Elias Hazou

The Cypriot state must stay the course with the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), the energy minister said on Monday, even as the outgoing Vice President of the European Investment Bank ...

Middle-class families will benefit from tax exemptions of up to €150 million a year under the overhauled tax system, the finance minister said on Monday. News outlet Stockwatch published a written ...

Rainfall this winter could be scant, perhaps even less than last year, a senior officer at the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Monday. Speaking to the public broadcaster, Yianna ...

The new CEO of the company manufacturing the cable for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) insisted on Thursday that the project is still live and that there is “no Plan ...

The House plenum on Thursday enacted the reform of the Audit Office, which bolsters the financial autonomy of the agency, tightens up the qualifications of persons appointed to the post ...

MPs on Tuesday pledged to come to the aid of displaced persons who claim that creditors are moving to repossess their homes, while government officials pleaded ignorance of the issue. ...

The government on Tuesday sought to downplay worries that – amid the persistent drought – Cyprus will dry out, insisting it has taken a series of actions ensuring adequate water supply. But ...

A Cypriot lawyer alleged on Tuesday that the procedure to select a Cyprus judge for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is tainted and should be repeated from scratch ...

Businesses somewhat slipped in terms of cybersecurity, although private individuals improved, according to the results of surveys published on Monday. The surveys, carried out by the Digital Security Authority (DSA), ...

Political parties with seats in the House of Representatives will receive around €15 million in state grants for the year 2026, according to data made available on Monday. The amount is divided ...

MPs on Monday sought clarifications regarding a request by parliament’s administration to hire 12 more people on high civil service pay scales, after noticing that the spending item was included ...

Deals were signed on Monday for the commercial development of the Kronos gas reservoir located within offshore Block 6 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone. The agreements were inked on the sidelines ...

Operations at Larnaca general hospital may be improving, but the facility still has room to better its organisation as well as the quality of service to patients, MPs heard on ...

The supreme constitutional court on Thursday upheld stinging fines that had earlier been slapped on four former senior executives at now-defunct Laiki Bank. The fines had been imposed on four ...

Separate meetings on Thursday of the trade unions and employers’ organisations with the ministers of labour and finance on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) dispute failed to break the deadlock, even ...

The energy ministers of Cyprus and Greece reiterated on Thursday their commitment to work together to bring to fruition the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), in a move de-escalating the apparent ...

A travel agent who went bankrupt this summer appears to have conned customers, drawing them in despite knowing the business was going under, MPs heard on Tuesday. The case concerns ...

The police leadership has ordered members of the force not to use artificial intelligence (AI) to process any official documents or information, media reports said on Tuesday. According to daily ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Tuesday stuck to his guns, voicing serious reservations about the planned reform of the attorney-general’s office, even as a visiting European Commissioner lent his support ...

Opposition parties on Monday generally gave the thumbs-down to government policies as elucidated in the state budget for 2026, noting that although some key economic indicators are positive, these do not ...

The attorney for one of the defendants in the ‘golden passports’ trial argued in court on Monday that one of the charges should be dropped, as it constitutes “abuse of ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday outlined the government’s plans for next year’s state budget at a meeting of the House finance committee, telling it the government aims ...

With increased defence spending recently announced, the Cyprus military has acquired some impressive weapons systems, provoking a reaction – if perfunctory – from Turkey. The choice of weapons almost inevitably mirrors the ...

The energy ministers of Cyprus and Greece committed on Thursday to their respective governments pressing ahead with “technical and institutional consultations” for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, a proposed ...