https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/no-more-fridays-4-day-work-week-on-the-rise
The results are in: It's time for your company to stop working on Fridays (or Mondays)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gesy-reforms-and-upgrades-continue-despite-challenges
Health Insurance Organization says 2022 was a positive year, upgrading of services and reforms, the main challenge...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/directives-and-recommendations-to-passengers-due-to-covid
The Ministry of Health has issued European Union directives and recommendations to passengers and airport and airline staff travelling to EU/EEA countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pcr-tests-to-be-required-for-passengers-arriving-from-china
All passengers arriving to Cyprus from China from 15 January will need to show a negative PCR test performed 48 hours before their departure, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. It also decided on the central management of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/16-132-people-registered-as-unemployed-in-december-2022
According to data from the District Labour Offices, a total of 16,132 people were registered unemployed at the end of December 2022, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-airways-unveils-strategic-plans-new-routes
Cyprus Airways on Wednesday unveiled its five-year strategic plan announcing the expansion of is flight schedule to five new routes, namely Milan, Zurich, Prague, Basel, and Cairo...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/streptococcus-tests-imminent-decisions-from-the-meeting
A series of preventive measures to address and monitor the outbreak of streptococcal infections in Cyprus was announced on Monday by the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Paediatric Society of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-2023-budget-in-the-vortex-of-the-elections
The government of President Anastasiades has just submitted its final budget, for 2023. DISY will undoubtedly support the budget, but it will be interesting to see what position it will take if and when the polls are confirmed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/menopause-drugs-could-now-be-covered-under-gesy
Following a proposal by MPs Charalambos Pazarou, Efthymios Diplarou, and Savia Orphanidou, the Parliamentary Health Committee today discussed the inclusion of medicines for the treatment of menopause symptoms in the General Health Insurance System (GESY) as well as the implementation of a menopause information campaign....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cancer-related-inequalities-among-member-states-must-be-eradicated
The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou, on Monday, referred to the importance of cooperation between all partners for the success of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, stressing the need to eliminate "unacceptable" inequalities in prevention, treatment and care for cancer among EU member states....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-over-200-million-euros-spent-to-tackle-covid-pandemic
Health Minister, Michalis Hadjipantela, said on Monday that more than 200 million euros have been spent since 2020 to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hadjipantelas-no-new-extension-for-doctors-outside-the-gesy
Health Minister Michael Hadjipantelas warned that if we are not careful, we could open a new can of worms by sneaking in the multi-insurance plan that no one wants. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/unemployment-in-cyprus-up-by-1-9
Unemployment in Cyprus marked an annual increase in October of 1.9% according to the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/november-24th-d-day-for-non-gesy-doctors
The court's decision to deny the request for non-GESY doctors to continue providing services in GESY-affiliated private hospitals until the case is heard on the 24th of the month changes the facts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/private-health-insurance-coverage-declined-by-20-due-to-gesy
Predictions of a drop in private health insurance coverage following the implementation of the second phase of the General Health Plan were slow to emerge....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/people-with-a-history-of-cancer-will-be-eligible-for-insurance-benefits
Following an agreement reached on Thursday afternoon and announced by Health Minister Michael Hadjipantelas, people with a history of cancer will now be able to receive benefits from insurance companies as of January 1, 2023....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-scrambles-to-keep-ships-under-cyprus-flag
The House health committee in the Republic of Cyprus is scrambling to amend healthcare legislation in a race against the clock, following reports that ship owners are trying to take their business elsewhere to avoid having to pay GESY tax...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-total-of-29-377-cypriots-have-long-covid
Data collected by the Long Covid Cyprus network of the Cyprus Federation of Patients' Associations from the Health Insurance Organisation showed that by the end of last month, a total of 29,377 people suffered from long covid symptoms....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-s-stewart-the-option-of-a-mutually-agreed-solution-is-fading
"I am extremely concerned that the option of a mutually agreed settlement of the Cyprus problem, i.e. a formula for the reunification of the island acceptable to both sides, is fading and will not be available for much longer", UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Cyprus Colin Stewart says....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tomorrow-plan-the-legacy-of-the-anastasiades-government
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said he has a “clear conscience” as he delivered on his commitments concerning the creation of a “welfare state with no exclusions,”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/company-ordered-to-pay-fines-after-miner-s-death
A judge in Paphos has ordered a mining company to pay a fine to the Labor office for a series of violations that led to the death of a Syrian worker after a pit collapsed during excavations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-afternoon-clinics-already-behind-on-launch-day
Afternoon working hours for clinics in state hospitals went into effect Monday, as part of health reform in the Republic of Cyprus, but officials warned outpatient and surgery departments still had a backlog to go through due to the pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-appointment-signals-gesy-wars-not-over
All hell broke loose this week in the health sector of the Republic of Cyprus, after a heart doctor not liked by unions was given a seat on the board of the Health Insurance Organization, signaling core debates about whether the state should stick to uniform rules or expand its single-payer philosophy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/abortion-debate-spills-over-into-cyprus
Officials in the Republic of Cyprus say sexual and reproductive rights of women on the island are being trampled in the absence of clear protocols, with access to abortion and long-term contraception being put on the line in the southern part...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pesticide-reduction-key-to-sustainable-agriculture
Reducing the use of pesticides is key to sustainable agriculture, Commissioner Kyriakides tells CNA, and underlines that producers will be supported...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-three-years-after-the-start-of-gesy-we-look-back-at-the-vision-and-the-challenges
In a few days, it will be three years since the implementation of the General Health System (GESY) in Cyprus, the largest reform ever carried out in the country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/monkeypox-dozens-of-suspected-and-confirmed-cases-in-europe-and-north-america
Dozens of suspected and confirmed cases of monkeypox have been identified since early May in Europe and North America, raising fears that the disease, which is endemic to West Africa, could spread....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-next-three-days-are-crucial-for-emilianidou
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zeta-emilianidou-suffers-cerebral-aneurysm
The Minister of Labor and Social Insurance, Mrs. Zeta Emilianidou, suffered a brain aneurysm last night and was transported to a hospital in Athens where she is currently undergoing surgery, according to a statement from the Presidency....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/alexis-pantazis-and-emilios-markou-of-hellas-direct-have-been-named-ey-entrepreneurs-of-the-year-for-2022-in-cyprus
This prestigious award for entrepreneurs was presented for the first time in Cyprus. Winners will represent Cyprus at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Awards in Monte Carlo, in June 2022
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