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13-05-2023 10:32
Photo Album - PoR – Event in memory of Vassos Lyssarides
PoR – Event in memory of Vassos Lyssarides Pallas Theatre, Lefkosia, Cyprus The President of the Republic, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, addresses the 2nd annual event held in memory of Vassos Lyssarides, founder of the Movement of Social Democrats EDEK.
12-05-2023 13:00
Building Permits: February 2023
Increase both in Area (0,9%) and in Value (2,1%)The Statistical Service announces that the number of building permits authorized by the municipal authorities and the district administration offices during February 2023 stood at 553. The total value of these permits reached €160,8 million and the total area 147,6 thousand square metres. These building permits provide for the construction of 608 dwelling units.During the period January – February 2023, 1.143 building permits were issued compa...
12-05-2023 12:00
Opening Remarks by the Commissioner for Gender Equality, Ms Josie Christodoulou, at the 1st WMSC Workshop “Portraits of Women in Mathematical Sciences in Cyprus”
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus First and foremost, I warmly congratulate the newly established network “Women in Mathematical Sciences in Cyprus” (WMSC) for taking the initiative to organize this very important event and I thank you for the invitation to be part of this important workshop/event celebrating herstory in Mathematics. It is indeed true, that such initiatives confirm our common concern but also our common aim in that we must step up and take all necessary meas...
12-05-2023 11:41
The Deputy Communications Commissioner Mr Petros Galides was a speaker at the "9th Annual Copenhagen Economics Postal and Delivery Conference 2023"
The Deputy Commissioner for Communications, Mr Petros Galides, Chairman of the ERGP - European Regulators Group for Postal Services for 2023, was a speaker at the 9th Annual Copenhagen Economics Postal and Delivery Conference 2023 in Copenhagen on the 8th of May.Mr Galides analysed ERGP direction and priorities for 2023, given the radical transformation the postal sector is going through, and emphasized that the Future Postal Regulatory Framework needs to adapt to the development of a compet...
11-05-2023 18:58
The President of the Republic was decorated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem
The President of the Republic, Mr Nikos Christodoulides was decorated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos the Third, at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.At a special ceremony, held at the Patriarchate, on May 11 2023, the President of the Republic was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Knights, by Patriarch Theophilos, which constitutes a supreme honour by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.Accepting the honorary distinction, President Christodoulides said that the Cypriot people are bei...
11-05-2023 18:28
The President of the Republic visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
The President of the Republic, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, visited on 11 May 2023 the Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, where he attended a special ceremony in memory of the Holocaust victims.In a highly emotionally charged atmosphere, during a ceremony in memory and honour of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, the President of the Republic lit the flame of Remembrance and laid a wreath. Following a guided tour through the Museum, the President of the Republic offered to the Yad Vas...
11-05-2023 14:33
The President of the Republic met with the Prime Minister of Israel
The President of the Republic, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, met today with the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Prime Minister’s Office, in Jerusalem.At the meeting the President of the Republic said that “I am here two months after I've assumed my duties and I'm here despite the terrorist attacks that we fully condemn, because I want to send a strong and clear message about the strategic nature of our relationship.We worked together in the past, I am here to see how we ...
11-05-2023 13:08
Government Employment by Category: April 2023
Total Employment: 52.498In April 2023 total government employment decreased by 1.432 persons (-2,7%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2022 and reached 52.498 persons. This decrease is attributed to the transfer of Hourly Paid Workers from the Ministry of Health to the State Health Services Organisation, which is included in the Broad Public Sector, as from January 2023. Permanent staff decreased by 719 persons (-2,8%), from 26.032 to 25.313 persons. Casual staff increased by 893 p...
11-05-2023 11:10
The President of the Republic met with the President of Israel
The President of the Republic, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, who is paying a one-day working visit to Israel, met today with the President of Israel, Mr Isaac Herzog, at the Presidential Palace in Jerusalem.At the end of the deliberations, President Herzog said: “President Christodoulides, we are extremely happy that you are here, and you should know that the fact that you've come here this morning when Israel is under attack from Gaza by enemies of ours who have no respect for human lives or th...
11-05-2023 10:39
Photo Album - PoR – Working visit to Israel
Welcome of the President of the Republic, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, who is paying a working visit to Israel, at the Ben Gurion International Airport, in Tel Aviv.
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