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Minister of Health to issue new decree under the Quarantine Law Act

A new decree under the Quarantine Law Act will be issued by Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou. In a statement to the press regarding the new measures to be issued, in order to tackle coronavirus, Mr. Ioannou noted the following: «In accordance with the powers vested in me by the Quarantine Law Act, on the basis […]

Key points on the Minister of Health’s Decree on March 29th on the special scheme for partial closure of business operations

As per Sunday March 29th Decree of the Ministry of Health, the Special Scheme for Partial Suspension of Businesses was issued. The criteria are as follows: Any company can be included in the plan provided its work has been partially suspended i.e. there is a turnover reduction of more than 25% in March 2020 and it […]

Expiration of Residence/Work Permits and Affected Persons’ Access to GHS Services

The Health Insurance Organization (HIO) informs non-Cypriot citizens who are legally residents in Cyprus of the following: 1.Existing GHS Beneficiaries’ re-evaluation of the right of access to GHS services on the basis of a valid Residence/Work Permit, is suspended until September 30th, 2020.  This measure is taken due to the extenuating circumstances prevailing as a result of […]

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 […]