenia prepares to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2021 – during these peculiar and challenging circumstances created by the pandemic, that call for European solidarity and resilience - Anže’s visit i...

06-02-2021 10:05

Photo Album - The Minister of Foreign Affairs at a tête-à-tête meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, at a tête-à-tête meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Anže Logar, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

05-02-2021 18:51

Rapid antigen testing for employees and the general population is in progress – Testing units

According to the decree in force, employees in businesses and other professional sectors who are returning to work on 8 February, are obliged to undergo an antigen rapid test. In this context, the Ministry of Health’s program of free screening with rapid antigen test continues, in order to ensure a smooth and safe re-opening of businesses/sectors.Based on the above and to make the screening possible for everyone returning to their work place, the employees are grouped alphabetically accordin...

05-02-2021 14:54

Celebration of the anniversary of the inclusion of Cyprus in UNESCO, 6 February 1961-2021

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces that on the 6th of February 2021 the Medieval Castle of Pafos will be lit blue, for the celebration of sixty years from the inclusion of Cyprus in UNESCO, as a member state.Through its lighting, the Department of Antiquities wishes to underline the need to protect our World Heritage, as well as the importance of this Organisation, in the fields of Culture, Education and Sciences. The inclusion of our co...

05-02-2021 14:41

List of clinical laboratories conducting rapid COVID-19 antigen test for which no molecular confirmation is required

The Ministry of Health recalls that given the current epidemiological situation and following the recommendation of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the coronavirus, the positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests carried out by the mobile units of the Ministry of Health are considered to be positive and do not need confirmation by the Molecular Method (RT-PCR), due to the high positive prediction value of the rapid antigen test.Similarly, the need for non-confirmation of positive antigen test re...

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