We can’t hear you, you’re on mute! It’s a phrase most of us have got used to hearing in the last few years as we embrace hybrid working in both Cyprus and Malta. For some companies’ hybrid working has always existed, but for others it was completely uncharted waters that we were reluctantly forced to explore in response to the pandemic, in what became the remote working experiment. So, what exactly is hybrid working?  Well to sum it up it’s an arrangement in which an employee is able to work part of their time at the workplace and part remotely.

Despite the global pandemic property construction in Limassol has remained strong along the west side of the city that is now being dubbed Europe’s new Riviera by developers, Leptos Estates.

Deputy Ministers for Tourism and Shipping Savvas Perdios and Vassilis Demetriades welcomed the assurances by Royal Caribbean’s interest to invest in Cyprus, expressing their readiness to enhance the island’s cooperation with the cruise liner.

Online shopping in Cyprus grew by a faster rate than the EU average as Covid-19 restrictions accelerated an already growing trend in favour of re-commerce, but still remained among the lowest in the bloc.

The possibility of a fourth dose of a vaccine against Covid-19 will be discussed towards September, while it is expected that discussions will start in May on the virus being classed as an endemic one, Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Dr Petros Karayiannis, told CNA.

Interest rates for corporate deposits fell to a new historical low, which in December 2021 stood at 0.02%, while the interest rate for household deposits remained unchanged at 0.06%.

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus during 2021 increased by 206.7% compared to 2020, according to data released Thursday by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. However, the arrivals decreased by 51.3% compared to 2019, which was historically the best year for Cyprus tourism.

The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe, which assesses States’ compliance with principal international standards to counter money laundering and terrorist financing.

Cyprus recorded the third biggest increase in share of renewable energy used in transport but was still ranked sixth from the bottom in the EU 27.

The establishment of a new hospitality school in Platres is aiming to tackle both labour shortages in the hospitality industry, as well as the issue of rural flight, people flocking to urban areas, particularly in younger age groups.