Elias Hazou

The Cyprus economy appears to be resilient to external shocks and continues to grow at a satisfactory rate, although inflationary trends persist, the finance minister said on Tuesday. Makis Keravnos ...

The amount of water currently held in the island’s reservoirs is more than double that held at the same time last year, figures from the Water Development Department showed ...

The government announced on Monday that €95 million has been approved for major upgrades of the national electricity grid, with the associated targeted actions expected to expand the grid’s capacity ...

Elam on Monday slammed a football training camp for youths organised in the north of the island by Spanish club FC Barcelona, with the party especially outraged with the term ‘...

Owners of commercial solar parks on Monday took to task the leader of the Direct Democracy party Fidias Panayiotou, who claimed businesses could slash their prices by as much as 20 ...

Defence sources on Thursday declined comment on media reports that a police probe into last month’s fire sparked by the destruction of munitions at a firing range has found ...

Iranian diplomatic sources said Thursday that Cyprus faces no threat as long as British bases on the island are not used in operations against the Islamic Republic. The official comments, ...

The transport ministry announced on Tuesday it has launched a tender for the procurement of ‘smart’ traffic lights to be installed at locations across Nicosia and Limassol, for a project ...

A legal framework governing the implementation and supervision of EU regulations concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is currently under public consultation, with the proposal as it stands stipulating ...

Assertions that photovoltaic/solar systems are loss-making are misleading and only serve to discourage investment in ‘clean energy’, the energy minister said in a letter made public on Monday. Michalis ...

Young people in Cyprus live with their parents until the age of 27 on average, a new Eurostat survey showed. By comparison, young adults across the European Union leave their parents’ ...

‘I’m not against the project. I want it to make sense’ Amid the hype over the Great Sea Interconnector, following the entry of French asset management firm Meridiam, one ...

Former Disy boss Averof Neophytou on Thursday had some advice for MEP and social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou, urging him to choose between being popular and being useful to his ...

The labour ministry on Thursday announced a deal was clinched between workers and employers at the Larnaca desalination plant, averting the possibility of strike action. The dispute was over renewal ...

Restaurants, cafes and bars are buzzing with business this August, although customers – Cypriots and foreigners alike – are cautious with their spending, industry sources said on Thursday. According to Neofytos Thrasyvoulou, ...

Doctors contracted with the national health system (Gesy) are reportedly scrambling to modify patients’ prescriptions following a mass recall of pharmaceutical products by Remedica. According to Phileleftheros, patients are also ...

A major trade union on Tuesday poured cold water on the idea that pension reform legislation could be tabled to parliament in September, also expressing concerns over the government’s ...

Andreas Themistocleous, head of the Democratic National Movement (DEK), on Monday accused members of the party’s leadership effectively of insurrection, claiming he has been locked out of the party’...

Petrol station owners said on Monday they anticipate a drop in fuel prices at the pump by the end of the month, provided however that the global price of oil ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday spoke on the phone with his Iranian counterpart about the current crisis in the Persian Gulf. Cyprus’ chief diplomat later posted on X: “Held ...

The prosecution and the defence squabbled on Thursday on the admissibility of phone communications as evidence in the ongoing trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou. Christodoulou is on trial before Nicosia ...

The government said Thursday that by year’s end it plans to get the wheels turning on a significant segment of the planned highway linking Paphos to Polis Chrysochous. Speaking ...

Migrant workers need better access to information about their rights, to prevent their abuse by unscrupulous employers, speakers at a roundtable said on Thursday. The roundtable was held on the ...

The interior ministry on Tuesday said it has no intention to reverse a recent change where new ID cards will no longer feature the names of the bearer’s parents. ...