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10-04-2020 17:05

Sampling to begin promptly for 20,000 employees in the private, public and wider public sectors and the National Guard

In view of the increase in the availability of consumables and the importance of conducting more laboratory tests to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and taking into consideration the will of the citizens for more testing, the Council of Ministers decided during its meeting on April 8, 2020 to subsidise 20,000 laboratory tests, which will be conducted within 20 days in collaboration with private laboratories that meet the criteria set by the Ministry of Health, on a nationwide basis.The laborato...

10-04-2020 13:03

Foreign Trade Statistics, electronic publication - January 2020

The Statistical Service of Cyprus announces that it has published the monthly electronic publication “Intra & Extra EU Trade Statistics (Summarised Data)” for January 2020.The main developments in the foreign trade of Cyprus were:(a) Total imports of goods (from EU member states and from third countries) in January 2020 amounted to €704,1 mn as compared to €823,5 mn in January 2019, recording a decrease of 14,5%. Total exports of goods (to EU member states and to third countries) in Jan...

10-04-2020 11:13

Announcement by the Civil Registry and Migration Department with regard to the validity of residence permits for seasonal employment

The Civil Registry and Migration Department announces that the period of validity of the residence permits for seasonal employment is extended by three months due to the extraordinary measures that have been taken to tackle the pandemic. (ND)

10-04-2020 08:55

Post Offices that will remain closed today 10/04/2020

The Cyprus Post announce that today 10/04/2020 the following Post Offices will remain closed ːLarnaka Airport,Liopetri (SCH/IK)

09-04-2020 15:08

Call centre service for citizens who cannot use the 8998 text messaging service for the movement by way of exception

In order to facilitate the citizens who cannot use the 8998 text messaging (SMS) service for the movement of citizen by way of exception, the Deputy Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy is introducing a new call center service, which citizens are advised to use only in the cases below:Subscribers of foreign telecommunications providers, as the SMS service does not support messages from non-Cypriot numbers.Citizens who face any kind of problems in the efforts to attain appro...

09-04-2020 12:59

Registration of motor vehicles: January – March 2020

The Statistical Service announces the publication of the Report entitled “Registration of Motor Vehicles” for the period January-March 2020.In March 2020, the month during which COVID-19 containment measures were introduced in Cyprus, the total registrations of motor vehicles numbered 2.204, recording a decrease of 36,2% compared to March 2019. Passenger saloon cars also registered a fall of 36,2% to 1.795.The main developments in the first three months of 2020 compared to the corresponding...

09-04-2020 10:02

Post Offices that will remain closed

The Cyprus Post announce that today 09/04/2020 the following Post Offices will remain closed ːLarnaka Airport,Avgorou SS

08-04-2020 20:15

Statement by the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, on the Council of Ministers' decisions regarding COVID-19

Today's intervention aims to inform you about the results, thus far, of the measures that have been adopted to combat the pandemic, and, at the same time, to inform you about a series of measures that the Council of Ministers decided today.Regarding the results of the measures, without any intention to cultivate unjustified optimism, I would like to mention that, based on the estimates of the scientific team, the measures we have taken are effective and a ray of light is visible. I repeat, j...

08-04-2020 20:10

Monitoring the COVID-19 virus is expanding through additional laboratory tests among the general public

Taking into consideration the availability of consumables and the importance of carrying out more laboratory tests to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and following more than 14,000 tests already carried out on persons with an epidemiological history but also heeding the wish of the people for more tests, the Council of Ministers has decided the following:To carry out a pancyprian epidemiological examination on a random sample of 800 persons with a view to evaluate the percentage of persons thr...

08-04-2020 18:19

Re-opening of Lemesos Distrtict Office

We would like to inform the public that the Lemesos District Post Office and KEPO will re-open on Thursday, 9th April 2020. (II)

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