Elias Hazou

The process currently underway to reform the pension system is more akin to a ‘social policy’ rather than a genuine drive to overhaul the system, an advisory body said on ...

Given the ever-growing ties between Nicosia and Tel Aviv, it was likely only a matter of time before the Israel lobby began making advances to Cypriot politicians, culminating in the ...

A group of Greek Cypriot businessmen are suing a company in the occupied north of the island as well as soft drink makers Pepsi, seeking compensation to the tune of €140 ...

The House on Thursday approved the tax reduction on heating fuel, part of a relief package to tackle the cost of living unveiled in late September. The tax on heating ...

Stylianos Constantinou, who took his own life at age 14, was a severely neglected boy who would never have turned out well, a witness in the ongoing trial told the court ...

Patients’ groups issued a distress signal in parliament on Thursday over inadequate blood stocks to properly treat people with thalassaemia and other haemoglobin diseases. MPs heard that the lack of ...

In the trial of furloughed Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, the woman accusing him of rape was on Thursday cross-examined by the defendant’s lawyers. The complainant was being cross-examined for ...

Larnaca interest groups as well as MPs were stunned to hear on Thursday that management of the marina cannot be directly assigned to the Ports Authority, throwing a spanner into ...

The defendants in the ‘golden passports’ case requested a trial within a trial on Tuesday, arguing that a great deal of the evidence to be presented by state prosecutors was ...

The final price tag for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) remains an unknown, while the project is now estimated to come online a year later than initially forecast, the energy ...

Containing fuel prices rather than achieving major decreases is the government’s current policy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday. Speaking to media on the sidelines of an event ...

Monitoring and tackling ‘hate speech’ online require a comprehensive legal framework, with care taken to ensure that free speech is not unduly infringed upon, MPs heard on Monday. At the ...

The government expects the LNG import terminal at Vasiliko to be up and running by 2030, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Monday. Taking questions from MPs after presenting the ministry’...

Cyprus may be left with negligible profits from future gas sales from the Aphrodite reservoir if it agrees to Chevron’s latest demands, an energy analyst warned on Monday. Charles ...

Retail prices on certain goods have dropped by about 5 per cent since the recent implementation of zero VAT on a range of consumer items, the relevant government department said on ...

Thursday’s scheduled session of the House plenary was postponed due to the dearth of items on the agenda, but had it been held the position of acting House Speaker ...

The apparent inroads made by the broader Israel lobby into Cypriot political life erupted into a full-blown row between Akel and Disy on Thursday, after the launch of the Cyprus ...

A law barring the publishing or broadcasting of political messaging on the eve and day of elections, intended to prevent influencing the outcome, is obsolete and needs to change, MPs ...

More families will become eligible for the child benefit after planned changes to means-testing, the deputy minister for social welfare said on Tuesday. Hailing the tabling of the relevant bill ...

A person living in a refugee estate building slated for demolition is refusing to move out unless the government first pays half a million euro for renovation works that the ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Tuesday described how his visit to Saudi Arabia was disrupted by the ongoing clashes between the country and the Yemeni Houthis, though adding that at ...

The first hearing in the trial of a 58-year-old man accused of murdering Alexandros Antoniou in the village of Konia in November 2025 will be held on January 27 next year, the ...

Authorities in Larnaca have issued eviction orders for one of the oldest buildings in the coastal city, deemed extremely dangerous due to structural risk, reports said on Monday. The building ...

The police chief on Monday ordered an administrative investigation into the circumstances of the escape of a teenager from police custody but was later re-apprehended. The 18-year-old had managed to ...