Elias Hazou

Three MPs on Thursday jointly tabled a bill aiming to introduce the use of a ‘panic button’ for prevention of domestic abuse and violence against women. The bill is co-sponsored ...

Within the year some 300 ‘smart’ bus stops will be installed across the country with real-time arrival alerts, in a large-scale project that is hoped will significantly enhance the quality of ...

Opposition Akel said Tuesday it demands a full accounting of what really lies behind the ‘strategic dialogue’ initiated between Cyprus and the United States and which was announced with much ...

Doctors at public hospitals decided Tuesday to call off a strike they had planned for this coming Thursday, saying they were willing to give their employer one last chance. Physicians ...

The Audit Office has uncovered another scandal at the Youth Board involving dodgy hiring practices that apparently were tailor-made to suit certain individuals, it was reported on Monday. According to ...

Lawmakers on Monday quibbled on whether Cyprus looks set to face fines from Brussels for failure to transpose into domestic law an EU directive regulating the transfer of loans from ...

While definitely striking, the evisceration of the so-called centrist parties at the ballot last week should not be seen in isolation but rather as part of a wider malaise and ...

Lawmakers on Thursday slammed the brakes on local authorities’ ability to automatically raise water supply fees by up to 14 per cent, arguing that the central government should step in to ...

Cypriot YouTuber and newly elected MEP Fidias Panayiotou will not get to attend sessions of the National Council, the government said on Thursday, slamming the door shut on speculation over ...

Hiccups should be expected once the new district-level organisations take over licensing for town planning and building, the interior minister said on Thursday. Constantinos Ioannou made the comments coming out ...

A total of 200 air conditioning units will be installed in schools in Limassol and Nicosia by August 10, the head of the school boards committee promised on Thursday. Committee chairman Dinos ...

Just under 17 per cent of the Cypriot population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023, according to data released by the Statistical Service (CyStat) on Tuesday. Specifically, 16.7 per ...

The Chinese-led consortium tasked with building the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Vasiliko is open to exploring alternative agreements beyond the scope of the current contract, Energy Minister ...

Over the objections of the auditor-general and environmental groups, it was reported on Monday that the government is going ahead with the tenders’ process for the construction of fish farms ...

All the traditional political parties came out bruised from EU parliamentary elections on Sunday, while Cyprus echoed the EU generally by electing far-right nationalists Elam to a seat at the ...

A tender for the leasing of two firefighting helicopters has been scrapped, after none of the bidders met the standards, local media reported on Thursday. Citing a source within the ...

Since the beginning of the year nearly 4,900 people illegally residing in Cyprus have left the country either via deportation or the process of voluntary return, the police said in a ...

Cypriot consumers could save as much as €400 a year with the introduction of the Great Sea Interconnector – a mooted subsea electricity cable linking Cyprus to Greece – its promotors said on ...

Akel MP Irini Charalambidou on Tuesday slammed the attorney-general’s office for its handling of the prosecution of former Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, accused of forging his academic qualifications. In ...

The bankruptcy of Europe’s third-largest tour operator FTI Group will adversely impact tourist bookings in Cyprus, hotel industry officials warned on Monday. FTI filed for insolvency in the Munich ...

Options for Larnaca’s port and marina are being evaluated and there is a commitment to inform the public as soon as possible about the next steps, Transport Minister Alexis ...

The financial aspect of the scandal surrounding the Osiou Avakoum monastery is the most complex one, the attorney-general said on Monday. George Savvides was answering questions about the progress in ...

The district offices of the Department for Town Planning and Housing will close on June 14, and as of that date will no longer accept applications from the public, the government ...

Forget for a second the complexity of the coming elections for the new system of local government – the smorgasbord of different ballots, candidates galore, and so forth. Because it turns ...