Room for improvement but Cyprus on track to lower polluted air emissions
A EU study published on Friday revealed that, like most European countries, Cyprus needs to step up efforts across all sectors to make sure citizens...
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Banking our DNA for future generations
The University of Cyprus has been awarded significant EU funding to expand its biobank, an important tool in fighting diseases By Annette Chrysostomou Biobanks, collections...
Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemo – study
Some 70 per cent of women with early-stage breast cancer and an intermediate risk of cancer recurrence can safely skip chemotherapy after their tumors have been removed, US researchers...
Study finds adults lack financial knowledge
Adults in many countries lack financial knowledge, and Cyprus is no exception, a new study by the University of Cambridge and University College London has...
Cyprus academic says controversial lesbian report ‘misunderstood’ (Updated)
A University of Nicosia social scientist, Menelaos Apostolou, has said a paper he published which some thought it claimed that women become lesbians because men...
High-level of tertiary education but low levels of basic skills
Cyprus maintains a very high level of tertiary educational attainment but persists in having relatively low levels of basic skills, a report just published reveals....
One third of road victims under 25
Almost one third of victims of fatal road accidents this year were under 25, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Monday at the launch of...
Harsh penalties for driving offences not enough on their own – study
A study by the University of Cyprus law department into how to reduce road accidents concludes that extrajudicial penalties should be harsher but said this...
EAC to overhaul tariffs after new study
Large commercial and industrial consumers stand to benefit the most, and household consumers the least, from the planned introduction of a new electricity pricing system...
Cypriot hotels need a better social media strategy, PwC says
Hotels in Cyprus recognise the importance of social media and hold a significant presence but there are considerable margins for improvement, a new survey revealed...
UCy to study and chart Avakas gorge
The University of Cyprus announced on Friday that it had signed a €30,000 agreement for the implementation of a project aiming to study and charting...
Long-term study links some insecticides to wild bee declines
Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that...
Gender equality in the workplace improves slightly
ONLY 27.5 per cent of women in Cyprus are in decision-making positions, while their presence in positions of responsibility in businesses is generally low, according...
Cyprus to look at importing LNG
The government has ordered a study to be carried out to look into ways of importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for power generation but...
Audit boss calls for independent education study
MEASURES to modernise and consolidate public education, as well as the commissioning of an independent study, were among the proposals listed by Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides...
Shift in media focus from migrants as a threat, UCy study finds
Migrants were represented as a “threat” to Greek Cypriot society in the media during 2011-2013, according to a study by the University of Cyprus (UCY)....
Aon Hewitt Cyprus to carry out actuary study for Egypt’s healthcare system
Aon Hewitt Cyprus will carry out an actuary study that will serve as a basis for Egypt’s national health insurance scheme after it signed a...
Medical association to commission NHS study
The island’s medical association (PIS) announced on Wednesday that it has decided to commission a study for a universal, comprehensive, and viable NHS. “We want...
Postal services mull drone deliveries
Cyprus’ postal services are examining the use of drones as a means to deliver parcels in the future, a senior postal inspector said on Wednesday....
Study for the creation of coastguard in the pipeline
A study is under way into the establishment of a coastguard, a force that will be independent from police, whose marine branch currently fulfils that...