Elias Hazou

Commentators have given the thumbs-down to the coming changes to the tax regime – not so much for any major errors in it, but because it falls short of the government ...

Holders of prepaid mobile phone numbers will get a month’s reprieve to register, under a law passed by the House on Thursday. The bill was fast-tracked through parliament, as ...

Government officials on Thursday promised that a series of measures are on the way to correct distortions in the awarding of public contracts, after a recent report revealed a disproportionate ...

The finance minister said on Thursday he is “confident” that the government and parliament will work together to push through the tax reform so that the new system takes effect ...

The government will soon have “specific announcements” to make relating to energy matters, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. He made the cryptic remarks on his way to a luncheon ...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) announced on Tuesday fines totaling €1.94 million had been slapped on a number of companies found to have colluded in the production, trade ...

The anti-corruption authority will this month make public the findings of two investigations, the head of the body told MPs on Tuesday. The first investigation, to be released likely next ...

A student support fund chaired by the first lady and driven by private donations gives the impression of being a charity-for-influence scheme, the Audit Office said on Tuesday. “There exists ...

Israeli peacekeepers should replace United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in Cyprus, an American pro-Israel analyst has suggested. Writing in the National Security Journal, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin advises US ...

Opposition MPs on Monday kept up the pressure on the government over the LNG import debacle, calling on authorities to commence investigations into the matter. They seemed prompted by remarks ...

Greek-owned energy company Energean PLC on Monday confirmed it has signed a letter of intent with a Cypriot company for the potential supply of natural gas to Cyprus via pipeline. ...

With expectations for a fourth winter of drought ahead and the island’s dams at very low capacity, the agriculture ministry said this week it is examining using cloud seeding ...

Parliament on Thursday doubled down on a law it had passed earlier this month compelling the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) to spend a specified amount as compensation to residents ...

The House on Thursday passed a law aiming to tighten up screening of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) where such investments are deemed to possibly impact national security. The controls will ...

Trade unions on Thursday appeared to signal that a deal with employers is feasible over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) dispute, ahead of a crunch meeting between the sides ...

A “fiscal nuclear bomb” looms over Cyprus due to the risks attached to the LNG import project at Vasiliko as well as the Great Sea Interconnector, an opposition MP said ...

The House interior affairs committee on Thursday discussed a government bill to repeal the legislation which allows for Cypriot passports to be granted to foreign investors, thus removing the provisions ...

An official at a semi-governmental organisation (SGO) almost got in trouble with the anti-corruption authority after flaunting their wealth on social media, media reports said on Tuesday. Daily Politis said ...

The Cypriot state must stay the course with the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), the energy minister said on Monday, even as the outgoing Vice President of the European Investment Bank ...

Middle-class families will benefit from tax exemptions of up to €150 million a year under the overhauled tax system, the finance minister said on Monday. News outlet Stockwatch published a written ...

Rainfall this winter could be scant, perhaps even less than last year, a senior officer at the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Monday. Speaking to the public broadcaster, Yianna ...

The new CEO of the company manufacturing the cable for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) insisted on Thursday that the project is still live and that there is “no Plan ...

The House plenum on Thursday enacted the reform of the Audit Office, which bolsters the financial autonomy of the agency, tightens up the qualifications of persons appointed to the post ...

MPs on Tuesday pledged to come to the aid of displaced persons who claim that creditors are moving to repossess their homes, while government officials pleaded ignorance of the issue. ...