Official launch of the next Horizon  Europe – Programme in Cyprus will take place April 7, a press release by the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy says.

A cautiously optimistic picture of the coming months was painted by stakeholders taking part in a conference on the restart of the tourism industry on Tuesday with the consensus that there is still room for recovery from last year disastrous figures.

A government subsidy of €20 million will assist the relocation of the University of Cyprus’ architecture school to the premises currently hosting the Phaneromeni school in old Nicosia.

The adoption and publication of halloumi and hellim as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product is expected mid-April, Miriam Garcia Ferre, European Commission spokesperson for trade and agriculture said Tuesday.

Olga Turbin, AML officer, has successfully completed Cysec’s Anti-Money Laundering Specialist certificate. She now has the core competencies and essential knowledge in the Anti-Money Laundering field.

EY Cyprus has once again supported and participated in the 4th Cyprus International Tax Conference, which was organised by IMH on Tuesday March 30th.

Economic sentiment improved “significantly” in March the University of Cyprus’ Economics Research Centre has said.

President Nicos Anastasiades welcomed on Monday evening the registration of halloumi by the EU as a protected designation of origin (PDO), seven years after Cyprus first applied.

Cyprus is the largest beneficiary of European Investment Bank (EIB) engagement in Europe relative to GDP, the EIB said on Monday as it announced a €19 million loan agreement with Epic to accelerate broadband network deployment.

Cyprus has called on the public to use an online application dubbed as CovTracer-EN in a bid to put a lid on the spread of coronavirus.