Occupancy rates at Paphos hotels in August will be around 80 to 85%, compared to last month’s rate of 80%, the President of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Thanos Michaelides told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday.

A total decrease of 6.8% was recorded in the sale of petroleum products in June, falling to 55,061 tons. Total sales of gasoline for June were down 5.9%, while diesel sales were down 10.4%, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.

Saying it aspired to facilitate communication, collaboration, and knowledge transfer, Cyprus on Wednesday became the first EU member state to join the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO).

Civil servants who use their private car or motorbike to carry out professional duties have seen an increase in travel allowances due to prevailing soaring fuel prices.

The European Commission has adopted the €33.4 million Annual Action Programme to help the Turkish Cypriots implement the criteria for PDO-registered halloumi.

The European Union’s drive to slash reliance on Russian natural gas is boosting the strategic importance of finds in Cyprus, which could start producing by 2027, the energy minister said.

The European University Cyprus has opened a medical school campus in Germany and will receive its first students this autumn.

The Deputy Ministry of Culture along with the management of the Larnaka and Pafos Airports have banded together to promote the cultural heritage and traditions of Cyprus.

A joint venture of the Cyprus Church and the Electricity Authority has received the environmental green light to build 10 photovoltaic parks with a 68 MW capacity in the Nicosia villages of Ayios Ioannis Maloundas and Mitsero.

The Central Bank of Cyprus predicts that the holiday island’s tourism will go back to record year 2019’s figures in 2024 because of the war in Ukraine, sanctions imposed on Russia as well as the economic repercussions from the pandemic.