. As high school students return to class in a few days for their final year and others move on to university, it is hard not to notice that among all the hullabaloo about teachers’ demands and education reform, these youngsters have once again been ignored. State schools are lacking career advisors or counsellors who
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Despite improvements in gender equality over recent years, with the pay gap in Cyprus narrowing, statistics also reveal gender equality in the workplace has yet to be achieved. From a 33% pay gap in 1994, Cyprus has made significant strides but has yet to erase inequalities between men and women when it comes not only
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Cyprus said it had substantially restored its reputation tarnished by money laundering allegations after the US Congress Financial Committee said Nicosia’s cooperation was beginning to produce results. Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said he welcomed the comments by Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the US committee over the progress made by Cyprus on issues of anti-money laundering
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July unemployment in Cyprus further declined to 7% (31,000 jobless) down from 7.2% (32,000) in June 2019 and a much higher 8.3% (36,000) in July 2018, according to Eurostat. On annual basis Cyprus also recorded the EU’s third largest drop in the rate of unemployment. The unemployment rate for men was 6.5% and 7.5% for
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Cyprus posted a fiscal surplus of €695.8 mln or 3.2% of GDP from January – July 2019, compared to €488.5 mln the same period last year, according to official data. Total spending rose by 8.7% while total revenue increased by 12.4% year on year. Total expenditure for the first seven months of 2019 recorded an
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. By Nick Tennant Travelling and living as an expat is a wonderfully exciting time but sometimes, with all the excitement, it is easy to forget certain practicalities and the risks that we face. There are some essentials that you need to put in place at the start, not only to protect yourself and your
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Cyprus Defence Minister Savvas Angelides supports including the Eastern Mediterranean as an area for EU naval deployment due to the energy search there and Turkey’s illegal activities in the region. EU Defence Ministers discussed during an informal meeting, in Helsinki, ways to coordinate the deployment of their naval forces in “areas of interest” as part
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The Turtle Dove was once a very common farmland bird species. But over the last 30 years, its European population has decreased dramatically due to increasing pressure from intensive farming, poaching and hunting. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the species is now listed as Vulnerable, both globally and at European
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Despite being dumped out of the Champions League by Ajax, APOEL FC will see some EUR 9 mln flowing into the club’s coffers, making up for losses incurred from last year’s failure in Europe. APOEL found itself on the doorstep of the lucrative Champion League group stage, only to be knocked out after a 2-0
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A 62-year-old welder lost his life in a fire that broke out in an electricity generator production factory located in the industrial area of Nicosia. Two more workers were reported to have been treated at the Nicosia General Hospital with minor burns. The fire broke out Thursday morning after a reported explosion, with the Fire
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