Cyprus is not yet ready to enter the Schengen Area, said Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson during the presentation of the package for strengthening the EU’s free movement zone.

More than 2,000 households in Cyprus have applied to benefit from a €35 million fund for home energy efficiency upgrades, with the Energy Ministry considering launching a second round of the same scheme.

Cyprus ranks sixth among the 27 EU member states in administering the first dose and third for having completed vaccinations against coronavirus, according to data released by the European centre for disease prevention and control (ECDC) on Thursday.

The two communities on divided Cyprus have confirmed their agreement on a 3-level system that would allow people to go through checkpoints, but details remain unclear on whether those who are vaccinated can still cross if epidemiological conditions worsen.

Legal departments across the globe are facing a mounting list of operational challenges as they look to transform in the wake of complex digital and regulatory change, according to the 2021 EY Law Survey, which was conducted in collaboration with the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession. The results come as workloads are expected to rise by 25% over the next three years, with anxieties surrounding revenue growth, cost cutting and difficulties securing C-suite support for investment in data and technology cited as key concerns impacting their transformation efforts.

Nicosia Municipality has signed a €1.8 million agreement with the Electricity Authority to replace 7,300 street lights with smart LED technology, expected to reduce energy consumption by more than 65%.

The State Health Services Organization’s upgraded website now allows for online appointments to be made with doctors or other health professionals in all of the island’s hospitals.

Cyprus’ National Health System (GSH) in now on a path of no return and it constitutes a legacy for our children and the next generations, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou told CNA, on Tuesday, on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of system.

Cyprus unemployment increased to 9.4% or 43,000 individuals in April (9% among men and 10% for women), from 8% (36,000) in March.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces the commencement of the digitisation of ancient movable antiquities which are stored in the Cyprus Museum in Lefkosia and are on display in other state museums under the programme «Digitising the Museums of Cyprus» which is founded by the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA) and Norway Grants (Programming Period 2014 – 2021) on the 4th of May 2021.