Job vacancies in Cyprus recorded an annual increase by 6.8% in the 4th quarter of 2020, with the largest increases being recorded in Manufacturing and Information and Communication sectors.

It has been decided to buy an amount of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine once it will be approved by the European Medicines Agency, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos told state radio.

The island’s Pharmaceutical Service has set up a call centre for citizens who need to report possible post-vaccination side effects or are desperate for guidance or advice.

Pharmacists’ long-standing wish to contribute to the island’s rapid test efforts has received the Health Ministry’s nod, the head of the Pancyprian Pharmaceutical Association Eleni Piera-Isseyegh told Kathimerini Cyprus.

The European Commission has launched the process for a vote in the Quality Committee on March 26 on the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) of the Halloumi/Hellim file, an EC spokesperson told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Tuesday.

The pandemic has been the biggest catalyst for digital transformation in Cyprus, forcing changes that otherwise would have taken three to five years to accomplish under normal circumstances, the minister for digital transformation Kyriakos Kokkinos has said.

Cyprus is set for a summer of love as hundreds of Brits are planning on getting married on the sun-splashed island following an announcement that vaccinated tourists are welcome from May 1.

Health authorities in Cyprus on Monday re-evaluated the epidemiological state of play of various countries and published their new categorisation.

Cyprus public debt is expected to be at the end of 2020 €24.8 billion or 118% of GDP, the Public Debt Management Office of the Finance Ministry estimates.

Cyprus Ministers of Finance, Constantinos Petrides and Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, Zeta Emilianidou announced Friday an economic support package to the tune of €70 million for businesses and employees in an attempt to counterbalance the extension of restriction measures.