Elias Hazou

The European Commission will soon present its evaluation report on Cyprus’ bid to join the Schengen area, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner said on Thursday. Brunner ...

A great deal of loose ends hang over the ‘Sandy’ affair, a prominent lawyer said on Thursday in the immediate aftermath of the police finding that the allegations published by ...

The appeals court has upheld a prior judgement, finding warranted the sacking of a nurse for her failure to sterilise surgical instruments. The case dates back to 2014, when the nurse ...

Trade unions on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to the pension reform bills being submitted by July, citing many loose ends, while the government was determined to press ahead regardless. Labour ...

Paphos municipality has put on ice a prior decision to rename Kemal Ataturk street while trying to pass the buck to the interior ministry, reports said on Tuesday. The street ...

Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday dismissed a motion to declare a mistrial in the case of Giorgos Christodoulou, alias ‘Zavrantonas’, who is facing charges of importing 15kg of cocaine. The ...

By June 15, the anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement regarding its investigation into allegations appearing in the book Mafia State, the head of the authority said on Tuesday. Tuesday’s ...

Amid a kaleidoscope of candidates and new political formations, the traditional parties bucked the trend and held the line – more or less – in last Sunday’s legislative elections. Defying all ...

Only 66 of the 168 innovative medicinal treatments approved by EU authorities from 2021 to 2024 were available in Cyprus, a survey has shown. Carried out by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and ...

Authorities on Thursday identified as a Congolese national the man who fell to his death earlier this week while trying to escape a raid by immigration officers in Larnaca. Though ...

The Direct Democracy party is accepting applications for parliamentary aides and staff, its leader Fidias Panayiotou announced on Thursday. “We are officially hiring,” a chirpy Panayiotou said in a short ...

Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides ruled out supporting Diko leader Nikolas Papadopoulos for House president on Thursday, while floating a potential alternative coalition involving Akel, Elam and the party’s most ...

Livestock farmers will gather before the presidential palace on Friday to protest the management of the foot and mouth disease and demand a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, the newly ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will likely run for re-election in 2028, one of his top aides revealed on Tuesday. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou offered a first glimpse into the incumbent president’...

Almost half the electorate will not be represented in the new parliament, having either abstained or voted for parties that failed to gain a seat in the legislature, an analyst ...

Archimandrite Gregorios Ioannides was on Tuesday selected as the new bishop of Paphos by the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus. The vote came after the Holy Synod earlier ...

The 56 MPs elected or re-elected to parliament will take home €5,500 a month, while the House president makes far more, official data showed on Monday. According to state treasury data, the ...

A number of projects aimed at easing traffic congestion in Limassol will be set in motion, the government pledged on Monday. Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades held a brainstorming meeting with ...

The 56 MPs who gained a seat in the new parliament were officially named on Monday, following an election that brought six parties into the legislature. The ceremony took place at ...

Water flow into the dams this month has made it the best May on record, the Water Development Department said on Thursday. Up until May 19, some 9.6 million cubic metres flowed ...

Rescue workers were on Thursday afternoon sifting through the debris of an abandoned residence in Larnaca after the building’s roof collapsed. No casualties were reported. The residence in question ...

Prison wardens affiliated to the Isotita trade union have filed a formal complaint to the anti-corruption authority, alleging that its members are being systematically intimidated in a bid to stop ...

Decisions taken by cabinet on Tuesday set in motion the process for taking the first Cypriot natural gas to market, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday. “With steady steps ...

The leader of the Alma party Odysseas Michaelides and an MP candidate for Disy got into a fiery tussle over the weekend, with the former accusing the latter of leeching ...