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The total registrations of motor vehicles decreased by 4% to 26,581 in the period January-September 2022, from 27,699 in January-September 2021, according to data published in the report entitled “Registration of Motor Vehicles” by the Statistical Service of Cyprus on Monday.   During this period, passenger saloon cars decreased to 21,183 from 21,336 in January-September […]

Cyprus Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary, Kornelios Korneliou, leaves on Monday for Tokyo, where he will hold political consultations with the Deputy Assistant Minister for European Affairs of Japan, Kimitake Nakamura.   According to a Foreign Ministry press release, in the framework of the political consultations, the two officials are expected to review the bilateral relations […]

Today, at the press conference launching the 20th European Week of Regions and Cities, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, recalled the importance of Cohesion Policy’s emergency response to the inter-related crises Europe has been facing and underlined its centrality for the […]

The Commission announced a series of measures to continue supporting those fleeing the unprovoked Russian aggression. A new online job-search tool launched today will help people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to successfully find a job in the European Union. After registering with the EU Talent Pool pilot initiative, those under temporary protection can upload […]

The International Maritime Organisation’s chief and the EU Transport Commissioner called for global solutions in the issue of reducing Green House Gases in shipping.   Kitack Lim, the IMO Secretary-General and Adina Valean, the EU Commissioner were speaking at a panel discussion during the Maritime Conference 2022 titled “Shipping Response to the 3 Cs” namely […]

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, will be in Washington, DC on Wednesday 12 October and Thursday 13 October, the Cyprus News Agency learns.   The Commissioner will meet with US government officials and key public health and cancer policy stakeholders.   As CNA learns, discussions will mainly focus on the EU-US cooperation […]

Trade deficit increased by €1.5 billion in the period from January to August 2022, compared to the same period of 2021, according to provisional data issued by the Statistical Service of Cyprus for August 2022. The deficit was €5,120.1 million in January-August 2022, increased from €3,587.5 in January-August 2021.   Additionally, total imports of goods […]

Mary Kay Inc., a long-standing champion and global advocate for women’s empowerment and gender equality, has released a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statement celebrating Global Diversity Awareness Month and hosted a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit in conjunction with World Inclusion Day.   This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221010005616/en/ […]

The possibility of building a railway network in Cyprus and prospects to co-fund the project were discussed for the first time on Monday with the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, during her visit in Cyprus to attend the “Maritime Cyprus 2022” conference, Minister of Transport, Yiannis Karousos said.   He was addressing a joint […]

Cyprus House President, Annita Demetriou, travels on Tuesday to Brussels to attend a Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliaments of the European Union that will take place on October 12, at the EU parliament, at the invitation of EP President, Roberta Metsola, and the President of the Czech parliament, Markéta Pekarová Adamová.   According to […]