Elias Hazou

The House on Thursday gave the nod to the 2027 budget of the Solidarity Fund, set up to reimburse people whose savings were wiped out in the 2013 financial meltdown. The budget ...

The Holy Synod on Tuesday confirmed the previously reported existence of a letter circulated to priests urging them to abandon the Church of Cyprus and found a new church. Archimandrite ...

Trade between China and Cyprus grew to $1.44 billion (€1.29 billion) during 2025, while the future holds even greater prospects for economic cooperation, attendees at a forum heard on Tuesday. Speaking at a ...

MPs and patients’ associations on Tuesday decried the fact that parents with children suffering from serious ailments have largely been left to their own devices, with some even losing their ...

Cyprus is among a number of EU member states where cyberattacks attributed to activities “linked to Russia” were recorded, according to a briefing by the European Parliamentary Research Service (Eprs) ...

The anti-corruption authority will soon commence its probe into the ‘spy van’ affair, it told MPs on Monday. Officials with the authority were answering questions about their work, during a ...

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 ...