The new edition of ICLG’s Alternative Investment Funds 2021 covers regulatory frameworks, fund structures, investments, reforms and taxation. Angeliki Epaminonda and Angelos Onisiforou contribute the Cyprus Chapter.

Ryanair has announced a new base opening in Newcastle for Summer ’22, with a new roundtrip route added to Paphos.

New changes have been announced by the epidemiological monitoring unit of the ministry of health as regards the categorisation of countries based on new epidemiological risk assessment and they will come into effect from Thursday, 12th August.

The latest trend in Covid hospitalizations in the Republic of Cyprus suggests admissions and discharges are evening out, with health officials still calling on the public to get vaccinated following a spike of cases in July.

The education ministry is more than willing to invest in more summer school programmes, Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday while visiting two Nicosia schools participating in the programme.

EY Cyprus releases the first EY Business Leaders’ Confidence Barometer that measures the market sentiment across key industries in Cyprus

Building permits increased by 30.3% in the first five months of the year, compared with the same period of 2020, the Statistical Service announced on Friday.

The Ministry of Health has issued revised guidelines for the self isolation of confirmed Covid-19 cases, noting that from August 7, 2021 all confirmed cases receive a link and access codes via sms on the mobile phone they gave upon sampling, to access and complete an electronic form where they are required to check their personal information, report their contacts and their General Practitioner (GP), in order to get the release certificates when their quarantine period is completed.

Up until August 6th, a total of 67.8% of Cyprus` adult population concluded its vaccination scheme and 75.5% got the first jab, according to figures released on Saturday by the health ministry.

In July, Cyprus prices rose for the fourth month in a row, as the consumer price index rose 4.04% year-on-year, following a 3.14% increase in June.