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06-11-2024 14:50
Quarterly accounts of General Government: 2nd quarter 2024
Deficit €39,0 mnThe preliminary General Government fiscal results, which are prepared by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT), indicate a deficit of €39,0 mn for the period of April-June 2024, as compared to a deficit of €260,8 mn that was recorded during the period of April-June 2023. RevenueDuring the period of April-June 2024, total revenue increased by €523,2 mn (+19,2%) and amounted to €3.252,6 mn, compared to €2.729,4 mn in the corresponding period 2023.In detail, taxes on p...
06-11-2024 14:20
Call for submission of proposals by theatre groups or individuals 2025 for the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama
The Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute announce the opening of the submission of proposals by Cypriot theatre groups/individuals and by theatre groups/individuals not residing in Cyprus for participating in the 28th edition of the “International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama”, which will be held from the end of June until the beginning of August 2025 in Cyprus.The aim of the festival is to presen...
05-11-2024 15:26
Registered Unemployed: October 2024
The unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of October 2024 reached 7.781 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for October 2024 decreased to 10.208 persons in comparison to 10.265 in the previous month (Table 1). In comparison with October 2023, a decrease of 1.451 persons or 15,7% was recorded, attributed mainly to the sectors of financial and insurance activities, constru...
05-11-2024 15:12
Industrial Turnover Index: August 2024
Annual Change +2,2% In August 2024, the Industrial Turnover Index reached 118,3 units (base 2021=100), recording an increase of 2,2% compared to August 2023. For the period January-August 2024, the index recorded an increase of 2,3% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.In manufacturing, the Industrial Turnover Index for August 2024 reached 103,5 units, recording an increase of 0,6% compared to August 2023. Increases were also recorded in the sectors of mining and quarr...
04-11-2024 13:54
Annual Non-Financial Sector Accounts: 2023
Annual increase of 4,9% to the disposable income of households and non-profit institutions serving households Based on the preliminary estimates of the main aggregates of the National Accounts by institutional sector for the year 2023, the gross disposable income for the total economy amounted to €27.981,9 mn, the gross saving amounted to €3.463,0 mn and the net borrowing (-) amounted to €2.998,7 mn. (Table).The disposable income of households and non-profit institutions serving households ...
04-11-2024 13:18
Announcement by the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts
The Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts is organising an open event with the speaker of the President of the European Research Council (ERC), Professor Maria Leptin, on Tuesday,12 November 2024, at 18:30 in Room B108 of the Council-Senate building Anastasios G. Leventis at the University of Cyprus, on "Boosting frontier research in Europe”.The event will be addressed by the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Mr Nicodemos Damianou, the Chief Scientist for Re...
01-11-2024 17:11
Turnover Index of Retail Trade Except of Motor Vehicles: September 2024
Annual Change +3,1% in Value and +3,3% in Volume The Turnover Value Index of Retail Trade for September 2024 increased by 3,1%, compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Table 1). For the same month, the Turnover Volume Index of Retail Trade increased by 3,3% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Table 2). For the period January-September 2024, the Value Index is estimated to have recorded an increase of 5,0% and the Volume Index an increase of 3,8%, comp...
01-11-2024 16:55
Survey on the Trips of Residents: 2023
Residents of Cyprus participating in domestic and outbound trips During 2023, 484.365 residents of Cyprus participated in at least one domestic or/and outbound trip that included a minimum of one overnight stay for personal purposes, recording an increase of 8,4% compared to 2022, during which a total of 446.633 persons have travelled domestically or abroad. Residents participating only in domestic trips decreased by 6,6% in 2023, reaching 150.751 compared to 161.489 in 2022. The number of...
01-11-2024 15:59
Concert with Ensemble Marquise at the Cyprus Museum, 6th November 2024
The Department of Antiquities, Deputy Ministry of Culture, announces that on Wednesday, 6th November 2024, at 19:00, a concert will take place in the Cyprus Museum with “Ensemble Marquise”, with musicians from Hungary and Cyprus. The repertoire will include traditional songs from around the word, such as English, Hungarian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Cypriot traditional songs, arias and duets.The concert is organised within the framework of the Department of Antiquities’ series of...
01-11-2024 12:48
Announcement by the Department of Labour Inspection on dust episode – 1 November 2024
High concentrations of dust are observed in the air today, 1 November 2024, according to measurements from ground Stations of the Air Quality Monitoring Network operated by the Department of Labour Inspection.The public and particularly any vulnerable groups of population (children, older people, and the infirm) are urged to avoid circulating in open spaces until the observed episode has elapsed, as the small size of respirable particles in dust may have negative effects on human health.The...
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