The butchers’ association on Tuesday warned that a 30% increase in the wholesale cost of veal and beef announced by cattle breeders will impact retail sales, with knock-on negative implications for both consumers and butchers.

Almost 1.2 million passengers travelled through Larnaca and Paphos airports in July, 82% of the traffic in pre-COVID 2019.

The finance ministry said on Thursday it may tax RES producers found to have earned windfall profits as a result of the high tariffs paid to them.

Last Friday could be described as a landmark day for two emblematic projects related to Akamas. They are projects aiming to improve the road network and establish visitors’ service points, through which the planning of the Agriculture Ministry for the Akamas National Forest Park is being implemented.

A survey of the jobs market has found hundreds of vacancies around Cyprus but most in low-paid occupations, also revealing that half of all workers on the island are paid €1,500 or less a month.

Debt restructurings in Cyprus declined to €545 million in the first half of 2022, with loan renegotiations slowing down following a record 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and as non-performing loans ratios decline to the lowest point since the 2013 financial crisis.

The contract governing the design and construction for the land registry’s new headquarters in Nicosia was signed on Monday at the ministry of transport.

The council of real estate agents announced on Monday that its new website is up and running enabling the public to view the latest real estate listings available for purchase or rent as well as useful information on the market and on registered and licensed real estate agents.

Cyprus is heading toward a new space era now. Its vehicle is a new, autonomous, and self-sustained Centre of Excellence, namely ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence of the Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK) that has been established through the ‘EXCELSIOR’, H2020 Widespread Teaming Phase 2 project.

All three people who tested positive for monkeypox are responding well to their treatment, said the Health Ministry on Monday, after the first vaccinations against the virus were carried out.