Cabinet approves gas forum charter
The cabinet on Tuesday approved the founding charter for the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (Emgf), to be digitally signed on behalf of Cyprus by the...
Elias Hazou
Intense diplomatic activity continues before EU summit (update 2)
Intense diplomatic activity will continue on Wednesday with a visit to Cyprus by European Council President Charles Michel, ahead of a crucial EU summit later...
Civil servants to take pay cuts case to ECHR
The head of the civil servants union Pasydy said on Tuesday they intend to take recourse with the European Court of Human Rights over pay...
Coronavirus: Finance minister upbeat, central bank very concerned about NPLs
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides sought to strike an upbeat note on Monday, saying that economic output is forecast to shrink by about 7 per cent...
Crucial asylum reform dismissed as a ‘damp squib’
Moves to speed up deporting failed asylum seekers are fraught with legal hurdles By Elias Hazou On the Friday before last, parliament voted to amend...
Man suspected of possessing child porn is arrested
Police on Thursday arrested a 63-year-old man in connection with the possession and distribution of child pornography. The suspect, a resident of Larnaca, is on...
Woman arrested trying to smuggle drugs into prison inside TV
A woman was arrested on Thursday for having attempted to smuggle into the Central Prisons narcotics stashed inside a television. According to a statement, the...
Macron: Turkey is no longer a partner in the region (Update 2)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that Turkey is no longer a ‘partner’ in the Mediterranean, upping the rhetoric against Ankara, even as Greek and...
Ioannou asks HIO for systematic assessment of Gesy
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has urged the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to tweak the road map for the full rollout of services envisaged under the...
Auctions of foreclosed properties to resume
Banks are resuming the sell-off of foreclosed properties with notifications going out for e-auctions on a number of properties, primarily plots of land and fields,...
AG’s office withdraws from committee looking into PEPs
The Law Office of the Republic (attorney-general’s office) on Tuesday withdrew from a parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating loans granted to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)....
Audit office being kept out of passports probe, for now
It appears the Audit Office has been left out of the loop in the ongoing investigations into the citizenship-by-investment programme, based on a legal opinion...
Oil and gas companies have assured plans on track
Oil and gas companies have assured the government they remain committed to their projects in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone and will stick to schedules revised...
Coronavirus: MPs to quiz ministers on financial impact of support schemes
Lawmakers have summoned the ministers of finance and labour to give an account of the state of the economy, amid the fallout from the coronavirus...
Lavrov: Russia ready to mediate in Turkey dispute if asked (Updated)
Russia is ready to mediate between Nicosia and Ankara but only if both sides request it, the country’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said just...
Fifty two migrants picked up off Larnaca taken to Pournara
Fifty-two irregular migrants were on Thursday brought to the Pournara reception centre after being earlier picked up by police off the coast of Larnaca. The...
Russian exercise falls under Cypriot jurisdiction, government says
Russia contacts Cyprus whenever it plans to conduct air or naval wargames, the government said Thursday, following reports that Turkey issued its own navigational warnings...
Cabinet appoints committee to look into passport scheme going back to 2008 (Updated)
The government on Thursday announced the pending appointment of an investigative committee to look into the entire period during which passports were granted to foreign...
‘No chance’ of ACs overpowering grid despite high temperatures
Despite the heatwave driving almost non-stop use of air conditioning units throughout the island, technicians say the electricity grid can hold up and they do...
No further delays seen in drilling programmes
Companies licensed to operate in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone have not made further changes to their drilling schedules in relation to the coronavirus situation, Energy...
