Nikos Christodoulides, minister of foreign affairs, Cyprus, has had telephone contacts with the president of the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (POFEN) and the heads of the National Cypriot Students Associations (EFEK) in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra, Volos, Komotini, Ioannina, Iraklion, Rethymno, Bulgaria, Moscow and the Czech Republic.

The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) conveyed a message that during these difficult times, their thoughts are with all the people in the tourism industry who are affected the most as a result of the under-tourism that we are experiencing at the moment and probably the coming months.

The Cyprus Hotel Association has given thanks to express its appreciation to the Hotel’s and especially their staff, who have responded positively to the government's call and are participating in the Framework Agreement with the Ministry of Health.

The organisers of OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO 2020 have confirmed that the event that was due to take place on March 21 - 22 has been postponed to November 21 – 22.

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) has been closely monitoring developments with regard to the COVID-19 outbreak at local and global scale and has been following the advice provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Cyprus Government, acting in a proactive manner.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 105,592 in February of this year, remaining constant compared to February 2019, when they reached 105,571.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 08 around the world.

Cyprus Airways was awarded as the Best New Entrant Performance at the Athens International Airport (AIA), as a recognition of its successful performance in 2019 in regard to its flights to and from Athens.

The Airport Career Day organised by Hermes Airports at Larnaka Airport on March 06-07 was successfully completed.

Cyprus Airways announced the appointment of Zekri Tours as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Egypt.