COVID-19

Epidemiological risk assessment of countries in respect of the COVID-19 disease

The epidemiological image of various countries with regard to the COVID-19 disease has been re-evaluated by the Epidemiological Monitoring and Control of Infectious Diseases Unit of the Medical Services and the Public Health Services. The evaluation was based on the epidemiological indicators of the countries, such as: the effective reproduction number R(t) for SARS-CoV-2, the […]

Countries Epidemiological Risk Assessment for COVID 19, as announced by the Ministry of Health – effective as of 16 July 2020.

The epidemiological picture of the various countries was re-evaluated by the Infectious Diseases Surveillance and Control Unit of the Medical Services and Public Health Services, regarding COVID-19 disease. The assessment was based on the epidemiological indicators of the countries, such as: actual R (t) breeding number for SARS-CoV-2, the number of new diagnoses, the number […]

Mandatory completion of the Travel Card (CyprusFlightPass) for all passengers intending to travel to Cyprus

As Announced by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, in accordance with Regulation 2.3 of the Infectious Diseases (Determination of Measures to Prevent the Spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus) Decree (No.31) of 2020 (R.A.A. 281/2020), all passengers travelling to the Republic and fall under the provisions of Regulations 2.7 to 2.14 (i.e. passengers travelling […]

Subsidy for Interest on New Business Loans as announced by the Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance has provided details into the plan of subsidizing interest for new business loans on July 6th as follows: The Ministry of Finance announces that the following Licensed Credit Institutions (APIs) have submitted a statement of participation in the Interest Subsidy Plan and have accepted the terms of the Plan as attached […]

Issuance of a certificate of settlement of tax liabilities, for purposes of the new mortgage subsidy plan

The Tax Department informs that the following procedure will be followed for the issuance of a certificate of settlement of tax liabilities for the purposes of the new mortgage subsidy plan: 1. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION DISTRICT OFFICE RELEVANT PERSON ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ NICOSIA Emanuella Diakono ediakono@tax.mof.gov.cy LIMASSOL Maria Zeniou mzeniou@tax.mof.gov.cy PAPHOS Levkios Shizas lshizas@tax.mof.gov.cy LARNACA Elenitsa […]

Travel advice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Coronavirus COVID-19 – All other countries except those is category Α and Β

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued Travel Advice pertaining to countries not included in Category A or B as defined below: Concerned countries: All Countries except those listed in Categories A, (Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, […]

Deadline for electronic submission of applications for participation in the Special Plans

The Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Security announces that the deadline for electronic submission of applications for participation in the Special Plans for the period from 13 June 2020 to 30 June 2020, is Monday, 6 July 2020. Those interested are invited to submit their application on time, i.e. by 12:00 on the night of July […]

The payment of the one-off Lump Sum for the support of small and very small enterprises and the Self-Employee has begun

As per Ministry of Labour Announcement Here in Greek, The Ministries of Finance and Labor, Welfare and Social Security announce that the payment of the lump sum for the Support of small and very small businesses and self-employed workers has begun. Beneficiaries of the Sponsorship are approximately 17,500 Self-Employed Employees and 25,000 Businesses employing up to 50 […]

Update on the Maximum Number of People for Service in Restaurants

In the light of the very good epidemiological picture observed in Cyprus recently, the Ministry of Health has updated the Protocol (in Greek here) concerning the operation of catering facilities, which enters into force on 1 July 2020. Specifically, the revised Protocol amends the following in relation to the maximum number of persons that can […]

Isolation at home for cases of the COVID-19 disease or their close contacts and arrivals in Cyprus from category C countries

On the basis of the favourable conditions prevailing in Cyprus in the last few days, the Epidemiological Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health emphasizes that there must not be any relaxation on the part of the citizens of the various protection measures, which are necessary to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The protection […]