Turkey buys third drillship – reports
Turkey has purchased a third drillship, Sertao, according to reports on Sunday. Two of Ankara’s drillships, Yavuz and Fatih are currently operating in and around...
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Fannon: no winners if energy tensions continue or escalate
US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Francis Fannon has warned that everyone in the region will lose if the conflict over who will...
Kyprianou insists Anastasiades discussed dividing up island’s EEZ
Last Thursday’s TV clash between Disy leader Averof Neophytou and Akel general-secretary Andros Kyprianou, has triggered a new ongoing confrontation between President Nicos Anastasiades and...
Bids expected in 2020 for slew of Paphos projects, Karousos says
This year, bids are bids are expected to be launched for a slew of projects in the Paphos area, Transport and Public Works Minister Yiannis...
State preparing to counter risk of public service pay cuts being reinstated, Petrides says
The treasury is preparing reaction scenarios should the Supreme Court uphold the ruling of the Administrative Court on the unconstitutionality of cuts in salaries and...
Wide ranging meeting between president and Diko leader
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday met Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos, discussing various issues from the Cyprus problem to corruption in football. Speaking after the meeting,...
Police chief calls for EU solidarity in stemming irregular migration (updated)
Police Chief Kypros Michaelides on Tuesday said Cyprus needed EU solidarity in combatting irregular migration as this was the only way to effectively manage the...
Fannon visit ‘a political signal’ to Turkey, Cyprus says
US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon was in Cyprus on Tuesday for a round of contacts with Cypriot officials, in a...
TV stations failing to cater for hearing and visually disabled, says ombudswoman
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou on Monday described as “reprehensible” the fact that TV broadcasters have not yet complied with a legislative obligation introduced ten years ago...
Huge drop in municipal charges after local government reform, says minister
The cost of municipal fees and charges to the public will be as much as five times cheaper than now once local government reforms are...
Brexit opens new chapter in UK-Cyprus relations, High Commissioner says
The UK’s departure from the EU on January 31, opens a new chapter in Britain’s history and UK-Cyprus relations, British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie said...
UK govt to question woman’s guilty verdict in Napa rape claim case, defence to appeal (Update 7)
The UK government has said it is “seriously concerned” about the fairness of the trial of the British woman found guilty on Monday of lying...
2019 – A decisive year for the talks, well, sort of
At the beginning of the year, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said 2019 would be a decisive one for the Cyprus issue. It was, but not...
BBQ drugs suspect remanded for a further eight days
A 30-year-old man was remanded for a further eight days on Sunday in connection with 645 kilos of ecstasy found in barbecue kits shipped from...
Police urge public to be wary of hawkers and beggars over New Year’s
Police on Sunday urged the public to be wary of approaches by strangers either begging or hawking items on the streets or at their doors...
Pompeo to visit Cyprus in first week of January – report
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Cyprus towards the end of the first week in January, the Cyprus News Agency reported on...
Tourism’s 2020 focus on new markets, Perdios says
Cyprus’ tourism strategy going into 2020 will be to seek out new markets now that the island’s two main markets, the UK and Russia appear...
Mother issues plea to thief who stole her deceased son’s ashes from car at Governor’s Beach
A Polish mother living in Sweden on Friday issued a desperate plea for help after her family’s car was robbed in Limassol and a bag...
Cyprus tops UK Post Office survey for winter sun bargains
Cyprus and Canary Isles have topped the chart for best value New Year holiday bargains, according to the latest UK Post Office Survey. Orlando and...
Car tossed around in stormy seas off Limassol (video)
A video was doing the rounds on social media on Thursday of a car being tossed around in heavy seas off Limassol, an incident which...
