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24-08-2020 12:22
Meeting of the Minister of Education with the Private Schools Association
The Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth, Mr Prodromos Prodromou, held a meeting today, Monday, 24 August 2020, with the Private Schools Association.
24-08-2020 12:14
Meeting of the Minister of Education with the Pancyprian Federation of Parents’ and Guardians’ Associations of Private Schools
The Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth, Mr Prodromos Prodromou, held a meeting today, Monday, 24 August 2020, with the Pancyprian Federation of Parents’ and Guardians’ Associations of Private Schools.
23-08-2020 21:33
The Ministry of Interior regarding the Al Jazeera report on the Cyprus Investment Program
Regarding today's reports in international media which suggest that the Republic of Cyprus proceeded to the naturalization of persons who did not meet the criteria of the Cyprus Investment Program, we wish to clarify that all the individuals mentioned, especially in the Al Jazeera report, were evaluated according to the criteria that were in force at the given time and which they met.In addition, the consent of all relevant services both in Cyprus and internationally had been secured with re...
21-08-2020 14:21
International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend – 22-23 August 2020
This year’s International Lighthouse Day, which was established to raise awareness concerning the significance of the lighthouses, the lighthouse keepers and navigation, acquires a new meaning, as the Covid-19 pandemic imposed the cessation and limitation of connections among countries and people for the first time. This recent situation, however, at the same time demonstrated the importance of inter-cultural connections, established through the ages, predominantly via the sea. For this reaso...
21-08-2020 14:01
Decisions of the Council of Ministers for the management of the coronavirus pandemic
At its meeting today chaired by the President of the Republic, the Council of Ministers was briefed by the Minister of Health, Mr Constantinos Ioannou, on the teleconference with the members of the Advisory Scientific Committee held on 19 August 2020, in which the epidemiological data of the last days were examined along with measures for better controlling the coronavirus pandemic.The President of the Republic and the members of the Council of Ministers, having examined the suggestions by t...
21-08-2020 12:43
Intra & Extra EU Trade Statistics (by commodity and country), January - May 2020
The Statistical Service of Cyprus announces that it has published the monthly electronic publication “Intra & Extra EU Trade Statistics (by commodity and country)” for January - May 2020. It includes detailed quantity and value data on imports and exports of domestically produced goods and foreign goods, classified at the 6-digit commodity code level and by partner country.The main developments in the foreign trade of Cyprus were:(a) Total imports of goods (from EU Member States and fro...
20-08-2020 16:47
Places where the use of a mask is mandatory for the general population
In order to safeguard the protection of citizens and public health vis-à-vis COVID-19, a Decree of the Minister of Health has been issued today extending thereby the measure for mandatory use of a protective mask by the general population aged 6 years old and older.The use of a mask by the general population is mandatory in indoor crowded spaces, and more specifically, at the following establishments/venues:- Supermarkets / bakeries- Department stores / retail stores / shopping malls- Chu...
20-08-2020 16:45
New maximum price for conducting a laboratory test for COVID-19
The Ministry of Health announces that the maximum fee charged for carrying out a laboratory examination for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in accordance with today’s Decree by the Health Minister, is set at €75 for the molecular test. It is made clear that the only acceptable and approved method of detecting the COVID-19 disease is the diagnostic method of tracing the genetic material of the virus, and, besides the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics and the Microbiological Laboratories of the...
20-08-2020 12:46
House President receives a Delegation from Pyroi village
The President of the House of Representatives, Mr Demetris Syllouris, received today, Thursday, 20 August 2020, a delegation from Pyroi Community Council and "Pyroi" Refugees Association and he was presented a resolution with regard to the 46th anniversary of the conquest of Pyroi by the Turkish troops, at the House of the Citizen.(EH)
20-08-2020 11:37
The President of the House of Representatives addressed a symbolic tree planting ceremony
The President of the House of Representatives, Mr Demetris Syllouris, and the High Commissioner of India, Ms Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat, attended today, Thursday 20 August 2020, the planting of a sapling on the occasion of the Independence Day of India and the 60th anniversary of the House of Representatives, at the House of the Citizen.Mr Syllouris said that "this symbolic tree planting ceremony serves to highlight and mark two auspicious occasions. The 74th Independence Day of India and the...
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