The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved an €8 million Cypriot scheme to support tour operators affected by the pandemic.

Cyprus will receive a quantity of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Wednesday afternoon but it is unknown if it will be distributed due to the six cases of blood clots reported in the US.

Cyprus will receive an additional 100,000 doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by June as doubts grow around Janssen and AstraZeneca.

The average annual, monthly earnings of employees during the fourth quarter of 2020 marginally increased by 0.4% in 2019, while the gender pay gap was 15.7%, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service.

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The vaccination portal has been updated to combat system crashes as the public’s manoeuvres to avoid the AstraZeneca shot put pressure on it and doctors alike, reports on Tuesday said.

Even though halloumi has now been registered as a protected designation of origin (PDO), regulations will not be implemented until October to ensure a smooth transition, European Commission spokeswoman Miriam Garcia Ferrer explained during Tuesday’s midday briefing in Brussels.

Remote working which is widely applied in Cyprus due to the coronavirus pandemic has recorded significant advantages to the production process of the country, according to Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides.

Due to the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, Cypriot students will not benefit from low fees and the student loan as has been the case so far.

For the first time since Cyprus went into Covid-19 lockdown, monthly sales of passenger saloon cars went into positive territory in March.