The Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Metropolis of Paphos in Geroskipou is open to the public daily, Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 16.00 and on Saturday from 09.00 to 13.00.

In light of the latest developments concerning confirmed cases of coronavirus in Cyprus, and as part of the wider effort being made by the state to limit the spread of the disease, the Municipality of Geroskipou kindly requests that residents who have recently travelled to the countries/regions listed below, whether or not they are showing symptoms, avoid coming to the Municipality’s premises, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health.

Category 1:

– Hubei Province, China

– Northern Italy (areas north of Pisa, Rimini and Florence)

– Iran

– Republic of Korea

All travellers who have stayed in or travelled to the above countries/regions must be placed in isolation under medical supervision.

Category 2:

– The remaining provinces of China (excluding Hubei Province)

– Central and southern Italy

– Japan

– Hong Kong

– Germany

– France

– Spain

– Greece (the regional units of Achaea, Elis and Zakynthos)

All travellers who have stayed in or travelled to the above countries/regions must self-isolate at home for 14 days (limiting close contact and movement, observing basic hygiene rules, and monitoring and reporting symptoms).

Category 3:

– Switzerland

– United Kingdom

– Netherlands

– Sweden

– Belgium

– Singapore

– Greece (excluding the regional units of Achaea, Elis and Zakynthos)

All travellers who have stayed in or travelled to the above countries/regions should self-monitor without restrictions on their movement, and should symptoms appear, they should remain at home and contact the 1420 Call Centre, reporting their recent travel history.

We remind you that bill payments can be made online through JCC. For any assistance, please contact the Municipality’s Financial Department on 26961424, 26961427 and 26961516.

For matters concerning water supply connections/disconnections, residents may call 26961424, 26961427 and 26961516.

For matters concerning the Municipal Registry, call 26961400 and 26960818; the Technical Services on 26961803 and 26961425; the Cultural Department on 26960857 and 26960867; the Health Service on 26960863; the Traffic Wardens on 26960851; the Municipal Library on 26961430; and the Citizen Service Office on 77778660.

The Municipality’s switchboard can be reached on 26962324 and 26961400.

We also take this opportunity to appeal to all residents of Geroskipou to follow personal hygiene guidelines and to take preventive self-protection measures. Anyone presenting symptoms suggestive of a respiratory infection is asked to contact the 1420 Call Centre immediately.

Please note that continuous updates and official information with guidelines on the novel coronavirus are posted by the Ministry of Health on the website of the Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus at www.pio.gov.cy/coronavirus

Thank you for your understanding.

Municipality of Geroskipou,

11 March 2020

The Environment Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment and the Municipality of Geroskipou invite you to the Local Workshop on the theme: “Closing the Loop: Challenges and Solutions”, to be held on Tuesday, 10 March 2020, from 10:00 to 13:00 at the Leonardo Plaza Cypria Maris Hotel & Spa, Aphrodite A Hall, 10 Poseidonos Avenue, Geroskipou.

The local workshop is being held as part of the implementation of the European project “Interreg Med BlueIslands“, for which the Lead Partner is the Environment Department.

The workshop will present the project as well as good practices for tackling the problem of plastic pollution in Mediterranean tourist destinations.

Those interested are kindly requested to complete the participation form at the link provided at the end of this announcement and send it electronically to mnikitas@geroskipou.org.cy no later than Friday, 06/03/2020.

For further information, those interested may contact us on 26961400 and 26960863.

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Participation Form

In order to accommodate members of the public who choose Geroskipou municipal beach to “kick off Lent” on “Clean Monday” (02/03/2020), the Municipality of Geroskipou will provide tables and chairs along the seafront for the use of visitors.

From the Municipality of Geroskipou

The Municipality of Geroskipou informs its residents that on Tuesday 03/03/2020, there will be a water supply interruption from the morning until 3:00 p.m. due to maintenance works on the water supply network.

4th Lecture of the 16^th Cycle

The 4^th lecture of the 16^th Cycle of the “Ierokipeion Free University in Paphos”, entitled “Antimicrobial resistance: a real threat to public health in Cyprus”, which will take place on Friday, 28 February 2020, at 7:00 p.m., in the Events Hall of the Geroskipou Multipurpose Centre, will host Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the Medical School of the University of Cyprus and Head of the Experimental Pharmacology Laboratory, Mr Nikolas Dietis.

Since 1929, when Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic action of penicillin, the course of humanity changed forever. Incalculable are the human lives that have been saved by antibiotics from hundreds of infections that once haunted the planet, leaving thousands of victims in their wake. Now, this golden age appears to be reaching its end. The continuous and excessive consumption of antibiotics by citizens, mainly of the western world, and their unreasonable prescription by many doctors is creating a growing antimicrobial resistance; that is, the microbes that were once eliminated by our antibiotics are now resistant, and the diseases they cause are now untreatable. Fewer and fewer antibiotics are still effective. More and more resistant microbes are appearing. Pharmaceutical companies gave up long ago. The World Health Organization has been sounding the alarm for a decade now, but it seems we are not listening. The microbes now emerging on the planet are so resistant that they are ready to take us back to the 1900s, when a simple infection was a cause of certain death.

Unfortunately, our Cyprus is the champion of antibiotic consumption in Europe and the country with many cases of microbial resistance. Although the state recognizes the danger and has from time to time set targets and actions, the use of antibiotics in Cyprus is steadily increasing every year. If we continue this way, an epidemic in Cyprus from a super-resistant microbe that we will be unable to confront will not be science fiction, but a real danger to the public health of the country, which, as an island, will experience unprecedented consequences. Informing citizens and more intensive action by the state to combat this danger in a coordinated manner is the only way forward.

The Medical School of the University of Cyprus, as the only public Medical School in the country, has taken important initiatives to inform citizens, as well as scientific action against microbial resistance. The Experimental Pharmacology Laboratory of the Medical School is the only scientific laboratory for the exploration and discovery of new antibiotics in the country. Our goal, and that of our collaborators, is, among other things, to explore the Cypriot flora and the natural wealth of our country in order to help discover new medicines that will give us the time we need in the battle against microbial resistance.

The lectures of the “Ierokipeion Free University” are open to the public and are broadcast live by Radio Paphos Pancyprian 93.7 and recorded by the University of Cyprus Radio Station UCYvoice 95.2. At the end of the presentations, the public, as well as the audience of Radio Paphos Pancyprian, can participate actively in the discussion that follows.

Media sponsors: “Politis” newspaper, UCY Voice 95.2

Information: 22894305/ 26960857

Invitation to Express Interest No. 5/2020 for the granting of a licence to provide services on beaches in the municipal area of Geroskipou

The Municipality of Geroskipou is accepting tenders for the granting of a licence to provide services to bathers (sunbeds and umbrellas) on various beaches located in the municipal area of Geroskipou. Interested persons may obtain the tender documents from the Municipality’s website under the “Tenders” category.

Applications must be placed in the Municipality’s Tender Box no later than Friday 6 March 2020 at 12.00 noon.

Neapolis University Pafos, true to its development pillar and to its declared commitment to contribute to the growth of local society, together with the Municipality of Geroskipou, the second largest municipality in the Pafos district with a long historical, cultural, social and folklore tradition, formalized their cooperation through the signing of a Cooperation Agreement, with the shared aim of providing a modern response to and addressing all the important issues and challenges facing Local Government.

The signing of the Agreement took place during a meeting of the two partners on Thursday, 6 February 2020, at the Geroskipou Municipal Hall and was signed by Mr Michalis Pavlides, Mayor of Geroskipou, and Prof. Pantelis Sklias, Rector of Neapolis University Pafos.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the open challenges facing Local Government and the competitive business environment, and underlined the need for cooperation between the university community, as a body of applied knowledge, scientific innovation and also cultural cultivation and pioneering work, and the local government authorities, with the aim of sustainable progress and social cohesion.

The cooperation between the two partners refers, in the first instance, to the participation of the Municipality of Geroskipou in the broad network of cooperating organizations and businesses of the European Project “Career Offices Linking with the Labour Market”, implemented by Neapolis University Pafos for the purpose of placing students in the labour market.

At the same time, it will provide for, strengthen and promote actions and synergies that will simultaneously highlight the cultural, social and economic activity of the local society of Geroskipou, in conjunction with and supported by the academic, research and cultural work of Neapolis University Pafos.