The Shipping Chamber welcomes the results of the newest “Shipmanagement Report”, recently published by the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Cyprus, for the first half of 2020, which covers the period 1 January – 30 June. 

In a bid to modernise the public education system and assist a transition to the digital age the government will install an e-government system for schools and has issued a tender for the project, education minister Prodromos Prodromou has announced.

Cyprus registered unemployed spiked 90% in October to 31,487 from 16,5444 in 2019, as the pandemic takes its toll on the labour market with hospitality and services taking the heaviest blow.

In a national address on Wednesday night, the Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the government was obliged to take tough decisions for stricter measures as the island was no exception to Europe’s second coronavirus wave, before the health minister stepped in to outline the new measures that come into effect on Thursday.

A significant success of the University of Cyprus is the fact that it is ranked among the top universities in the world, in seven of the eleven subject categories, according to the new ranking published by Times Higher Education.

Cyprus ship management revenue declined to €484 million in the first half of 2020, reflecting the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic to the shipping industry.

Cyprus tourism has been hit worse than initially estimated from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios who briefed the relevant parliamentary committee on Tuesday.

UK airline Jet2 has joined Tui and Thomas Cook in cancelling flights and holidays to Cyprus as Britain is on the verge of going into a second lockdown banning non-essential travel.

Petrol consumption in Cyprus fell by 25% in September 2020 compared to the same month last year, while petrol use dropped by 14%, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Monday.

The UK government’s decision to put the country on lockdown for four weeks from Thursday has created shockwaves felt by Cyprus hotels, who have fired a distress signal.