Statement by  Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, Cyprus, on introducing a new Incentives scheme for airline companies.

According to the results of the Services and Transport Survey, the tertiary sector of the economy registered in 2018 a positive growth rate compared to 2017.

The Municipality of Larnaca announced that at a session of the Guidance Committee held on June 26 at the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry, for the progress in relation to the movement of oil and LPG facilities from Larnaca to Vasilikos.

On the basis of the favourable conditions prevailing in Cyprus in recent days, the Epidemiological Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health emphasises that there must not be any relaxation on the part of the citizens of the various protection measures, which are necessary to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The exquisite and richly historical embroidered lace linens of Lefkara village are the first traditional Cypriot product to be officially certified for values of authenticity and heritage by the Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (CYS), of which the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism is also a stakeholder.

Ryanair announced two new routes from Cyprus to the Netherlands and Poland, commencing  August 03 as part of its extended summer 2020 schedule.

Based on the objectives of the Cyprus National Tourism Strategy 2020-2030, the Deputy Ministry of Tourism has announced an open tender for the purchase of services of specialised consultants / designers, with the aim of sustainable tourism development of the wider area of Polis Chrysochous and Tillyria and the establishment of a  tourist identification.

The Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth announced that the South Eastern European Cinema Network (SEE) launched a contest between its member-states for the funding of Development Projects for Feature Films.

New actions have recently been completed in the framework of the Larnaca Tourism Board’s ‘Enriching and Greening the Larnaca Beaches’ Programme.  

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism in Cyprus  has announced that the amending law, which refers to the regulation on the establishment and operation of hotels and tourist accommodations (Amending) Law of 2020, includes, among other things, the addition of provisions for the creation of registers for the registration of self-employed ‘Self-Service (sharing economy) accommodation establishments’.