Elias Hazou

Lawmakers on Monday continued grappling with the complex issue of pensions paid to currently serving state officials who also draw a salary, with the attorney-general’s office pouring cold water ...

The cabinet will on Tuesday continue discussing the Great Sea Interconnector, as reports on Monday suggested the government is now grappling with the issue of whether the Cypriot state will ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday spoke of “progress” in talks between Nicosia and Athens regarding the Great Sea Interconnector – the mooted subsea cable connecting the electricity grids of Cyprus and ...

Turkey on Thursday condemned this week’s signing of a roadmap to boost two-way defence co-operation between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus. The US steps, including last ...

The government on Thursday said President Christodoulides currently receives a pension of just €600 a month, contradicting earlier reports that the amount comes to €1,000. Speaking to a television news network, deputy ...

Companies registered in Cyprus are part of an ongoing probe led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) into a €30 million VAT fraud and money-laundering scheme, it emerged on ...

A marathon meeting on the Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector that continued into the evening on Tuesday, was “a good decision”, according to President Nikos Christodoulides, who said discussions would be continued. ...

MPs were apparently shocked to hear the government’s proposal that currently serving state officials would be allowed to continue to get a pension while still drawing a salary, it ...

Will the government cross the Rubicon, take the plunge – pick your idiom – this coming Tuesday when all the players sit down in Nicosia for a powwow on the Great Sea ...

Akel MP Irini Charalambidou has requested information from the government regarding possible financial ties between politicians and EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd, the former promoters of the mooted subsea electricity cable project, ...

A 64-year-old man charged with sexual harassment and indecent assault against two female minors has been referred to a criminal trial, scheduled for later this month. A judge on Thursday ...

The auditor-general’s office has no idea how many funds in Covid benefits were handed out to ineligible applicants from 2021 to 2022, with the real number possibly being many times more ...

Eight civil servants faced disciplinary sanctions last year, of whom two were sacked outright and three forced to retire, according to data provided by the Public Service Commission on Thursday. ...

The state needs to recoup €2.5 million given to political parties in grants over the last few years, the auditor-general said in a report released Tuesday. In its report auditing parliament, ...

The government on Tuesday was forced to deny media reports it has taken any final decisions hidden from the public eye regarding funding for the controversial electricity interconnector project. “No ...

Disy MP Averof Neophytou on Monday slammed the government for what he called reckless spending on payroll, even citing himself as a beneficiary of this ‘largesse’. Speaking on a television ...

The University of Cyprus has been derelict in its management of a contract regarding the construction of facilities on its premises, with cost overruns expected to reach €2.6 million, the auditor-general ...

A man from Limassol reported to police on Thursday that he had fallen victim to a scam involving cryptocurrencies, where he claimed to have lost $260,000. According to the 49-year-old’s ...

The finance ministry reiterated on Thursday it’s not in a position to evaluate the mooted Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector project as several parameters remain unknown, while the cost-benefit analysis provided ...

Nicosia said on Thursday it is “completely satisfied” with the outcome of informal discussions in Brussels between EU foreign ministers and Turkey’s chief diplomat, as EU states reiterated the ...

The anti-corruption authority on Tuesday reminded registered lobbyists of their legal obligation to file to it reports of any meetings they’ve had with public functionaries over the last six-months. ...

Decisions regarding the mooted electricity connection between Cyprus and Greece need to be taken sometime in the next few weeks, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou stressed on Tuesday. He was referring ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday waved off the notion he might quit over lingering concerns he has regarding the mooted Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector. Speaking to the ANT1 television channel, ...

The Israeli partners in the consortium holding the concession on the Aphrodite offshore gas reservoir confirmed on Monday that they had received from the Cypriot government a ‘notice of breach’ ...