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The volatile situation in the Middle East, its consequences, and methods for de-escalation were key topics during the meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on ...

Deputy Minister for Migration Nicholas Ioannides on Wednesday said Cyprus is prepared to deal with any migrant arrivals in light of the escalating situation in Lebanon. “If there are people ...

The government on Wednesday said it was at its highest level of preparedness for evacuations from the region, as Britain announced 700 troops were being deployed to Cyprus to help UK ...

A protest is being organised outside the British bases in Akrotiri this Sunday, amid escalating violence in the Middle East. In a statement on Wednesday, the Cyprus Peace Council announced ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Tuesday met deputy auditor-general Kyriacos Kyriacou to discuss ‘the philosophy’ of government bills aimed at reforming the Audit Office. Hartsiotis described it as a “fruitful ...

House President Annita Demetriou is set to table the issue of who will fill her shoes when she is temporarily away before party leaders at the House, she said on ...

Political parties on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of new Auditor-General Andreas Papaconstantinou’s although they warned about the circumstances he would have to work under. After a tumultuous couple of ...

A 42-year-old man on Tuesday admitted to the pre-meditated murder of Demetris Andronikou, also known as Demetroui in a gangland shooting in April. The defendant, a Syrian national, made the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides appointed Andreas Papaconstantinou as the new auditor-general on Tuesday morning in a move that was described as averting a crisis, replacing Odysseas Michaelides who was removed from ...

Economist Stelios Platis was the forerunner for Cyprus’ new auditor-general that Diko MP Zacharias Koulias had planned to appoint this week, when he would have free rein as acting President ...

House audit chairman and Diko MP Zacharias Koulias’widely broadcast plans to appoint a new auditor-general when he is acting President of the Republic later this week were brought to ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is closely monitoring developments over the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, which is currently under investigation for misappropriation of EU funds and corruption. EIB ...

Cyprus’ electricity regulatory authority (Cera) on Friday approved cabinet’s decision over the future of the Great Sea Interconnector project, adopting the requests of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is still open to investing in the electricity interconnector project between Cyprus and Greece, its Vice President Kyriacos Kakouris said on Friday. He stressed the ...

Efforts to reform the legal service and audit office will plough ahead as planned, without any changes, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Friday. In statements to the Cyprus News ...

Pensioners union Ekysy on Friday reiterated their plea on Friday to scrap the 12 per cent pension cut for those who retire early. In a statement, Ekysy pledged it would go ...

Legal experts weighed in on Thursday over the decision to fire Odysseas Michaelides as auditor-general, calling it a landmark case that will inevitably be discussed for years. Lawyer Achilleas Emilianides ...

The House audit committee cancelled its session on Thursday “as a mark of respect” to Odysseas Michaelides, who was fired from his post as auditor-general. MPs were slated to discuss ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday reiterated their interest and commitment to implement the electricity interconnector project. Christodoulides met Mitsotakis in Athens at the ...

Cyprus was one 124 countries which voted in favour of a UN resolution demanding Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months. In a statement on Thursday, ...

The UN General Assembly in New York next week will be crucial for the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said in Athens on Thursday after he met Greece’s Prime ...

The audit office assured on Thursday it was continuing its work, after its chief was fired a day earlier. Deputy Auditor-General Kyriacos Kyriacou said audits were still continuing in the ...

Akel on Thursday said it was organising a protest against the dismissal of now former Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides outside the presidential palace. The protest will take place on Sunday at 4...

Talks over the interconnector were taking place in Athens on Thursday, as President Nikos Christodoulides was meeting Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The tete-a-tete slated for 11am was focusing ...