#Digitalisation

Lawmakers, officials and experts on Monday hailed the start of a discussion of the draft declaration on Digital Human Rights, seeing it as an essential guide for safeguards in the ...

Applications for key social insurance benefits are being processed up to 70 per cent faster following the rollout of new digital services, Deputy Research Minister Nicodimos Damianou said on Tuesday. The ...

The previous Velister digital terrestrial television platform has been brought back into operation for a further three months to help viewers experiencing reception problems transition to the new system, the ...

The children’s health observatory, Children First, released findings showing that most children in Cyprus aged six and seven spend more time on screens than recommended. The World Health Organisation (...

Cyprus’ national health system, Gesy, is set to receive further reforms aimed at strengthening public hospitals and digitising health services as well as general upgrades in the quality of health ...

President Nikos Christodoulides acknowledged the civil service’s negative image on Tuesday, saying however that it had been a driver in difficult times, such as after the Turkish invasion in 1974, ...

Work is underway to iron out the kinks in the e-justice platform to get it back online after the system came crashing down last month, the government said on Tuesday. ...

President announces digital app among more than 80 policies President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. The ...

Cyprus has taken a slew of measures to prevent cyberattacks while tourism bodies are assessing how the loss of the Russian market and high risk surrounding the Israeli market can ...

By Socratis E Socratous and Leontios Charalampidis A few years ago, one of those film series that everyone talked about was The Hunger Games, a movie saga based on the ...

The largest collection of Cypriot artefacts outside the island – thousands of objects located in Sweden – may soon be digitised in 2D/3D, making them far more accessible. The artefacts, now ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari was expected to travel to La Palma, Spain on Wednesday as part of the informal meeting of health ministers, which were set to discuss mental health ...

The antiquities department has installed four new digital information points (infokiosks) at four of Cyprus’ mediaeval castles. The new infokiosks will serve Limassol castle, Larnaca castle, Paphos castle and Kolossi ...

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses of more analogue businesses Digitisation is crucial in increasing productivity across all sectors of the Cypriot economy, according to a labour study published on ...

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) has signed a deal with Google and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to digitise 20 years of archive audio-visual material spanning from 1990 to 2010. The material, consisting ...

The government’s education budget for 2023 amounts to €1.3 billion, marking a 4.1 per cent increase compared to that of 2022, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. Presenting his ministry’s budget ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the recently established department of antiquities will make tireless efforts to ensure that Cyprus’ ancient historical relics remain safe and preserved for future generations by ...

The official launch of the €1.5 million holistic information technology system managing cases, files, and documents (e-Law) took place on Wednesday, aiming to improve the organisation and operation of the legal ...

The European Court of Auditors’ annual meeting got underway in Paphos on Monday as Cyprus hosted the event, with top officials praising the challenges which have been overcome. Attendees heard ...

The island’s Road Transport Department (TOM) will fully digitalise its services after the transport ministry struck a deal with the Deputy Ministry of Innovation as part of the government’...

By Achilleas Demetriades The new generation is facing huge changes, at home and abroad. In an ever-changing world, it becomes more imperative to answer the following questions: Is education at ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Economic indicators confirm that Cyprus enjoys a satisfactory standard of living. However, the periodic crises, experienced during recent decades, as well as the new ...

A generous €100 million from the government’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) will be allocated to education reform, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. “Coming out of the pandemic ...

The biggest challenges in the country’s road to digitisation are the lack of talent and professionals and mentality, Innovation and Digitisation deputy minister Kyriacos Kokkinos told MPs. Kokkinos said ...