Elias Hazou

The first contracts for large-scale electricity storage batteries in Cyprus were signed on Tuesday, in an effort to reduce renewable energy cuts and increase the amount of solar power that ...

The issue of whether former presidents enjoy immunity from prosecution is open to debate, two prominent lawyers told the Cyprus Mail on Monday, one day before former president Nicos Anastasiades ...

European cooperation in combating crime is not merely a political objective, it also produces tangible results, Justice Minister Costas Fytiris said on Monday addressing a meeting of the Europol Management ...

In March 2023 European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine Lagarde fell for a prank call where she unwittingly revealed that Europe’s central bank digital currency, the digital euro, will have ...

Two young Somali women lost their lives on Thursday afternoon after going for a swim in Oroklini area, Larnaca district. A search and rescue operation failed to get to the ...

The filing of tax returns for 2025 began on Thursday, and will run until October 31. In a statement, the tax department said all employees, pensioners and self-employed persons – and whose gross ...

The European Commission is set to soon announce the EU’s new envoy for the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. He was speaking to journalists on arrival ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades will hold a press conference next week regarding the anti-corruption authority’s findings in relation to their investigation into the book Mafia State. Earlier this week, ...

A 51-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly damaging the windshields of five vehicles belonging to Social Welfare Services (SWS) employees, while the government promised a comprehensive solution to ...

The case of Stylianos Constantinou, the teenager who ended up taking his own life in September 2019, should have been classed as high-risk by the social welfare services, a key witness ...

The trial of the two monks from the Osiou Avakoum monastery continued on Tuesday, with their lawyers objecting to a number of evidentiary items presented by prosecutors, arguing that this ...

The main civil servants’ union on Monday demanded a meeting with the president to discuss the suspension of a senior official at the deputy tourism ministry, arguing that the administrative ...

The anti-corruption authority is on Tuesday expected to issue an announcement regarding its findings into the explosive allegations made in the book Mafia State. As previously stated, the authority will ...

The defence in the trial concerning the suicide of a teenager in 2019 sought on Thursday to downplay the responsibility of the social welfare services, while a key prosecution witness insisted ...

Investigators looking into the affair dubbed ‘Videogate’ gave the attorney-general an update this week, with reports on Thursday suggesting they’ve uncovered new evidence that could lead to criminal indictments. ...

Three individuals with alleged links to Hamas were on Thursday referred to criminal trial, where they face charges of terrorism and participation in a criminal organisation. The first hearing in ...

Two members of social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy Cyprus party complained on Tuesday that the party disregarded the fanbase in the process leading up to the vote ...

A court on Tuesday ordered authorities to impound the villa belonging to Malaysian-born Jho Low, an internationally wanted fugitive who in 2015 managed to secure Cypriot citizenship by investing in real ...

The government’s commitment to facilitating affordable housing is demonstrated by concrete results, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday as he laid the foundation stone for the Adonis III project ...

The trial of the theft of documents from the central prisons got another adjournment on Tuesday, as it emerged that the prosecution had not submitted to the court all the ...

Social welfare services should have taken custody, at least temporarily, of a teenager who ended up taking his own life in 2019, a witness told Nicosia district court on Monday. Independent ...

Fidias Panayiotou, leader of Direct Democracy, explained in his own straightforward way over the weekend why his party backed Disy’s Annita Demetriou for House president, arguing that Demetriou would ...

The European Commission will soon present its evaluation report on Cyprus’ bid to join the Schengen area, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner said on Thursday. Brunner ...

A great deal of loose ends hang over the ‘Sandy’ affair, a prominent lawyer said on Thursday in the immediate aftermath of the police finding that the allegations published by ...