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28-04-2020 09:06

Post Office that will remain closed today 28/04/2020

The Cyprus Post announce that today 28/04/2020 will remain closed Larnaka Airport Post Office.(IK/ΙΙ)

27-04-2020 11:49

The Ministry of Health will subsidise an additional 2,000 laboratory tests for employees

The Ministry of Health, following a press release dated 24 April 2020, recalls that the Government decided to undertake the cost of an additional 2,000 laboratory tests on professionals who are employed in the supply chain in the retail trade of drinks and food (bakeries and supermarkets), fruit markets, butcheries, fishmongers, mini markets, grocery stores and old people’s homes, who have not had the possibility to be tested through the programme to test 20,000 employees.The purpose of this...

27-04-2020 09:16

Post Offices that will remain closed

Cyprus Post announce that today 27/04/2020 the following Post Offices will remain closedːLarnaca AirportGeroskipou (ND/ECH)

24-04-2020 13:31

Written statement of the Law Office of the Republic regarding a European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) press release

In connection with the recent publication of a press release by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), regarding the investigation of a case of misuse of European funds, the Attorney General of the Republic, in a letter, asked for clarifications on possible involvement of Cyprus or Cypriot citizens in the case.In his own letter, the Director-General of OLAF today clarified and confirmed that his Office did not come into any contact with any authorities in the Republic, due to the fact that n...

24-04-2020 12:51

Announcement of the Department of Antiquities on recent articles regarding shipwrecks in the sea zone between Cyprus and Lebanon

The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, in view of recent articles publiched in the media, concerning shipwrecks in the sea zone between Cyprus and Lebanon, announces the following:The recent article in The Guardian of 18 April 2020, entitled “Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal “birth of globalization in trade” concerns the location of 12 shipwrecks during searches made by Enigma Shipwrecks Project in the sea zone between Cyprus and Lebanon and ment...

24-04-2020 09:40

Extension of flight ban until Sunday, 17 May 2020

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that the Council of Ministers, at its meeting on April 23, 2020, decided to extend the ban of flights, as this had been announced in the relevant Decree issued by the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works on April 18, 2020, from April 30 to May 17, 2020. (AT)

23-04-2020 20:56

The outpatient clinics of public and private hospitals are reopening

The outpatient clinics of public and private hospitals are reopening on Monday, 27 April 2020, according to a decree issued by the Minister of Health, which has been published in the Official Gazette of the Republic.A provision according to which visits to private and public hospitals for non-urgent cases were banned has been removed from the decree. Consequently, clinics/departments will be allowed to arrange appointments for cases that are not urgent.It is also clarified that, according t...

23-04-2020 17:14

Written statement by the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, on the occasion of the Ramadan

I wish to extend to all our Turkish Cypriot compatriots and to the entire Muslim world warm wishes on the occasion of the Ramadan.This year, Christians, as well as Muslims and all humanity, irrespective of religion, origin, colour or gender, have come to realise that a pandemic, such as the one we are experiencing today, does not choose among religions and does not discriminate among people.And that life is not safeguarded with weapons and confrontations, but through cooperation, solidarity...

23-04-2020 16:10

The Council of Ministers decided to take additional measures to support employees

With a view to supporting as many workers as possible who have been laid off or have lost their full-time status due to the COVID -19 pandemic, the Council of Ministers, chaired by the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, today approved a proposal by the Minister of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, Ms. Zeta Emilianidou, for a series of additional measures to support employees.The measures, which were determined following a dialogue between the Ministry and the social partne...

23-04-2020 15:02

Post Offices that will remain closed today and tomorrow

The Cyprus Post announce that today 23/04/2020 and tomorrow 24/04/2020 the following Post Offices will remain closed ːLarnaka Airport,Geroskipou (ECH/ΙΚ)

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