Justice ministry seeking €8m in extra funds (Updated)
The justice ministry’s budget for 2021 has seen a slight increase by about €8 million compared to this year, with the lion’s share of expenses...
Elias Hazou
Anti-fraud office probing misuse of EU funds
The Republic of Cyprus is under investigation by European fraud authorities for possible misuse – or worse – of EU funds in relation to contracts...
Court upholds dog owner’s acquittal in Petruna case
The supreme court has upheld a prior ruling by the Paphos criminal court which last December had acquitted a man of the charge of the...
Coronavirus: families raise questions over deaths classed as ‘Covid’
Hard questions are being raised by the families of three people declared by authorities as deceased from Covid-19 last week. These concern a 54-year-old woman...
House speaker laments ‘hide and seek’ in unending PEPs debate
Tuesday marked another episode in a seemingly unending debate among lawmakers on whether to publish a controversial list of politically exposed persons (PEPs). New House...
Coronavirus: Trade unions reject talk of staggered 13th salaries
Trade unions have moved to quash talk of a possible delay or suspension of payment of the 13th salary this December, despite the financial strain...
Interior minister says passport scheme ‘irrevocably terminated’
The controversial Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) scheme is “definitively and irrevocably terminated”, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris assured MPs on Monday, but lawmakers insisted that does not let...
Coronavirus: Hospitals coping better during second phase
ICU traffic down compared to March As positive tests for Covid-19 have spiked in recent weeks, with an uptick in hospital admissions trailing shortly...
No Holy Synod vote on Ukraine church, says archbishop
Archbishop Chrysostomos has said he will preside over a Holy Synod session on November 23 to discuss his recognition of the independence of the Orthodox...
MPs stand firm on evictions freeze
Parliament on Thursday rejected President Nicos Anastasiades’ referral of legislation that aims to extend eviction protection to tenants until December 31. Barring a change of...
Coronavirus: Decree clarifies exemptions in travel ban
A travel ban to, from and between the districts of Limassol and Paphos came into force at 8pm Thursday and will last until November 30...
Syllouris says rights violated by Al Jazeera video
Former House President Demetris Syllouris has reportedly written to the chief of police, arguing that his rights were violated by the Al Jazeera network, which...
Defence ministry seeking €70m in extra funds
The government will keep modernising the armed forces so that they remain a potent deterrent, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Monday. He was speaking...
Coronavirus: Health ministry has spent €45.4m since March
Since the coronavirus outbreak in March, the health ministry has spent €45.4 million on virus related expenditures, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Monday while presenting...
New anti-corruption protest being held on Friday
The ‘End Corruption!’ platform will be staging another demonstration outside the presidential palace on Friday, protesting against the government’s handling of the citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programme...
More could be done to help vulnerable refugees, MPs say
The government agency tasked with providing assistance to refugees could be doing a lot more, opposition MPs said on Tuesday. Lawmakers were reviewing the 2021...
Tourism took bigger hit from Covid than estimated
The hit on tourism as a result of the coronavirus situation is greater than even that initially anticipated, the government said on Tuesday, citing the...
MPs say no expenses for oversight board until sewerage scandal sorted
Opposition lawmakers on Monday harangued the entity tasked with oversight of public-works contractors, as to date it has apparently taken no sanctions against companies linked...
Cyprus Mail 75 years: events of March 2013 were as intense as it gets
It’s not easy to nail down my top ‘story’ in the years since I joined the Cyprus Mail. The referendum on the Annan plan, the...
Police search residences and offices of three Cypriots in Al Jazeera video
Police on Thursday reportedly searched the residences and offices of at least three persons linked to recent reveals by the Al Jazeera network concerning the...
