#Third Country Nationals

Over two dozen third country nationals were returned to their home countries after they were found residing illegally in Cyprus, police said Wednesday. The 25 people were returned to their home ...

The cabinet on Friday approved an interior ministry proposal to review the criteria for the naturalisation of third country nationals. According to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, the proposal is mainly ...

Around 27 migrants for every 1,000 people arrived in Cyprus from outside the EU in 2021, data released by Eurostat on Wednesday showed, also revealing 22.7 per cent of the island’s citizens were ...

Hoteliers are upbeat about the new employment regulations, after the cabinet decided to raise the percentage of third country nationals allowed to be employed by businesses from 30 to 50 per cent ...

Trade unions have condemned the new regulations concerning the employment of third country nationals, while employers have said they do not go far enough. Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos on Wednesday ...

Deok union blasted the government’s stance on foreign workers on Thursday accusing Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos of sidelining workers’ rights and paving the way for companies to hire third-country ...

Labour Minster Kyriacos Koushios on Wednesday said he would not leave his post until the revamp of strategic plan for hiring third country nationals is promoted to the cabinet. Speaking ...

With no Russian, Ukrainian tourists, vacancies in sector will not need filling As the tourism sector braces for pain following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, employers and trade unions are ...

British permanent residents of Cyprus, understandably, were angered by the Cyprus government’s decision to take away their voting rights after Britain left the EU. Those whose names were on ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) urged the government on Thursday to take immediate action to solve all issues related to staff shortages in hotels, adding that, so far, ...

Over two thousand third country nationals were deported last year, with the number doubling in the past two years, police said on Monday. Spokesman Christos Andreou said irregular migrant deportations ...

Staff shortages threaten the quality of services and the hotels’ ability to serve more customers than 2021, the association of tourism businesses (Stek) said on Monday. In a written statement, Stek ...

Exodus of EU workers leave hotels, retail and restaurants struggling Acute labour shortages that ended when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 have reappeared because of the pandemic and the uncertainty ...