Police seize 330,000 laughing gas canisters at port warehouse
Authorities have seized almost 700 boxes containing thousands of laughing gas canisters, found in a warehouse at the port of Limassol. Police on Wednesday had...
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Coronavirus: Four deaths and 1,046 more people test positive on Thursday (Updated)
Health authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while 89,188 – a record number of daily tests tracked 1,046 positives to the...
Financial assistance for fire-stricken areas to be dispensed next week
Direct financial assistance to those who suffered damage to their properties in the massive July 3 blaze will begin being dispensed as of next week,...
Security Council haggles over final Varosha draft (Updated)
Haggling continued through Thursday night over a UN Security Council statement over Turkey’s latest pronouncements on Varosha, with the body apparently unable to agree a...
EC report says more needs to be done to upgrade justice
Cyprus has made some progress toward tweaking its justice system, but there remains work to be done on improving transparency and accessibility to public documents,...
Protesters’ lawyers detained before allowed access to clients
Three lawyers representing some of the persons arrested over Sunday evening’s disturbances were themselves placed under arrest and detained after coming forth to represent their...
Erdogan in Cyprus: no mention of Varosha, focus on two states (Update 2)
Speaking in the north of Cyprus, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday reiterated Ankara’s position for a two-states solution for the island. “On this island...
All eyes on Varosha ahead of Erdogan’s Cyprus visit
Whatever he announces will change the face of future talks, analysts predict By Elias Hazou Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s upcoming visit to the north...
$500 million Ankara loan for north
Ankara has just approved a $500 million line of credit to the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’, according to a decree published in Turkey’s official...
Coronavirus: Draft legislation on Infectious Diseases Law set to reach parliament in coming days
The government’s draft legislation to replace the current Infectious Diseases Law, on which the health minister’s decrees have been based for the various measures taken...
Bills to open up electricity market submitted to parliament
The government on Tuesday submitted to parliament three bills aiming to open up the electricity market in Cyprus in line with EU regulations. Together, the...
Father’s struggle to prove daughter’s murder highlights legal shortcomings
The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the issue of victims of crime and how the state can better come to their aid given...
Coronavirus: Data commissioner green lights new SafePass rules
The latest expanded control measures taken relating to the coronavirus situation are both “legitimate and proportional”, the data protection commissioner said in a statement on...
Coronavirus: Probe after €14m wrongly given to companies for Covid relief
The finance ministry has ordered an administrative probe into an apparent foul-up that saw €14.3 million in coronavirus-related relief provided by the government end up...
MPs extend freeze on foreclosures
Despite warnings from the government and the banking industry not to, lawmakers on Thursday passed a law further extending a freeze on home foreclosures. This...
European anti-fraud office looking into misuse of €5m EU funds
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is investigating a possible case of fraud involving EU grants received by companies linked to the former commissioner for the...
Coronavirus: New record of 993 new cases (updated)
No deaths from coronavirus occurred Thursday although a new record of 993 positives were recorded, the health ministry said. The 993 latest positives came from...
ECDC moves Cyprus into Dark Red zone
Cyprus has been ‘downgraded’ to the ‘dark red’ zone for coronavirus in the latest update issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control...
Housing for elderly refugees woefully inadequate, MPs told
Elderly people or those with mobility issues often need the help of the fire department to descend to the ground floor because their refugee housing...
Labour minister stands firm over lowering retirement age
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou on Tuesday effectively shut down opposition lawmakers’ aspirations to lower the retirement age from 65 to 63, saying such a move...