Asia Cyprus During the 16th Cyprus International Film Festival, the Disability Film Festival, an event on the subject of disability organized by the Centre for Social Innovation, is taking place today and tomorrow at Artos House in Nicosia, with free admission
Asia Cyprus The duration of maternity leave for mothers with two children has been extended to 22 weeks from 18 weeks currently, and to 26 weeks for the third or subsequent child; the new law applies to all cases: child born to beneficiary, adoption or surrogacy
Asia Cyprus The country signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with Greece and Egypt to connect their respective electricity grids, identifying the initiative as a “beacon of stability” in the eastern Mediterranean
Asia Cyprus The Queen’s Baton Relay, with Her Majesty The Queen’s message to the Commonwealth, began its journey across 72 countries, landing in Cyprus as first stop on the 140.000 km relay
Asia Cyprus A specialized clinic for post-Covid patients will start operating within days, where both physical and mental health care will be available, and a local study on impact on recovered patients will be launched
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