MPs ponder electronic bracelets to alleviate prison overcrowding
The current overcrowding at the Nicosia central prisons requires the introduction of electronic tags, MPs at the legal affairs committee heard on Wednesday. According to...
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Queues form at petrol stations in north as two companies announce stop on sales
Queues have formed at gas stations in the north after two companies, K-Pet and AlPet announced they would stop selling fuel as of Wednesday, reports...
EP draft resolution on Pandora Papers names Anastasiades and seven other leaders
A draft resolution by the European Parliament has called for an in-depth investigation by member states’ authorities to investigate politicians whose names appear in the...
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ resigns after compromising video surfaces (Update 2)
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minster’ Ersan Saner, whose National Unity Party (UBP) withdrew from the ‘government’ last week, has had to resign, effective immediately after a...
Christodoulides heads to Moscow, meeting Lavrov on Thursday
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides leaves today from Budapest for Moscow where he is due to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, following an invite from...
Ruling party pledges ‘no return to food bank policies’ as price hikes imminent
Ruling Disy has pledged there would be no return to the economic polices that led to the advent of food banks in Cyprus following the...
Russian billionaire’s superyacht anchored off Protaras
A superyacht, Sailing Yacht A, owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, is current anchored off Pernera beach, Protaras in Cyprus . Melnichenko, 49, is the...
Tatar: no grounds for new talks as things stand (Updated)
There are no grounds for the start of new Cyprus talks, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said, according to online excerpts from a interview...
New phase in opening up of Varosha
The Turkish Cypriot side on Wednesday began a new phase in the opening up of the fenced-off town of Varosha , clearing part of the...
Government promises farmers aid, consumers prepare for spiralling prices (Update 3)
The government said Wednesday it intends to temporarily support farmers stricken by the massive spike in the price of animal feed, which along with other...
Impact from failure to act on climate change will be unprecedented, president says (Updated)
Failure to act on climate change will impact public health, ecosystems, agriculture, tourism and water resources in an unprecedented way, President Nicos Anastasiades said on...
Blacklist of 42 Turkish Cypriots barred from Turkey published
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is among 42 people barred from entering Turkey, media in the north reported on Tuesday as the backlash continued...
Coronavirus: Booster shots available for over 65s as of Wednesday
From Wednesday the health ministry will be offering a third booster shot of the Covid vaccine to the over 65s, it said on Tuesday. Appointments...
Domestic violence cases up 30% in last 20 months
Cases of domestic violence in Cyprus have increased by around 30 per cent in the last 20 months, President Nicos Anastasiades said during a charity...
State revenue from gambling triples in five years
State revenues from gambling jumped to 3.44 per cent of GDP in 2019, while in 2020, despite the contraction due to the pandemic, the percentage...
Hundreds turn out to bid farewell to prominent lawyer Andreas Neocleous
Hundreds of people, including President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended the funeral of prominent lawyer, businessman and owner of the Cyprus Mail newspaper Andreas Neocleous,...
Nicosia waiting for new UN envoy
The president and the government expect the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy who will assist in efforts for the resumption of the negotiations...
Christodoulides: Ankara saying one thing and doing another
Illegal actions by Turkey off Crete and southwest of Cyprus in recent days prove that positive statements coming out of Ankara “are unfortunately not transformed...
Unions from both sides call for talks to resume without ‘blame games’
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot unions on Wednesday jointly called for reconciliation and cooperation to mark World Peace Day in memory of the millions of...
Consumer credit interest rates down, housing loan rates up in July
The interest rate on consumer credit registered a decline to 3.03 per cent in July compared with 3.14 per cent in the previous month, the...