Andria Kades

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be issuing a legal opinion over Cyprus’ contentious fake news bill which has sparked concerns amid the country’s journalistic ...

The European Commission has raised questions over geopolitical risks surrounding the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector, it emerged on Friday. According to CNA, the Commission requested a teleconference over ...

There is a “very real danger” the government will have to pay back EU funds it received for the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, which is now being investigated ...

The European Commission has begun infringement proceedings against Cyprus for failing to meet waste collection and recycling targets, it announced on Thursday. Infringement proceedings have also been opened against Cyprus ...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) on Thursday said it opened an investigation into Cyprus’ contentious Vasiliko liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on suspicion of procurement fraud, misappropriation ...

The Audit Office on Thursday hit back against a government proposal seeking to reform the independent institution, amid accusations this would be a means to stifle the reports of the ...

The fake news bill submitted by the government and backed by the legal service is dangerous for democracy, Akel MP Irene Charalambides charged on Thursday as she wrote to the ...

The European Commission on Wednesday urged Cyprus to move forward in strengthening the independence of the legal service, amid calls for convictions for high-level cases of corruption. In its 2024 Rule ...

The hearing for a judicial review filed by former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos at the Supreme Court began on Wednesday with accusations of conflict of interest against the state legal ...

The journalism ethics committee warned on Tuesday that a bill currently discussed in parliament claiming to target fake news is a guise to muzzle free speech in Cyprus. In a ...

Accountability must be demonstrated through actions not words, President Nikos Christodoulides pledged on Tuesday afternoon as he headed a cabinet session aimed at following up on the 2024 state action plan. ...

Nine people were acquitted of manslaughter charges for the murder of 20-year-old Jamal Alhaji on Tuesday, who had been fatally stabbed at a Chlorakas beach in 2020. The decision at Paphos ...

A 19-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday after he was found guilty of illegal possession of drugs with intent to supply. The decision was handed down at ...

The Chinese CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC) should never have been awarded the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, as damning statements of blame continued ...

Cyprus’ tourism industry is eagerly awaiting to welcome Russians to the island, as stakeholders reap the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions, according to Moscow’s ambassador to Nicosia Murat Zyazikov. In ...

Eight children were hospitalised due to chlorine fumes at a Paphos hotel pool on Monday. They were taken to Paphos general hospital after ambulances were called to the scene when ...

Two fires were raging out of control in Limassol, burning land at the Akrotiri marshes and wild vegetation between Pachna and Avdimou on Monday afternoon. Fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s statements on a two-state solution are a sign of weakness, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. His remarks come after Erdogan’s visit to the ...

A 64-year-old woman died of heatstroke at Nicosia general hospital, while three others are in serious condition. State health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said the woman died on Sunday ...

Grief, anger and a call to urgently solve the Cyprus problem were the key themes from political parties on Saturday, who paid tribute to the 50-year anniversary since the Turkish ...

A federation is not a viable solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday as he attended celebrations in the north marking 50 years since 1974. While the ...

Two siblings ended up in hospital after they stabbed each other during a fight, police said on Saturday. The fracas unfolded the previous day in Paphos between the two siblings ...

A marble statue of Apollo’s twin sister Artemis dating to the fourth century AD was found during the 2024 final excavation season of the Kourion Urban Space Project, it was ...

President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday expressed her solidarity to Cyprus as it marked 50 years of occupation. “Cypriots deserve to live in a reunited country ...