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1. Unemployment in Cyprus drops to 6.5%

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.5% in June 2019, down from 7.6% in May 2019 and from 8.2% in June 2018. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since July 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 6.3% in June 2019, stable compared with May 2019 and down from 6.8% in June 2018. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since the start of the EU monthly unemployment series in January 2000. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union ...

2. Cyprus and Greece pay the highest prices in Europe for milk, cheese and eggs

3. Cyprus records highest electricity price increase in EU

4. Cyprus third in EU citizenships relative to population

Cyprus came in third place for highest number of citizenships granted in 2017 relative to population, while there was an EU-wide decrease in the overall numbers from previous years...

5. Cyprus has the most cops in the EU

The Republic of Cyprus employs more police officers than any other state in the European Union, with numbers exceeding by far the European average...

6. Eurostat confirms Cyprus 1.8% budget surplus

7. More EU aid to Cyprus to help with migrant arrivals

8. Nicosia ups pressure on EU migration policy

Nicosia is pushing for a single EU migration policy that would make refugee redistribution not only mandatory but also relative to population sizes of member states...

9. Overall retail rise not overshadowed by slight drop

Retail trade volume in Cyprus dropped by 0.8% in April 2018 compared to March, but rose by 5.8% since a year ago...

10. Cyprus jobless drop in May biggest in the EU

Cyprus recorded the largest unemployment drop in the European Union for May 2018, dropping to 8.4% from 8.6% the previous month...

11. Most Nicosians say their town is clean

A Eurostat survey shows that most residents in Nicosia believe their city is clean, with the results being very subjective and ranging from 9 to 95 percent for 109 different cities...

12. Some 32% of child asylum seekers are unaccompanied minors

In 2017, 225 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Cyprus making up 32.4% of all asylum applications it received, official EU data showed on Wednesday....

13. Cyprus has lowest annual inflation in the EU

Cyprus registered the lowest annual inflation in the European Union for April 2018, with a rate of -0.3%, according to Eurostat....

14. Cyprus registers biggest dip in unemployment in EU

Cyprus recorded the EU's largest annual dip in unemployment in March, from 12.3% to 9.1% followed by Greece (23.2% to 20.6%, Croatia (11.8% to 9.4%) and Portugal (9.7% to 7.4%), according to Eurostat...

15. Cyprus granted protection status to 1300 asylum seekers last year

Of the 175,800 Syrian citizens granted protection status in the EU, more than 70% received protection status in Germany...

16.  Two out of ten babies in Cyprus born outside of marriage

Cyprus has seen a huge rise in babies born outside of wedlock since the turn of the century with an eight-fold increase from 2.3% in 2000 to 19.1%...

17. House prices in Cyprus increased 2.7% on a quarterly basis

Compared with the previous quarter, the highest increases were recorded in Slovenia (+3.7%), Croatia (+3.2%) and Cyprus (+2.7%)...

18. More Russians and Brits get CY passports

The biggest group of foreign nationals that obtained Cypriot citizenship in 2016 were Russians, followed by UK nationals, according to Eurostat data that show close to one million foreigners became EU citizens that year....

19. Only 5% of Cypriots train to improve their hobbies

Training related to hobbies includes non-formal learning activities, which improve knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal or social reasons...

20. Cyprus has fourth lowest fertility rate in the EU

The highest shares of births of a first child to teenage mothers were recorded in Romania (14.2%)...

21. Some 68% of young unemployed Cypriots are unwilling to move for a job

Out of the employed population, aged 20-34, in Cyprus in 2016, 87% did not move at all to get a job...

22. Cyprus records €0.4 billion negative trade balance

According to the first estimate for the euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in January was €178.6 billion...