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01-03-2022 18:45
Photo Album - House President – Ambassador of Ukraine
The Acting President of the Republic, President of the House of Representatives, Ms Annita Demetriou, receives the Ambassador of Ukraine, Mr Ruslan Nimchynskyi, at the House of Representatives.
01-03-2022 18:39
Photo Album – PoR and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia – Official talks
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, hold official talks in the presence of the delegations of Cyprus and Saudi Arabia, at the Riyadh Palace, in Saudi Arabia.
01-03-2022 18:32
Photo Album - Energy Minister – Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia
The Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Ms Natasa Pilides, at a tête-à-tête meeting with the Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority of Foreign Trade, Dr Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
01-03-2022 15:52
Postal services to Belarus are suspended
The Cyprus Post announces that all postal services (Letter mail, Parcels, EMS/Datapost) as well as the Quickpost courier service to Belarus, are suspended. (EK/SCH)
01-03-2022 13:47
Turnover Index of Retail Trade Except of Motor Vehicles: December 2021
Annual change +6,6% in value and +1,2% in volumeThe Turnover Value Index of Retail Trade for December 2021 increased by 6,6% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Table 1). For the same month, the Turnover Volume Index of Retail Trade increased by 1,2% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Table 2).For the period January-December 2021, the value index is estimated to have recorded an increase of 9,1% and the volume index an increase of 6,6% compared t...
01-03-2022 13:46
Rapid Antigen Testing Units – 2 March 2022
Based on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and aiming at the suppression of the dispersion of the virus SARS-CoV-2, in places where SafePass is required, individuals aged 6 and above must hold one of the following:Certificate of full vaccination.Proof that they have been infected with COVID-19 during the last three months.Certificate of a negative rapid antigen test, valid for 7 days, for individuals aged 6-11 years old.Certificate of a negative PCR or rapid antigen test, valid ...
01-03-2022 13:28
Tourist Arrivals: January 2022
The arrivals of tourists reached 43.944 in January 2022 compared to 3.889 in January 2021 and to 85.622 tourist arrivals in January 2020.Arrivals from Russia were the main source of tourism for January 2022, with a share of 14,6% (6.414) of total arrivals, followed by Greece with 14,0% (6.141), United Kingdom with 13,0% (5.708), Ukraine with 11,2% (4.942), Poland with 6,6% (2.890) and Israel with 6,3% (2.784).For a percentage of 57,5% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in January 2022 w...
01-03-2022 11:50
Postal services to Russia are suspended
The Cyprus Post announces that all postal services (Letters, Parcels, EMS/Datapost) as well as the Quickpost courier service to Russia, are suspended.(MV/SCH)
28-02-2022 20:37
Photo Album - Education Minister – Official launch of the European Year of Youth 2022 in Cyprus
The Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth, Mr Prodromos Prodromou, addresses, on behalf of the President of the Republic, the official launch of the European Year of Youth 2022 in Cyprus, in the framework of the Citizens' Free University, at the University of Nicosia.
28-02-2022 14:46
Remarks by the Minister of Defence, Mr Charalambos Petrides, at the commemoration event at the BMH Cyprus-Israel Friendship Memorial Site
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you today at the site of the monument dedicated to the Jewish holocaust survivors who found temporary refuge to Cyprus on their way to their motherland after the end of the Second World War. This monument is a meaningful testament to the long standing Cypriot-Israeli friendship and people to people ties that were forged in the period 1946-1949 when Cypriots provided as much as help possible to Jewish refugees stranded in Cyprus in internment camps over a ...
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