Antigoni Pitta

On-call clinics began operations across the island on Saturday, with Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela expressing great satisfaction about what he called a great achievement. He was speaking during a visit ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Saturday took a dive in the newly completed underwater archaeological park at the ancient port of Amathus, which was inaugurated in the morning. The project ...

Another balcony collapsed at noon on Saturday in a building on the central Posidon Avenue in Kato Paphos, near the municipal baths, CNA reported. The debris fell on the pergola ...

No coronavirus protocol violations were noted among 873 checks carried out by police between Friday and 7am Saturday morning. Police checked 139 people in Nicosia, 373 in Limassol, 41 in Larnaca, 150 in Paphos, 138 in ...

The government has received a request to transfer electricity to the north because one of its two power stations stopped working, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday. Turkish Cypriot ...

Measures must be taken immediately to tackle the pollution caused by EAC substations in Dhekelia and Vasiliko, the House environment committee heard on Wednesday. Deputy committee chair Nicos Kettiros said ...

The House education committee on Wednesday discussed a bill drafted by the education ministry that would change legislation concerning the way students are assessed at state secondary schools. Education Minister ...

It is time to prove that public interest and the rule of law come first for the government, House legal affairs committee chair Nicos Tornaritis said on Wednesday as the ...

The face mask mandate may be reintroduced in pharmacies following the health advisors’ recommendation on Monday, amid an uptick in Covid cases. At the request of Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela, ...

There is still a lot of work to be done regarding the rights of people with disabilities, the House labour and human rights committees concluded on Monday after a joint ...

The Akamas will not be bulldozed, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday following more protests over the weekend over the revised local plan for the area. Speaking to CyBC ...

Ayia Napa Marina will alter the tourist landscape of not only Cyprus, but the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday at an event for the ...

Competent services need to cooperate more effectively to tackle the phenomenon of seasonal farm workers quitting their jobs to claim asylum in Cyprus, the House agriculture committee heard on Tuesday. ...

A facelift of Larnaca’s Piale Pasha will begin in the autumn, the House refugees committee heard on Tuesday as part of a briefing on several projects taking place in ...

The education ministry on Tuesday said it was making arrangements to accommodate Ukrainian pupils at state schools for the 2022-2023 school year. The ministry said children should be registered at ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday said his ministry was concerned by this year’s high number of road fatalities, going against the consistently falling rates seen in the past ...

The Minister of Justice Stephi Dracou, late on Monday announced her intention to suspend a senior police officer implicated in a complaint filed against him by central prisons director Anna ...

Ruling Disy’s two-day political and ideological conference concluded on Saturday with an address by leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou saying the party intends to keep the country moving ...

Hundreds of people took part in a protest march on Saturday morning demanding the rejection of the revised regional development plan for Akamas, with support from political parties. Participants in ...

The association of senior police officers on Saturday said it was confident the independent investigation into allegations made by central prisons director Anna Aristotelous will clarify all aspects of the ...

A 22-year-old Paphos resident has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession and the possession of stolen property, police said on Saturday. A police report said that around 9.30 pm on ...

Police on Saturday said that three people aged 18 and 21 were arrested the previous night in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas). The arrests come ...

By Antigoni Pita and Gina Agapiou Vasiliko cement works on Wednesday said it processed 4.5 million tyres between 2016-2021 after Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis referred to an overloaded tyre storage area ...

Cyprus cannot fall into the trap of “revisionist rhetoric” adopted by the Turkish president to serve his own purposes, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters following a ...