The online booking of hotel rooms has shown little change since 2016, a European Commission study into six member states, including Cyprus has shown.

Discussions will be held with the EU to include Cyprus in plans for the bloc’s energy independence following the invasion of Ukraine, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday.

67% of Cyprus businesses, and 55% across Europe, had achieved an elementary level use of digital technology in 2021, a Eurostat report shows.

The traditional village of Choulou in Paphos is set for significant renovation and beautification works to maintain and showcase its history – most notably the mediaeval fountain.

Cyprus will be in a position to export natural gas in the next four to five years, said the island’s Energy Minister Natasa Pilides in an interview with a Greek newspaper on Sunday.

Tourism revenue reached €835.7 million in the first half of 2022, showing a large increase compared to the corresponding period of 2021, while in relation to the first half of 2019, the record year for Cypriot tourism, there is a decrease of 16.7%.

Everything is ready for the launch of the evening work hours program in public hospitals that will begin on September 5, the spokesperson of the State Health Services Organisation (OKYPY), Charalambos Charilaou, told CNA.

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela is in Finland for exploratory talks with the ultimate goal of signing a memorandum of cooperation to send cancer patients to Finland to receive Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.

In July 2022, total deposits reached €51.2 billion and total loans €28.6 billion, recording a net decrease, compared to June. This is what data on Monetary and Financial Institutions' deposits and loans show, included in the August 2022 edition of Monetary and Financial Statistics, published on Friday by the Central Bank of Cyprus.

Tourism stakeholders are confident that increased tourist flows this summer will continue into the winter season, coming close to 2019 figures, a record year for arrivals.