Elias Hazou

Police have confiscated 500kg of synthetic narcotic substances hidden inside cardboard drums, in what could be the largest ever drugs haul in Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday. The cache was ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the government to quickly come up with a plan to regenerate the Pernera area in Paralimni, said to be regressing as a tourist attraction with ...

The government on Tuesday said it remains “optimistic” about the chances of an agreement with oil giants Chevron regarding the development of the Aphrodite gas reservoir offshore Cyprus. Government spokesman ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou The proposed state budget for 2024 focuses on fiscal stability and achieving greater strides towards the ‘green transition’ and digital transformation, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos ...

EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd – the Cypriot company behind the mooted subsea power cable linking Greece, Israel and Cyprus – will quit the project entirely, it emerged on Monday. Industry sources moreover told ...

Agriculture and rural development did not perform as expected despite state investment schemes, the Audit Office said in a report released on Tuesday. The report found that a significant percentage ...

The Department of Labour Relations on Tuesday recapped the main changes to legislation that strengthen workers’ rights, such as the obligation to notify workers of their terms of employment. The ...

The government on Monday pledged to bring legislation regulating the controversial matter of multiple pensions paid out to state officials, but wouldn’t commit to a timeline. In parliament, finance ...

Last weekend’s get-together between the energy minister and the board of directors of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) was cut short due to tensions immediately surfacing at the ...

The government scheme for ‘a solar panel on every rooftop’ is still ‘alive’ and it’s coming – though not in the autumn as earlier promised, but at the turn of ...

Eviction orders have been issued for 25 more homes in Pissouri, made unsafe for habitation after years of land slippage, the community leader told MPs on Thursday. Lazaros Lazarou also said ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the recent attacks by Hamas in Israel – though not unanimously – as politics and different approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict kicked in. ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday cautioned that people cannot withstand a carbon tax coming down the pipe in early 2024, but government officials insisted they have no choice. The matter was discussed at ...

The sports ethics committee on Tuesday handed their findings on the conduct of Cyprus Football Association (CFA) president Giorgos Koumas, accused of breach of duty, to the attorney-general. Speaking to ...

The assignment of army conscripts to ‘easy’ posts appears to be based not on merit, but rather on a soldier’s family background and connections, the auditor-general said in a ...

The Tax Commissioner said on Monday his department has received a complaint from a member of the public – a disabled person – claiming to have suffered ‘abuse’ from an employee there. ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) is looking to cut a deal with private insurers on how to divvy up hospital treatment costs, it emerged in parliament on Monday. HIO director ...

The Appeals Court has voided a prior court ruling which had fined a former banker €100,000 for having made misleading statements concerning the cash flow of now-defunct Laiki (Popular) Bank. The ...

On his own initiative, Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday published online his earnings for 2022 – apparently trolling the attorney-general and the deputy attorney-general who a day earlier decided they would not ...

The development of cottage industries in Cyprus is virtually non-existent, MPs said on Tuesday, proposing ways to promote the marketing of traditional Cypriot products. Lawmakers heard, for example, that to ...

The payment of grants to displaced persons to help them get affordable housing takes well over a year after initially applying, it emerged on Tuesday, with MPs saying these delays ...

A new carbon tax is on the way, the government confirmed on Tuesday, at a time when households are already heaving under the pressure of rising fuel prices impacting the ...

The government on Monday asked MPs to hold off on pushing through a legislative proposal that would end the ban on new recruitments in the public sector concerning promotion positions ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that he has nothing to announce just yet as to the possible appointment of a new police chief, as speculation grew on Monday about a possible ...