Archive 2024

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver The three ships which had carried humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza but then were forced to turn back as Israel bombed aid workers’ ...

A meeting at the state Legal Services will be held this week on the potential financial crimes and money laundering at the disgraced Osiou Avakoum monastery, sources confirmed to the ...

The education ministry on Wednesday announced the extension of the operation hours of afternoon and summer schools to support working parents. According to the relevant House education decision, optional afternoon ...

British lenders approved the highest number of mortgages in February since September 2022, when new lending slumped due to bond market turmoil caused by Liz Truss’ premiership, Bank of England data ...

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday said it had requested information from the US, Germany, France and Cyprus over their potential involvement in terrorist attacks on Russia. According ...

Developed by one in ten mothers, it really shouldn’t be ignored says DR VASILIOS SILIVISTRIS About one in ten mothers develop postnatal depression, which is defined as depression suffered ...

The point of contention has been “overcome” regarding the development of the Aphrodite gas field off the coast of Cyprus, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday there is “no common ground” between Cyprus’ two sides. “The isolations, embargoes, and restrictions imposed on the Turkish Cypriot people must be ...

Attorney-general George Savvides said on Wednesday that if anything arises from the Anti-Corruption Authority’s investigation into allegations concerning former president Nicos Anastasiades then the Legal Service will find ways ...

Russia said on Wednesday that NATO had returned to a Cold War mindset as the alliance marks its 75th anniversary this week. “Today, in relations with Russia, the bloc has ...

The Cyprus church is ignoring government warnings about illegal monastery-building works in the environmentally-protected Cape Greco area while Ayia Napa turns a blind eye, the interior minister said on Wednesday. ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Cyprus exhibited a yearly growth rate of 1.6 per cent in March, a decline from the 2.1 per cent recorded a month earlier, according to Eurostat’...

Police in Limassol were on high alert on Wednesday morning following a report from a 65-year-old owner of a car dealership that unidentified individuals opened fire on his business. Officers ...

Warm weather and blossoming nature have arrived, making April an ideal month to explore Cyprus’ landscape before the summer heat takes over. Throughout the month, from April 5 to 16, the Episkopi ...

The Nicosia municipality, in collaboration with an action group promoting the role of animal military corps, is set to host a ceremony to honour the role of the Cypriot mules ...

Cyprus’ retail trade cycle value index experienced a notable increase of 5.8 per cent in February, compared to the corresponding month in 2023, according to a report released on Wednesday by the ...

Russia has seen a significant jump in the number of people signing contracts to join the armed forces since last month’s deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a fresh appeal for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, deploring the killing of aid workers in an Israeli airstrike and paying tribute to a Ukrainian ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis announced on Wednesday a grant scheme aimed at the revival of rural, mountainous, and remote areas, with a total budget of €4 million. It should ...

Beneficiaries in the mortgage-to-rent scheme are being extended to further aid the financially vulnerable, cabinet decided on Wednesday. Announcing the decision, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said the move aims to “...

A 61-year-old man who scammed someone out of €63,000 was charged in writing and then released, police said on Wednesday. The man allegedly took the money from a 60-year-old man under ...

The architects’ association on Wednesday called on the government to conduct more environmentally friendly projects, particularly in sensitive areas like the Akamas. “Public projects with clear green credentials and environmental ...

Valentina Georgiadou has been appointed as the new Financial Commissioner, vacating her previous role as Deputy Financial Commissioner, according to an announcement made on Wednesday. Following a cabinet meeting on ...

Water leakage into medical storage facilities of the health ministry through a damaged roof, resulted in large quantities of medicines being destroyed it was revealed on Wednesday. The incident happened ...