unemployment
The island’s unemployment rate stood at 6.8 per cent of the labour force in the second quarter of 2022, recording a decrease of 1.6 per...
Eurostat: Cyprus’ unemployment rate lower than in EU
Cyprus’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.1 per cent in June 2022, lower than the 6.6 per cent in the Euro area and 6.0...
Unemployment down 58 per cent compared to last March
Unemployment fell by 58 per cent in March 2022, compared to the same month last year, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). A report...
Unemployment at 20-year low, minister says
Unemployment has dropped to the lowest level in the last 20 years, while during the coronavirus situation the state has spent around €920 million in...
Finance minister confident unemployment will remain low
As the economy recovers, the government aims at keeping unemployment levels low to safeguard people’s revenues and roll out targeted policies including the introduction of...
Coronavirus: Cypriots sick of online learning, struggling financially
Support for the government has dropped by almost half in the past year as more people in Cyprus report that they’ve lost their jobs permanently...
Cyprus’ February unemployment stable at 6.8 per cent
Unemployment in Cyprus in February 2021 was stable compared to January at 6.8 per cent (31,000 individuals, 7.6 per cent for males and 5.9 per...
Jobless numbers surge 32% year-on-year in December
Unemployment surged by 32 per cent between December 2019 and December 2020, according to data released Thursday by the Statistical Service. The number of persons...
No ‘dramatic’ increase in unemployment, minster says
Measures taken to support businesses hit by the pandemic have helped dampen rising unemployment, according to Labour Minister, Zeta Emilianidou. She also said the government...
One in five Cypriot firms expect permanent reductions in staff – EIB survey
One in five Cypriot firms (21 per cent) expect a permanent reduction in their staff levels because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the figure rising...