On 11th of April 2025, the Law on the Prevention and Combating of Violence and Harassment in the Workplace L.42(I)/2025 came into force. The new legal framework aims at preventing and addressing all forms of violence and harassment in the workplace, providing both civil and criminal remedies. The Law applies to (a) employees’ activities and...Read More

The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection issued the Directive No 1/2025 in relation to the use of personal mobile phones for work purposes based on the guidelines given by the European Data Protection Supervisor, Opinion 2/2017 of the European Commission and the European Data Protection Board. The practice of using personal mobile phones in the...Read More

The new Urban Amnesty Plan was approved by the Council of Ministers and it came into effect immediately for a period of only six months. Applications are officially accepted from 23/09/2024 until 23/3/2025. The amnesty main goal is to allow people to legalize unauthorized constructions in approved developments that involve small-scale planning violations that do...Read More

Changes on the applicable VAT rate relating to primary residence in Cyprus were introduced in June 2023 with Law 42(I)/2023 and in April 2024 with Law 55(I)/2024. Specifically, Law 42(I)/2023 amends the conditions for applying the reduced VAT rate of 5% to the acquisition or construction of new residences. The revised conditions are as below:...Read More

In an attempt to modernize the existing legislatively framework regarding the qualifications and criteria for naturalization of foreigners, in December 2023, the Civil Registry Law was amended with the amending Law 149(I)/2023. The amendments, mainly, focus on the duration of residence required for foreigners before applying for naturalization as well as a basic level proficiency...Read More

On the 12th of December 2023, Law 132(I) of 2023 was published, amending the Sale of Immovable Property (Specific Performance) Law of 2011 (Law 81(I)/2011). The new Law amends the provisions regarding the submission of a contract for the sale of a property to the Department of Lands and Surveys and regarding the specific performance...Read More

Since 2014, European Union has progressively imposed sanctions against Russia in response to deliberate destabilization of Ukraine. After February 2022, EU massively expanded the sanctions, which consists of a wide range of financial, economic and trade measures. The below represent an effort to provide a brief overview of key sanctions which are currently active: Economic...Read More