Over 80 per cent of those granted protection status in Cyprus last year were Syrians
The 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) granted protection status to 333,400 asylum seekers in 2018, down by almost 40 per cent from...
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Cyprus has second highest emigration rate in EU
Cyprus has the second highest emigration rate in the EU, and the third highest immigration rate, according to a newly published Eurostat report. The highest...
Cyprus has over 3,000 hectares of fruit trees
In Cyprus, 3,286 hectares (ha) of land is planted with fruit trees of which 377 ha contains apples, 1.109 ha oranges, 299 ha peaches, 933...
Will my Valentine be my spouse? In Cyprus the answer is yes
Cyprus is among the EU countries with the highest number of marriages relative to the population, a Eurostat report published to coincide with Valentine’s Day...
Cypriots more ‘healthy years’ than EU average
Cyprus is among the European countries with the highest number of years a person is expected to continue to live a healthy life, a new...
Cyprus has more than 90 GPs per 100,000 inhabitants
Cyprus had 92.3 general medical practitioners for every 100,000 inhabitants in 2016, a new Eurostat report revealed. In most countries the number of doctors increased...
Cyprus says Eurostat data on number of police officers somewhat misleading (Updated)
Cyprus had the highest ratio of police officers per 100,000 residents in 2016, Eurostat showed on Friday but the force on the island said the...
Life expectancy in Cyprus has risen by three years in a decade
Cypriots are among the EU nationals with the longest life expectancy, according to the latest Eurostat data. Between 2007 and 2016, the life expectancy of...
Unemployment rate falls to 7.7% in July
By Stelios Orphanides The unemployment rate in Cyprus fell last month to 7.7 per cent from 7.9 per cent the month before or to 34,000...
Out of wedlock births on the rise
By Liam Carter In almost a decade, the rate of babies born outside marriage has more than doubled in Cyprus, figures released by the European...
Prices have risen 32.8 per cent since start of millennium
By Liam Carter Since the start of the new millennium, prices in Cyprus have increased by a total of 32.8 per cent on average, with...
Cyprus has lowest suicide rate in the EU
Cyprus has the lowest suicide rate in the EU, while the highest rate was recorded in Lithuania, according to a Eurostat report published on Monday....
Cyprus sees biggest hike in EU domestic electricity prices
Household electricity prices in the second half of 2017 went up by 12.6 per cent, the biggest price increase in the EU at the time,...
Fewer Cypriots working in EU member states
Around 3.9 per cent of Cypriots of working age lived in another EU member state in 2017, -3.2 per cent less than 2012 (6.7%) according...
Nearly 80 per cent of Cypriots say their health is good or very good
More than two-thirds (67.5 per cent) of people aged 16 or over living in the European Union (EU) and 78.7 per cent in Cyprus, perceived...
Cyprus’ gender pay gap smaller than EU average, and decreasing
In 2016, the unadjusted gender pay gap stood at just over 16 per cent in the European Union (EU) but it was 13.9 per cent...
Jobless rate drops below 10% in January, Eurostat says
Cyprus’s unemployment rate fell to 9.8 per cent in January, from 10.3 per cent in December, hitting a single digit for the first time in...
Electricity price hikes, highest in the EU
Cyprus household electricity prices rose 22 per cent rise in the 12 months to June, the biggest increase in the EU, according to the EU’s...
Unemployment rate drops to 10.3% in September, Eurostat says
Cyprus’s unemployment rate dropped in September to a seasonally adjusted 10.3 per cent, from 10.6 per cent in August and 13 per cent in the...
Sharp increase in those at risk of poverty
In 2016, 230,000 individuals, or 27.7 per cent, were at risk of poverty in Cyprus, up from 180,000, or 23.3, per cent in 2008, the...
