COVID-19

Suspension of payment of the VAT in the framework of the support program to address the effects of the virus COVID-19

Under the Value Added Tax (Amending) Law of 2020 (L.24(I)/2020), the right of suspension of the obligation of payment of the VAT is conferred to the persons registered in the VAT Registry, whose specified taxation periods end on the 29th of February 2020, the 31st of March 2020 and the 30th of April 2020. The […]

Supporting Shipping Companies – Announcement by the Shipping Deputy Ministry (COVID-19) outbreak measures

English text follows. Το Υφυπουργείο Ναυτιλίας (ΥΦΥΝ) στηρίζοντας τις ναυτιλιακές εταιρείες και τους πλοιοκτήτες Κυπριακών πλοίων, στην αντιμετώπιση των επιπτώσεων της εξάπλωσης του κορωνοϊού (COVID-19) ανακοινώνει την παράταση στην πληρωμή του φόρου χωρητικότητας και του οφειλόμενου ετήσιου τέλους διαχείρισης νηολογίου. Σύμφωνα με τη Γνωστοποίηση που θα δημοσιευθεί στην Επίσημη Εφημερίδα της Δημοκρατίας, ο φόρος χωρητικότητας […]

Ministry of Labour Announcement – E-application Gateway to submit Bank Account Information Now Available.

The Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social insurance announces that the e-application form for the submission of Bank Account Information is now available at : Webpage for Submission of IBAN for possible beneficiaries The application should be filled in only by employees in the Private Sector and the Self-employed. In the event, that after examination they […]

Ministry of Health appeal – Citizens to follow procedures for access to health services

The Ministry of Health, wishing to ensure the unhindered and secure access of citizens to health services, given the conditions created by the coronavirus, appeals to citizens to follow the procedures as set out below: If a citizen has a suspected coronavirus-related symptom, he or she  contact their General Medical Practitioner by phone, who, after […]

Induction of Private Clinical Laboratories in the list to research COVID-19

The Minister of Health together with the Association of Clinical Laboratory Directors, Biomedical and Clinical Laboratory Scientists announces that a preliminary list of laboratories, which can perform the diagnostic methodology that detects viral genetic material (RT-RCR), and is the only accepted and approved method of COVID-19 investigation, is available. Lab Partnership ACT-BIO (Biomedical laboratories Haris […]

Joint Announcement by the Minister of Finance Mr. Constantinos Petrides and the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Mr. Constantinos Herodotou

As per announcement by the Governor of the Central Bank and the Minister of Finance this afternoon, two key legislative priorities have been agreed upon and will be discussed with the House of Representatives for the Bills to by passed tomorrow – Key summaries of their speeches are detailed below: The first legislation concerns the […]

Cabinet Approves Legislation on Fines in relation to non-adherence to the measures announced to combat COVID-19

The cabinet on Thursday approved a bill amending the law on spot fines to include a €150 fine for offenders breaking quarantine orders issued by the Minister of Health. The fine will be imposed by police officers on anyone violating the restrictions in circulation and other bans introduced by the government on Monday in a […]

Ministry of Finance Announcement – Urgent Measures to Combat COVID-19 at Citizens Service Centres

The Ministry of Finance, as part of the implementation of the measures for the treatment of coronavirus, informs the public from today 26.03.2020, service at the Citizens Service Centers, will be available only by appointment through telephone contact, in order to restrict visits ONLY for the absolutely necessary cases involving the following services: Application for […]

Purpose of Movement Documents, Guidelines for Citizens and SMS Instructions ENG / RUS

A dedicated website in English is now available https://covid19.cy/index_en.html and in Russian https://covid19.cy/index_ru.html for the General Public to: Guide Citizens and residents Provide templates of the Movement Documents to be used. Provide directions for the SMS service to be used. The attached documents have been downloaded from the website and can be found here Form A […]