Elias Hazou

In 2025 the state will spend about €9 million on the salaries of clerics, based on an agreement between the government and the church dating to the early 1970s. The finance ministry ...

Construction works are well underway for a multi-use heliport at the site of Mari naval base, reports said on Tuesday. Taking part in the earthworks and soil removal is the ...

The civil servants’ main union on Monday came to the defence of former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, urging authorities to immediately pay the ex-official all his pension dues. “Regardless of the ...

A business association urged parliament on Monday to quickly pass an EU regulation that has to do with the screening of direct foreign investment in Cyprus, noting that the island ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed a law introducing stiffer penalties on anyone found guilty in a court of law of inciting violence or hatred against persons for their sexual ...

The court hearing the case of former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki said Thursday it will decide in two weeks’ time on the defence’s motion for a trial within a ...

A woman from Kakopetria under investigation for practicing sorcery for monetary gain is currently not in police custody, the Cyprus Mail learned on Thursday. The case came to light when ...

The rate of implementation of the state budget for 2024 slipped slightly compared to 2023, the state treasury said on Tuesday. For the period January to September 2024, only 68 per cent of projected ...

Officials on Tuesday reiterated there currently exists no practical way to bring down energy costs, which have a knock-on effect on the prices of goods, as one MP warned that ...

The European Commission has reportedly not changed its mind in demanding a refund of €68.6 million in grants given to Cyprus for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Vasiliko, reports ...

An NGO said on Monday that it awaits the green light from the government for the funding and staffing of an alert service for the elderly. Colloquially known as the ‘...

Seven of the eight Syrians arrested earlier this month on suspicion of financing a terrorist group, only to be then released, have been redetained under a different process, the Cyprus ...

The House plenum on Thursday greenlit a law that affords free legal aid to women who are victims of abuse and to victims of domestic violence. Under the legislation, women ...

Contrary to the assertions of the presidential palace, a document leaked to the press on Thursday showed that the government has not disclosed to parliament the names of the donors ...

Three youths have been arrested and charged in connection with a fight that took place in Larnaca on Wednesday evening. They face charges of battery, causing a public disturbance and ...

The International Monetary Fund’s revised outlook for Cyprus’ GDP growth for 2024 is “a vote of confidence” in the island, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He was commenting ...

A deal regarding the delivery of the floating storage and re-gasification unit (Fsru) that is part of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Vasiliko has been reached by the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides took flak on Monday for having vetoed a law that would disclose the donors to a support fund for indigent students that is managed by the First ...

Significant external and internal risks to the economy were highlighted by Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday during the presentation of the 2025 state budget at the House finance committee. Despite ...

Opposition Disy on Monday called for a “holistic” approach to tackling the problem of affordable housing, while for its part the government promised more programmes to help young people get ...

This week saw the verbal jousting between the government and opposition party Akel over the issue of affordable housing return, with each side cherry-picking data from the latest Eurostat survey. ...

The use of mobile phones and other smart electronic devices by students has been banned in all high schools, under a law passed by parliament on Thursday. While students are ...

Authorities on Thursday said they remained on alert for a possible cyberattack on critical infrastructures after threats made on the dark web by a known group of hackers. Unnamed sources ...

Almost three tonnes of medicines and consumables have been gathered for Lebanon and the dispatch of aid to Beirut will begin on Friday, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The ...