The 9^th Ministerial Conference of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on the ‘Environment for Europe' titled: “Circular Economy, Sustainable Tourism and Education for Sustainable Development” will take place October, 05-07, in Nicosia at the “FILOXENIA” International Conference Center while parallel sessions will be organised at the Cyprus Institute.

The European Community Shipowners Associations (ECSA), which includes the national shipowners' associations of the European Union, held a meeting of its board of directors on June 30, in Brussels.

The best performing month for this year, so far, was June, with Cyprus’ total passenger traffic surpassing one million passengers (Larnaca Airport: 650,519 – Paphos Airport: 358,550), and the average aircraft load factor reaching 87 percent (87 percent arriving and 86.2 percent departing).

The Cyprus Council of Ministers, during a session on June 21, approved the proposal of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works for the development policy of creating public facilities facilities including sanitary facilities and recharging stations in the network of highways of Cyprus. 

Throughout the month of May, Melco Cyprus, operator of Cyprus Casinos (C2) and the upcoming integrated resort (IR) City of Dreams Mediterranean, organised a voluntary environmental awareness art competition for Limassol primary school pupils.

On June 25 the international shipping community celebrates annually the ‘Day of the Seafarer’, which was set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 2011.

A total number of 135,661 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in May of this year, compared to 23,251 in the corresponding month in 2021, recording an increase of 483,5 percent.

The main countries from which the residents of Cyprus returned this May, were the UK with 25,3 percent, Greece with 25 percent, Germany with 4,7 percent and Italy with 4,6 percent. 

The Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 315,018 in May of this year compared to 100,852 arrivals that were recorded in May 2021.

shipmanagers’ associations from across the globe, to the Centenary Celebrations of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) between June 20-23, in London, in view of its 100 Years Anniversary since its establishment.