Talks between Cyprus and Israel are on the right track as regards Israel’s Yishai gas field which is adjacent to Cyprus’ Aphrodite field, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday after her first video conference with her Israeli counterpart Yuval Steinitz.

Unemployed people registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of July 2020, reached 32,313 persons, according to a press release issued on Wednesday by the Statistical Service.

After a spike in Covid-19 cases that has seen the virus spread, Cyprus should be back to single-digit infections within three weeks if measures like wearing masks are followed, a government expert said.

Findings from the government-ordered random sampling program targeting 3,000 people that was finalized on Tuesday confirmed rising concerns that the virus is officially spreading anew through the Cyprus population, with an announcement by health minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday raising the alarm over the dangerous repercussions of the spread getting out of hand.

EΥ continues to invest in the prospect and enthusiasm of young people, with the aim to empower the new generation, especially through the difficult environment that was created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its Summer Internship Programmes, it offers once again the opportunity to 3 groups of about 100 university students from Cyprus, the United Kingdom and the USA to join the EY family and experience a variety of activities and trainings across all departments of the Firm.

Cypriot and Egyptian priorities on energy issues were reaffirmed during a video conference between Energy Minister Natasa Pilides and her counterpart Tarek El Molla, it was announced on Tuesday.

In June 2020, the fourth month during which Covid-19 containment measures are being applied in most Member States, industrial producer prices rose, compared with May 2020, by 0.7% in both the euro area and EU, 1.5% in Greece and by 0.4% in Cyprus, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Some 200,000 passengers have passed through the gates of Cyprus’ two airports in July, according to Hermes, the operator of Larnaca and Paphos international airports.

Cyprus on Tuesday issued an updated epidemiological risk-based classification of countries, including three amendments as regards Greece, Thailand and Morocco. The new classification will come into effect on August 6.

As part of Invest Cyprus wider efforts for regional synergies, the organization has established bilateral and trilateral relations with neighboring countries. In this context, Invest Cyprus participated in the digital conference titled “Reviving Tourism in Times of Crisis”, organized by the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL).