Elias Hazou

Opposition Akel on Monday slammed the government over its recent revision of the national minimum wage, calling it woefully inadequate. Under a decree issued by the labour minister last week, ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday again denied reports of a planned joint rapid-response force among Cyprus, Greece and Israel, but confirmed the recent signing of a trilateral work plan ...

The loose ends left in the energy sector this year will inevitably get rolled into 2026, experts tell the Cyprus Mail. In practice, this means that persistent high electricity prices and ...

A court in the north on Tuesday remanded three people in custody on suspicion of trading in cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease. According to Turkish Cypriot media, a court in ...

The leader of opposition party Akel on Tuesday formally asked the government to clarify Cyprus’ share in financing Ukraine over the next two years, following a deal agreed by EU ...

The Appeals Court doubled a sentence earlier handed down on a man convicted of terrorism-related offences, it was announced on Tuesday. The man, currently aged 28, had been arrested in Limassol ...

Cameras will be installed at 50 more schools across the island during the next year, the education minister told MPs on Tuesday. Athena Michaelidou was responding to a query as to ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday dismissed suggestions of dissension inside the government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, after the leader of the Diko party accused the government ...

Police said on Monday they are investigating a new case of apparent online fraud, after a man from Paphos claimed to have been scammed out of nearly €30,000 in a cryptocurrency ...

Parliament on Monday approved the long-awaited sweeping tax reform package, voting through five of the six bills submitted by the government. It is the most extensive reform to the system ...

A Greek national suspected of trafficking drugs has been arrested and detained by authorities in the north, media reported on Thursday. Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris Postasi said the man was ...

Strong disagreements came to the fore on Thursday as opposition MPs haggled with government officials over aspects of the tax reform legislation, just days before the bills head to the ...

The attorney for an Israeli national wanted by Russia in connection with a sea piracy incident 16 years ago has urged Cypriot authorities not to extradite him to the Russian Federation, ...

An ‘explosive device’ was set off on Thursday afternoon at the home of controversial artist Giorgos Gavriel, police have confirmed. Details were sketchy, but media reports spoke of a ‘makeshift ...

The new justice minister on Thursday promised action to tackle overcrowding at the central prisons complex, but said that building a new facility from scratch was not currently in the ...

The impact of climate change will hit Cyprus’ economy, a study released on Tuesday said, projecting that as much as €29 billion will be lost from the island’s gross domestic ...

The attorney for one of the defendants in the ‘golden passports’ trial told the court on Tuesday that his client should be acquitted of all charges, while accusing prosecutors of ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas discussed “regional security and bilateral cooperation” with his Israeli counterpart during an official visit to the neighbouring country, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. According to ...

The prosecution in the ‘golden passports’ trial called on the court on Monday to deliver a guilty verdict on the two defendants facing charges of corruption and defrauding the state. ...

The first 45 civil servants trained in public tenders have been certified and will be using their skills in their respective government departments, the state treasury said on Monday. The government ...

Parliament will hold a vote on the government’s tax reform next week, MPs decided on Monday. The vote at the House plenum will take place on Monday, December 22 – cutting ...

Being married to a Cypriot national does not automatically confer the right to become a Cypriot citizen, the attorney-general’s office said on Monday following a supreme constitutional court ruling. ...

The House plenum on Thursday evening passed a number of bills and also a resolution enshrining the right of drug addicts to receive treatment. The resolution – not a law – guaranteeing ...

MPs on Thursday held a first discussion of the amendments that the political parties will table regarding the government’s tax reform bills, with four of the parties – Disy, Diko, ...