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20-11-2021 13:08
Photo Album - PoR – Inauguration of new Fire Station “Sergeant Vasilis Krokos”
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, inaugurates the new Fire Station “Sergeant Vasilis Krokos”, in Lemesos.
20-11-2021 08:59
Address by the Deputy Government Spokeswoman Ms Niovi Parisinou on behalf of the President of the Republic, at the 4th BPW Mediterranean Symposium
It is with great pleasure that I attend the opening of the 4th Mediterranean Symposium, which is organized for another year, at the initiative of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women Cyprus.I would like first of all to convey the cordial greetings and wishes for every success of the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, who due to prior commitments could not be with us here today.The Mediterranean Symposium, which is evolving into an important annual institu...
19-11-2021 18:51
EMA receives application for marketing authorisation for Xevudy (sotrovimab) for treating patients with COVID-19
EMA has started evaluating an application for marketing authorisation for the monoclonal antibody Xevudy (sotrovimab). The applicant is GlaxoSmithKline Trading Services Limited, who developed the medicine together with Vir Biotechnology.Xevudy is intended for the treatment of adults and adolescents with COVID-19 who do not require supplemental oxygen therapy and who are at increased risk of progressing to severe COVID-19.EMA will assess the benefits and risks of Xevudy under a reduced timel...
19-11-2021 18:39
Final Communiqué of the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and France
Athens, November 19th 2021 1. Following up on our first meeting, held in January 2020 in Cairo, and its results and Final Communiqué, we, the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and France, met in Athens on November 19, 2021, to discuss the recent developments in the region, in light of the multifaceted challenges affecting peace, stability and security.2. We referred to the excellent relations among our respective states, in full accordance with International Law and the Law of ...
19-11-2021 14:00
Rapid antigen testing units – 20 November 2021
Based on the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and aiming at the suppression of the dispersion of the virus SARS-CoV-2, as of the 18th of October, in places where SafePass is required, individuals aged 12 and above must hold one of the following:1. Certificate of full vaccination.2. Proof that they have been infected with COVID-19 during the last six months.3. Certificate of a PCR negative test or a negative rapid antigen test result, valid for 72 hours.According to the Ministe...
19-11-2021 13:54
Extension of working hours of walk-in vaccination centres
As part of the Government’s efforts to increase the vaccination coverage of the population against COVID-19, and in particular, in order to better serve citizens, it has been decided to extend the operating hours of the walk in centres, in all districts.Knowing that early mass vaccination of citizens against COVID-19 is one of the most powerful weapons to effectively tackle the pandemic and contain the coronavirus, the extension of opening hours offers to all citizens the opportunity to proc...
19-11-2021 12:30
Tourist Arrivals: October 2021
Αnnual Change +288,6% The arrivals of tourists reached 391.638 in October 2021, recording an increase of 288,6% compared to October 2020 (during which 100.791 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease of 10,3% compared to October 2019 (with 436.509 arrivals).For the period of January – October 2021, arrivals of tourists totaled 1.691.030 compared to 612.975 in the corresponding period of 2020, recording an increase of 175,9%, and a decrease of 54,3% compared to the period of January – October...
19-11-2021 10:48
Photo Album - Transport Minister – Signing of the contract regarding the Nicosia’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
The Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Mr Yiannis Karousos, and the Mayor of Lefkosia, Mr Constantinos Yiorkadjis, at the ceremony for the signing of the contract regarding the Consultancy Services for the Development of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) for the greater urban area of the city of Lefkosia, at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works.
18-11-2021 20:28
Photo Album - Illumination of the Presidential Palace
The Presidential Palace is illuminated in purple, within the framework of the World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day (November 18).
18-11-2021 19:43
Photo Album - House President – President of the Hungarian National Assembly
The President of the House of Representatives, Ms Annita Demetriou, receives the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary, Mr László Kövér, at the House of Representatives, Lefkosia.
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