Elias Hazou

As of next year, the government plans to start paying back the some €12 billion it has borrowed from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) over the decades, the labour minister signaled ...

The squabble between Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou and former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides heated on up Tuesday, with the former calling for the disclosure of documents proving that he never interfered ...

Greens MP Charalambos Theopemptou was the most active parliamentarian over the past five years, while former Akel leader Andros Kyprianou ranked last, according to a scorecard of legislative activity published ...

Residential solar panel owners faced repeated production cutoffs over the past month, with some systems taken offline up to 17 times, according to media reports on Tuesday. Daily Phileleftheros cited data ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou has courted more controversy, this time after his remarks about Israeli nationals buying up property in Cyprus drew condemnation from the Israeli ambassador. The story was picked ...

Opposition Akel on Monday hammered former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for insinuating that its leader was implicated in the Vasiliko scandal. Michaelides, who made the comments on CyBC, had first floated ...

A billboard paid for by the Elam party expressing opposition to marriage and adoption by same-sex couples has been spray-painted over. The billboard in question, placed on a rooftop in ...

Livestock farmers late on Thursday called off a protest planned for Friday, after authorities said they’d take a firm hand in dealing with the demonstrators, which might have possibly ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted attorney Nikos Clerides permission to apply for the annulment of a search warrant on his premises, in connection with the ‘Sandy affair’. The petition, ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) said on Thursday that though it can’t entirely rule out the possibility of power outages, it has taken all necessary steps to prevent such an ...

A Limassol court on Thursday adjourned proceedings in the case of a private criminal prosecution concerning the death of Thanasis Nicolaou, a national guardsman found dead under the Alassa bridge ...

In a judgment on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found in favour of a Cypriot judge who had complained he had been arbitrarily refused promotion to the ...

Betting is permitted on the upcoming parliamentary elections until May 16, the National Betting Authority (NBA) said on Tuesday. The elections will be held on May 24. Candidacies for MP will be ...

A steady rise in casino gambling proceeds was recorded over the last two years, according to a report handed over to the presidency’s office on Tuesday. The report, compiled ...

Although the banking sector in Cyprus remains resilient, it displays limited vigour, while any tampering with the foreclosures framework could slow the clearing out of bad loans and also raise ...

The anti-corruption authority said on Monday it will release some ‘technical data’ regarding its investigation into allegations of systemic corruption made in Mafia State, a book published by journalist Makarios ...

Pact sets framework for French troop presence on island A Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) constitutes another landmark in the long-evolving defence and security ties between Cyprus and France. It ...

The Dipa (Democratic Alignment) party claimed on Thursday that they are being left out of opinion polls, skewing the surveys published ahead of the parliamentary elections. Loizos Constantinou, advisor to ...

Motorists are skimping at the pump as the fallout of the Iran war keeps petrol prices high, the head of the association of petrol station owners said on Thursday. According ...

The government insisted Thursday that its “effective” economic policy is translating into tangible benefits for the average person. “From the outset, the government has followed a responsible and effective economic ...

A court has found fault with the cabinet’s prior decision to revoke the citizenship of an Indian investor, reports said on Tuesday. The case concerns Indian national Anubhav Aggarwal, ...

Raising the basic pension, without impacting the robustness of the Social Insurance Fund, is a key government objective, the labour minister said on Tuesday. “What I can say for sure, ...

The government’s handling of the ‘videogate’ affair leaves a great deal to be desired, and it even suggests the administration may have been subjected to extortion, opposition Akel said ...

Police on Monday continued investigations into ‘Sandy’, looking into claims of supposedly dodgy money transfers allegedly paid as ‘hush money’ to the woman, the central figure in the affair. The ...