The Ministry of Labour has announced a review of measures taken to address the impact of COVID19. The announcement is provided below in full: “Within the framework of the ongoing process of reviewing the measures taken to address the current crisis due to the COVID -19 pandemic and the declared will of the Government and […]
We wish to inform you that the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Cyprus has today published the new “Ship Management Report”, which covers the period 1 July 2019 – 31 December 2019. The said report can be downloaded from the official website of the Central Bank of Cyprus using the following link: https://www.centralbank.cy/en/publications/ship-management-survey Should you require […]
The Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA), for the purpose of facilitating the participation in the Plans of the Authority, by companies that will be included in the “Special Plan for the Complete Suspension of the Operations of the Company” (Regulatory Administrative Act 130/2020) or in the “Special Plan for the Partial Suspension of […]
The Minister of Health issued his latest decree yesterday April 15th. A key summary of the decree which can be found in Greek HERE The travel to Cyprus of the following peoples is now allowed after they have or will express interested for repatriation: Cypriot Citizens residing in the Republic, their spouses belonging to other nationalities […]
Today, the Europe Commission in cooperation with the President of the European Council has presented a roadmap, recommendations and key principles to lifting the containment measures. These point to a phased-approach that will depend on common epidemiological criteria. A key extract: “While recognising the specificities of each country, the European roadmap establishes the following key principles: […]
The Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance announces that the gradual payment of special benefits has begun, for schemes implemented to support workers and businesses due to COVID-19. The Allowance for the Special Leave of Absence for Child Care and the Special Allowance for Self-employed Persons have been paid to 20,500 employees as of […]
The Epidemiological Surveillance unit has issued instruction for precautionary measures and personal protection as follows: Measures for personal protection in a community: In order to provide correct information to the public, the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit and the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health would like to state the following with […]
The Presidency has outlined additional details with regards to repatriation of individuals as follows: “The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, taking into account the opinion of the Scientific Team of the Ministry of Health and in order to remove any uncertainty or conjecture, expressed in good faith, wishes to state that the program […]
In order to facilitate the citizens who cannot use the 8998 text messaging (SMS) service for the movement of citizen by way of exception, the Deputy Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy is introducing a new call center service, which citizens are advised to use only in the cases below: Subscribers of foreign telecommunications […]
The Civil Registry and Migration Department announces that the period of validity of the residence permits for seasonal employment is extended by three months due to the extraordinary measures that have been taken to tackle the pandemic.