Cyprus, as a global maritime power, will present government’s initiative on how to tackle climate change with a focus on green shipping during the One Ocean summit in France, deputy shipping minister Vasilis Demetriades said on Thursday.

Paphos municipality and Green Dot Cyprus have partnered up to encourage recycling and provide Paphos town and its suburbs with a ‘door to door’ environmentally clean municipal solid waste management system.

Total expenses for services from the General Healthcare System (NHS) in Cyprus came to €1.21 billion in 2021, from approximately 920,000 beneficiaries, Senior Officer of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Angelos Tropis told CNA, adding that based on the preliminary results, the 2021 expenses will approximately be equal to total revenue.

Cyprus Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios has received optimistic messages over this year’s tourist flows from Russia, the island’s second-largest market.

Motor vehicle sales began the new year with a sharp annual decline as total registrations in January dipped 23.3% to 2,633, the Cyprus Statistical Service said.

LEON MFO Investments Limited (“LEON”), a leading regional Fund Manager, has received the prestigious Euromoney Awards of Excellence for its Private Banking and Wealth Management Services.

Given the constantly changing global corporate environment, shifting business needs and closer scrutiny in an effort to prevent and suppress money laundering and profit shifting, as well as the requirement for enhanced substance, companies are being called to re-evaluate and challenge their existing structures.

The government will channel 15% of its revenue from the operation of the casino resort in Limassol to the Cyprus Land Development Corporation (CLDC) to finance housing schemes – including plans to build 800 affordable units over the next few years, it announced on Tuesday.

Almost 90% of Cypriots said they would personally like to see the European Parliament play a more important role in the future, according to the latest Eurobarometer.

A gradual increase of flights from Paphos airport is expected this month, according to the flight program of airline companies, provided the pandemic doesn’t worsen.