The European Commission has sent legal warnings to Cyprus, Portugal, the Netherlands and five other EU states over their delays in applying new anti-money laundering rules adopted at European Union level two
Cyprus has one of the lowest rates in the EU for people employed to work from home with only 1.2% usually doing so In 2018, 5.2% of employed persons aged 15 to
A leading cause of preventable deaths in Cyprus is lung cancer while mortality from diabetes is the highest in the EU, although it has seen a significant downward trend since 2004, a
Cyprus was one of six EU states where annual unemployment actually went up in 2019 while jobless among the youth is coming down. In Cyprus, the unemployment rate fell to 7.6% (34,000
Cyprus had the second-highest annual increase in the EU of nights spent in tourist accommodation by residents (up 13%) in 2019 and the second-largest share of non-residents (94%) staying over. Last year
In Cyprus, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption reached 13.9% in 2018, exceeding the 13% national target set for 2020 but it is bottom for transport. It
Cypriot EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides vowed to touch the lives of all EU citizens as the issues covered in her remit are every-day concerns from fighting cancer
Cyprus shipping achieved a boost after the European Commission approved its tonnage taxation system for another 10 years, deemed a top priority of the industry. The Cyprus Shipping Chamber hailed it as
While EU member states are completing their fast internet connection targets set by the bloc, Cyprus is nowhere near coming close to them. EU targets foresee that more than 50% of households
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has welcomed EU leaders denouncing the Turkey-Libya maritime MoU as illegal and reaffirmed the same position over Ankara’s drilling activity in Cypriot waters. Anastasiades expressed his “full appreciation”
