Cyprus has the second lowest coverage of very high-capacity fixed connections (VHCN) in the EU, after Greece, information released by Eurostat on Monday showed.

Cyprus Airways announced its third weekly direct flight to Yerevan, Armenia, from Larnaca in September.

The ENI TOTAL consortium made an important discovery of natural gas in Block 6.

University and college students in Paphos will have to pay higher rent prices during the upcoming school year, according to a number of municipality and district officials, with the district struggling to meet rental property needs.

Cypriots are thirsty for holidays after more than two years of COVID lockdowns and travel restrictions, with outbound traffic at the airports close to that of 2019.

The unemployment rate in Cyprus was 6.8% of the labor force in the second quarter of 2022, recording a decrease of 1.6% compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021.

Students and teachers must return to class with negative tests and masks, said the Health Ministry on Friday, announcing the government’s draft roadmap to opening schools in September.

Honey imports into Cyprus from countries outside the European Union decreased in the period 2016 - 2021, while honey exports to countries outside the EU increased in the same period, according to data published by Eurostat on the occasion of World Bee Day United Nations on August 20.

More than 17% of the population (154,000) in Cyprus were at risk of poverty or social exclusion last year, according to a study on income and living conditions.

The harmonized consumer price index recorded in July an annual increase of 10.6%.