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The majority of Turkish Cypriots favour a federal settlement in Cyprus as the strongest option while Turkish settlers prefer annexation by Ankara as the best option according to a study ...

The European Commission would like to see member states and the European Parliament act quickly on its proposal for a digital green certificate covering vaccination, testing and recovery so that ...

The interior minister has sacked Kouklia community leader Michalis Nicolaou amid recriminations with council members relating to alleged financial misconduct. Nicolaou was informed of the minister’s decision on Wednesday ...

Authorities are deeply concerned over the fact that the more infectious coronavirus variant first identified in Britain was detected in all 45 samples sent from Cyprus to the European Centre for ...

Bird trapping with the use of mist nets is at its lowest level in almost two decades but the use of limesticks is on the rise, boosted by a change ...

The laws on lockdown might have been written with Ocean Basket in mind. They not only run the most successful fish restaurant in Nicosia, they present their dishes in a ...

A 24-year-old patient is the youngest person at the coronavirus reference hospital in Famagusta, that is now treating 68 people with Covid-19, director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Thursday. According to Hadjiyianni ...

The Council of Europe has called on Cyprus to justify its prevention of boats with migrants from arriving on the island, conditions at reception centres and its reasons for striking ...

Name: Sandalwood (Santalum album) Otherwise known as: Sander’s Wood Habitat: A tree member of the Santalaceae family growing to about 18m in well-drained soil in forests in south west ...

Politically exposed persons (PEP) had substantial loan amounts written off or swapped debt for assets of lower value, among others, an audit into the entity that succeeded the former co-op ...

In a decision that could have a bearing on Cyprus, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday that the fact that limesticks were supposedly a traditional ...

The health ministry announced 382 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday out of 38,685 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.99 per cent. No deaths were reported, but there are now 218 ...

Pupils with disabilities can get tested for coronavirus in state hospitals by providing saliva which is then processed through the molecular method (PCR) but saliva self-testing is not considered reliable, ...

It is important to find necessary convergences at next month’s informal five-party summit to allow the UN secretary-general (UNSG) to convene a conference for substantive talks for a Cyprus ...

The government warned opposition parties for the umpteenth time on Wednesday that changing the foreclosures legislation would have negative consequences on banks and possibly create the need for fresh capital. ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou warned Wednesday that at the current rate of hospital admissions due to Covid, state hospitals would soon be unable to afford quality care to patients despite ...

Parties could not seem to agree on Wednesday on the provisions of a bill creating an independent authority against corruption whose final text will be submitted by the justice ministry ...

Citing overriding public interest, the cabinet decided on Wednesday to go ahead with construction of a mountain road, ignoring its own department’s disagreement and warnings of negative and irreversible ...

The tender competition for the redevelopment of Lady’s Mile beach in Limassol is expected to be announced towards the end of 2022, it was announced on Tuesday. The issue of ...

A Greens candidate MP has been referred to the party’s disciplinary council after hurling insults on social media at Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, it emerged on Tuesday. Party head ...

Political leaders in their majority said they would accompany President Nicos Anastasiades to the informal five-party summit set to take place next month in Geneva to support and advise him, ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday he had launched a series of contacts with parties in a bid to secure the maximum possible consensus so that the local government ...

Port workers employed by DP World who began an indefinite strike on Tuesday over layoffs agreed after a labour ministry intervention to call off their action and begin a dialogue ...

The national council is scheduled to convene on Tuesday morning to discuss the latest developments in the Cyprus issue ahead of a meeting in Geneva set to take place at ...