The Cyprus Parliament approved on Friday two bills establishing a new professional pension scheme for the public and wider public service, including local authorities, providing pension coverage to thousands of public sector employees hired after Octob…
Health Ministry announces 11 deaths and 4,011 new COVID-19 cases in the last week
Cyprus’ Health Ministry announced 11 deaths due to COVID-19 between 25 November until 1 December while new cases reached 4,011. The total number of patients in hospital are 93 and the positivity rate now stands at 5.52%.The deaths concern two women, ag…
Cyprus Cancer Research Institute a jewel for Cyprus, says EU Health Commissioner
The Cyprus Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) is a jewel for our country, said the EU Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, who visited the site where the institution’s building is being erected, at the University of Cyprus, on Friday. Kyriakides was g…
Education Minister took part in the 5th European Conference on Education
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou participated on Thursday in 5th European Conference on Education titled “Bright Young Minds”, taking place in Brussels, in hybrid format.The Conference was attended by, among others, the President of the European …
Missing persons are the most tragic aspect of the Cyprus problem, Photiou says
Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou described the missing persons as the most tragic aspect of the Cyprus problem, which the Cypriot State never forgets, while addressing an event held at the “House of Cyprus” in Athens.Photiou’s speech at the eve…
Cyprus committed to achieving UN HIV and AIDS targets by 2030, said Health Minister on World AIDS Day
Cyprus is committed to achieving the revised United Nations targets for HIV and AIDS by 2030 said Health Minister Michael Hadjipantela on Thursday, during a press conference held at the Ministry on the occasion of World AIDS Day.In his address, the Min…
Efforts to promote Cypriot wine bear fruit says competent Minister
Minister of Commerce Natasa Pilides said Wednesday that the first National Action Plan to promote Cypriot wine seem to be bearing fruit, as exports of wines in 2021 saw a rapid increase of over 60%, compared to the previous year, in a statement on the …
Cyprus FM meets with counterparts from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, in framework of OSCE Summit in Poland
Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Thursday met with his counterparts from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Mukhtar Tleuberdi and Vladimir Norov, in the framework of OSCE ministerial Summit in Lodz, Poland.On the agenda was the Cyprus issue, the o…
Cyprus to get Friday first tranche from EU’s Recovery and Resilience Mechanism
Cyprus will get Friday the first tranche of €85 million from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, as European Commission technocrats told Cyprus’ Parliamentary Committee on Finance. The technocrats will participate tomorrow in the first annual e…
US Defence Minister expresses concern over escalating action in northern Syria and Turkey
US Defence Minister Lloyd Austin expressed concern as regards the escalation of action in northern Syria as well as Turkey’s recent airstrikes during a telephone conversation with Turkish Minister of National Defence Hulusi Akar.According to the statem…
UK supports Committee on Missing Persons and the UN parameters for a settlement in Cyprus, says Europe Minister
The UK Minister for Europe has highlighted the importance of all sides in Cyprus cooperating fully with the Committee of Missing Persons (CMP), as well as restated London’s support for a settlement to the Cyprus issue within the UN parameters.Leo Doche…
PRESS RELEASE – BW – NuScale Power Signs Research Collaboration Agreement for Clean Hydrogen Production
NuScale and industry participants will assess new concepts for use in small modular reactor power plantsPORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) along with Shell Global Solutions (Shell) and industry participants will develop and …