Hopes of reviving pandemic-battered Cyprus tourism in 2021 have been rekindled as mass vaccinations against Covid-19 get underway in the UK, the island’s largest market.

European Commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakides, said that no compromises on the safety of vaccines will be made, stressing that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will not be authorizing any coronavirus vaccine without a rigorous scientific evaluation.

The government this month will pay the first installment as part of a state-backed mortgage relief scheme designed to help stricken borrowers, officials said on Thursday.

The announcement of the creation of MountMed – Institute for Research Experimentation and Development for the Mountains of the Mediterranean – in Cyprus coincides with World Mountain Day on December 11.

The government’s special support schemes towards businesses following restrictive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Cyprus will continue in December.

Parliament on Thursday passed into law a bill allowing social enterprises to be set up in the Republic of Cyprus.

In light of frequent enquiries made by our clientele and prospective clients with regard to the closing of Companies, we have asked our team to contribute by simplifying the two main routes for closing down a Company.

Stakeholders in Cyprus shipping believe the application of the EU’s emissions trading system to maritime transport, soon to be debated in public consultations, would be ineffective, as the industry is already regulated and de-carbonising.

Cyprus is expected to receive the first quantities of the COVID19 vaccine in the beginning of January, Minister of Health Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday.

In the EU in 2019, 70 % of the population lived in a household owning their home, while the remaining 30 % lived in rented housing. The highest shares of ownership were observed in Romania (96 % of the population owned their home), Hungary (92 %) and Slovakia (91 %).