Russia says it will return captured naval ships to Ukraine on Monday
Russia will return three captured naval ships to Ukraine on Monday and is moving them to a handover location agreed with Kiev, Crimea’s border guard...
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Turkey slams silence over burning of ‘TRNC’ flag, Elam calls condemnation a ‘badge of honour’ (Updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in a written statement has slammed members of the “racist and fascist Elam for burning a ‘TRNC’ flag during demonstrations...
Petrides says buffer zone a ‘black hole’ for irregular migration
The interior ministry and the foreign ministry will soon announce a package of measures to tighten controls both at crossing points and uncontrolled areas along...
Government seeking to change Green Line rules to halt migrant flow from north
The government is gearing up to change aspects of the 2004 Green Line Regulation to address the increased migration flows from the north, it emerged...
President admits saying Berlin talks a waste of time, but blames Turkey
President Nicos Anastasiades conceded on Wednesday that he had told former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat the upcoming tripartite meeting in Berlin would be...
Petrides: increased demand for affordable housing poses challenge to state and society
Cyprus compares favourably to other EU countries on the scale of affordable housing, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Wednesday but changes to the landscape...
Peo union calls on finance minister to pressure banks over new charges
Left-wing umbrella union Peo said on Wednesday it has written a letter to Finance Minister Harris Georgiades calling on him to use everything at his...
‘Socially insensitive’ of BoC to hike charges after €100m handout for redundancies
A bank cannot dish out €100m in voluntary redundancies and pass that cost on to its customers “the next day” by massively hiking charges, ruling...
Varosha inventory nearly complete, says Ozersay
The Turkish Cypriot side has almost completed its inventory of buildings and other infrastructure in the fenced-off town of Varosha in Famagusta and plans to...
More GCs against a BBF than for it, undecideds hold small majority
More Greek Cypriots want a unified state than a bizonal bicommunal federation (BBF), the accepted basis for negotiating a Cyprus solution, according to a survey...
CBC: NPLs may have fallen but they’re still in the economy
While the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) was happy to see banks’ exposure to NPLs reduce due to deleveraging, it was not thrilled that these...
High debt, NPLs could magnify any external shocks to Cyprus economy, experts say
Economic experts on Tuesday debated whether the recovering Cyprus economy was ready to weather any external shocks after putting its house in order for the...
Georgiades plays down value of citizenship scheme, IMF has some concerns (Updated)
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday that the importance of the citizenship by investment programme should not be overestimated. Speaking at The Economist conference...
Akel cancels meeting with president after comment that party supports Turkey
Main opposition Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Monday cancelled a scheduled meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades on economic reforms after the party said the palace...
President calls for regional cooperation on energy, climate and security
Regional instability in the region is one of the biggest setbacks to investment in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. Regional cooperation...
Archbishop calls Russian Patriarch’s attitude to Greek Church ‘unacceptable’
The Patriarch of Moscow’s move to overlook the name of Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece during a divine liturgy on Sunday was...
Israeli airline EL AL creates ‘sky painting’ of a Boeing south west of Cyprus
Israeli airline EL AL on Sunday drew a sky painting of a Boeing 747 south west of Cyprus as a goodbye to its Boeing fleet....
Malaysian fugitive financier holds Cyprus passport – report (Updated)
Following the revelations last month that eight Cambodian elites with ties to the country’s authoritarian regime had secured Cypriot passports, Politis reported on Sunday that...
Three men wanted after two shot and injured outside Engomi night club (Updated)
A shooting early Sunday morning outside a club in Engomi, Nicosia left two people injured, one in critical condition. A total of three people are...
Cyprus could have 100,000 asylum seekers in just five years says minister
The number of asylum seekers in Cyprus is set to exceed 3.5 per cent of the population, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday, adding...
