Archive 2024

There is no doubt that the tenders’ procedure for the Vasiliko LNG terminal was a catalogue of errors that violated every notion of rational decision-making. It suffices to say that ...

Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Tuesday, the government and former president’s office said, plunging the country he led ...

European Parliament Member (MEP) Costas Mavrides on Tuesday reached out to the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy to Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin on behalf of civil society groups who have ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has decided not to pursue its request for a 25 per cent hike in their tariff, following a meeting with Energy Minister George Papanastasiou. Reports ...

Work is underway to iron out the kinks in the e-justice platform to get it back online after the system came crashing down last month, the government said on Tuesday. ...

The UN Special Rapporteur for Environment Defenders Michel Forst has called on Cyprus to lead a group of countries in promoting the Aarhus Convention. Adopted in June 1998, the Aarhus Convention ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou reiterated the government’s goal of safeguarding halloumi exports, adding that the protection of halloumi as a national product remains unchanged during a meeting with the ...

Rents on commercial Turkish Cypriot properties in Limassol have sharply increased, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday. Rent increases from €150 to €2,800 a month and in another case from €30 to €999 ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made it clear she would not tolerate “tactics of the past” on Tuesday as teaching union Oelmek threatened it would take measures. Speaking to state broadcaster ...

By Andria Kades and Jonathan Shkurko In what appears to be a path towards agreement, the state health services (Okypy) and trade unions representing public hospital workers made progress on ...

Two people, aged 23 and 22, were sentenced to four years in prison by the Famagusta district court on Tuesday after being found guilty of charges related to illegal drug possession, intent ...

The Nicosia International Festival, which is part of the capital city’s bid for the European Capital of Culture 2030, remains true to its long-term strategy of showcasing Cypriot creators alongside ...

King Charles was seen in public on Tuesday for the first time since it was revealed he was suffering from a form of cancer as his estranged younger son Prince ...

First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides and Education Minister Athena Michaelidou cooked healthy meals for children at the Elenion primary school on Tuesday. The pair used ingredients sourced from the garden ...

The government on Tuesday hinted it may extend some of the relief measures it introduced last November – such as subsidising electricity bills – beyond the end of the month. Taking journalists’ ...

Lives were put at risk by the severe weather seen in the north last week, deputy mayor of Kormakitis Valentinos Koumettos told MPs on Tuesday. The weather last Tuesday night ...

Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou has requested a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s envoy Maria Holguin, filing his request with President Nikos Christodoulides, who he met earlier on Tuesday. Ioannou ...

By Kate Abnett What a difference five years make. During the last European Union elections in 2019, hundreds of thousands across the 27-nation bloc staged protests to fight climate change. Ahead ...

By Kate Abnett The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for ...

British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq was on Tuesday summoned to the foreign ministry to be served with a demarche, following comments made in a newspaper interview, government spokesman ...

Sevilla have called on LaLiga to take action after winger Lucas Ocampos was touched “inappropriately” by a fan during their 2-1 win at Rayo Vallecano, the club said on Tuesday. ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday expressed Greece’s support to restart Cyprus problem talks on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation. He was speaking after meeting the ...

The government aims for all new cars bought in Cyprus to be electric by 2035, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said the current target entails 25 per cent of new ...

Another dead body was found washed up on Cyprus’ coast on Monday afternoon, this time near Rizokarpaso. The finding of the body was announced by the Turkish Cypriot police on ...