Asia Cyprus The Cyprus Consumers Association (CCA) strongly criticized the Electricity Authority (EAC) for the 38% price hike set in comparison to August 2020, calling for solutions to stop the increase as many families will not be able to afford it
Asia Cyprus More than 45.000 students of Gymnasiums, Lyceums, and Technical Schools will return to classes today, thus officially opening the new school year
Asia Cyprus The economy is expected to grow over 5.5% in 2021 according to Finance Minister, as preliminary estimates showed a 12.9% year-on-year growth in the second quarter of the year
Asia Cyprus The Famagusta Ecocity Project is trying to revive the Varosha beach resort, which was completely absorbed into the nature that grew wild after the Turkish invasion, by creating Europe's first "model ecovillage"
Asia Cyprus The Cypriot project to develop environmental awareness of plastic pollution from cruise ships has received the major BeMed 2020 award from the BeyondPlasticMediterranean foundation supported by the Prince Albert of Monaco Foundation
Asia Cyprus Physiotherapy has become part of the National Health System and adult beneficiaries can have a series of 12 physiotherapy sessions per year
Asia Cyprus After the recent fire, the worst in the country's recent history, experts stressed the need to use new firefighting technology that is more effective in locating fires in real time
Asia Cyprus British-Cypriot autistic author N.E. McMorran has won the Nautilus Award for the groundbreaking children's book 'Moojag and the Secret Auticode', an audiobook that includes autistic, dyslexic, ADHD and down-syndrome voices
Asia Cyprus 8 archaeologists have been hired for the 31 months duration of ‘Digitizing Cyprus Museums’, the new research program of the Department of Antiquities that aims at digitizing the island's cultural heritage
Asia Cyprus Paphos will focus on electromobility, namely the purchase of electric scooters, to enhance the switch to green transport, in the framework of the municipality's goal to transform the city into a "smart city"
Asia Cyprus Cyprus continues to hold the first place in bathing water excellence with 100% compliance with the provisions of the EU Directive on the Management of Bathing Water Quality
Asia Cyprus The Cyprus’ Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage has been awarded an EU cultural prize in the category ‘Dedicated Service to Heritage’
Asia Cyprus Numerous Cypriot and Cyprus-based architects and designers draw on the theme "How Will We Live Together" in a show for the Venice Biennale 2021