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28-06-2024 13:43
Announcement by the Cyprus Post regarding the management of Zoopigi postal agency
Cyprus Post accepts applications from residents of the community of Zoopigi and the surrounding areas, who are interested to undertake the management of the local postal agency, as well as the delivery of mail and parcels, with a remuneration of €300.00 per month, in the form of assignment of duties and not employment. The application deadline is the 12th of July 2024. Statistical research will be taken to reassess the remuneration in due time. For further information, interested parties m...
28-06-2024 13:40
Announcement by the Cyprus Post regarding the management of Korfi postal agency
Cyprus Post accepts applications from residents of the community of Korfi and the surrounding areas, who are interested to undertake the management of the local postal agency, as well as the delivery of mail and parcels, with a remuneration of €200.00 per month, in the form of assignment of duties and not employment. The application deadline is the 12th of July 2024. Statistical research will be taken to reassess the remuneration in due time. For further information, interested parties may...
28-06-2024 12:02
Address by the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Dr Nicodemos Damianou, at POLCYber Seminar 2024
It gives me great pleasure to be with you today, joined by cybersecurity experts, practitioners and business stakeholders from Cyprus and Poland. A warm welcome to everyone joining us from abroad and congratulations to the organisers for the great initiative. This is a vision of a world that pools its strengths, capacities and diversity to tackle the biggest challenges ahead. And cybersecurity is definitely amongst the greatest ones. I read an interview by the Ambassador recently, on what Cy...
28-06-2024 08:09
Address by the Minister of Health, Mr Michael Damianos, at the Graduation Ceremony of the Medical School of the University of Nicosia, yesterday
It is a great honor for me to address on this Graduation Ceremony of the University of Nicosia, Medical School. A celebration that gives us the opportunity to congratulate the medical graduates for successfully completing the first part of their medical cycle.Cyprus has proved over the years to be one of the leaders with respect to tertiary education in the region. The University of Nicosia Medical School is one of the important contributors offering the opportunity to young health professio...
27-06-2024 17:12
Statements by the President of the Republic of Cyprus upon his arrival at the European Council Summit
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, upon his arrival at the European Council Summit, in his statements to journalists as regards the Heads of the Institutions, contemplated that deliberations will be reached today, so that the European Council will continue with discussions on other important issues, like the strategic agenda of the European Union (EU)."The deliberations of the Heads of the Institutions continue. I wish to reiterate that our aspiration and expe...
27-06-2024 15:00
Imports, Sales and Stocks of Petroleum Products: May 2024
Annual Change in Sales -0,2 % In May 2024, the total sales of petroleum products amounted to 122.359 tonnes, recording a minor drop of 0,2% compared to May 2023. A decrease was observed in the provisions of marine gasoil (-30,1%), as well as in the sales of heavy fuel oil (-26,5%), heating gasoil (-19,4%), road diesel (-6,5%) and motor gasoline (-2,0%). On the contrary, an increase was recorded in the provisions of aviation kerosene (4,2%) as well as in the sales of light fuel oil (58,7%). ...
27-06-2024 14:52
Industrial Production Index: April 2024
Annual Change +8,2%In April 2024, the Industrial Production Index reached 106,8 units (base 2021=100), recording an increase of 8,2% compared to April 2023. For the period January – April 2024, the index recorded an increase of 5,9% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The manufacturing sector registered an increase of 7,3% compared to April 2023. An increase was also observed in the sectors of mining and quarrying (+36,9%), water supply and materials recovery (+31,2...
27-06-2024 12:05
The President of the Republic of Cyprus met with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, held a meeting with the Personal Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General on Cyprus, Ms María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, this morning.The meeting took place in Brussels on the sidelines of the European Council, at which the President of the Republic of Cyprus participated.During the meeting, Ms Holguín’s endeavours as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy, to resume negotiations on the Cyprus problem as well as achieving a...
27-06-2024 11:52
Cyprus Intervention by the Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Dr Athena Michaelidou, at the MED9 Ministerial Summit on ESD and Green Transition in the Mediterranean Region
Cyprus is pioneer in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and is considered a leading country in the field. It is one of the few countries that has integrated this subject since 2008, systematically in a unified way through the National Action Plan for Education for Environment and Sustainable Development (NAPEESD). The National Action Plan established ESD on all levels of formal, informal and non-formal education in a systemic and concise way.Recently, the Ministry of Ed...
27-06-2024 10:49
Welcome remarks by the Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Dr Athina Michaelidou, at the opening ceremony of MED9 High-Level Forum and UNECE Forum on Education for Sustainable Development
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, youngsters from all of the UNECE and Mediterranean countries, KALOS ORISATE! (Welcome) to Cyprus. It is a great pleasure and an honour for me to welcome you for a second time, since October 2022, to our island, when Cyprus hosted the UNECE 9th Ministerial Forum for Environment for Europe, during which the new implementation framework on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Strategy 2021-2030, as well as the Mediterranean Strategy on ESD 2030...
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