Elias Hazou

Opinions on the possible Cyprus solution remain as divisive now as they did 20 years ago Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the referendums on the Annan Plan, the events ...

Cyprus served as a transit for US missiles delivered to Israel as the country prepared its defences for the coming Iranian barrage last weekend, Israeli media reported on Thursday evening. ...

The head of the national guard on Thursday took exception to the auditor-general revealing potentially sensitive information about the military, such as weapons storage depots and the state of munitions. ...

MPs heard on Tuesday that authorities have green-lit the first renewable energy storage systems, as suppliers of electricity generated from renewables complained that some €40 million is discarded every year. Legislators ...

The social insurance fund (SIF) is financially viable until at least the year 2080, meaning there is no need to raise the age of retirement, according to the findings of an ...

Members of the board on the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission get special treatment, pocketing around €800 a month while others on similar public bodies make €70, MPs heard on Monday. The ...

Parliamentarians on Monday discussed amendments to the law which would mandate authorities here to request access to individuals’ banking information where taxes or duties levied on behalf of the European ...

The forestry department currently has a single operational firefighting plane at its disposal, but plans are underway to gradually expand the fleet and acquire self-owned airborne means rather than rely ...

A bill proposing far tougher penalties on motorists who park in spaces reserved for people with disabilities was resoundingly defeated in a vote in the House plenum on Thursday. The ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law mandating that from now on any criminal trial be carried out by a court in whose district the offence in question ...

Last year authorities collected €700 million in taxes more than they did in 2022, the Tax Department said on Thursday, while conceding there was room for improvement. Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markidis told ...

Opposition MPs on Tuesday piled on Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou for the government’s refusal to compensate farmers who had used waste material other than compost as fertiliser. Legislators said ...

Almost 30,000 companies have yet to make updated disclosures about their Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) and could face hefty fines for non-compliance, MPs said on Tuesday. The House commerce committee again ...

Conditions at the police holding centre in Limassol are miserable – congestion, inadequate ventilation, rundown toilet facilities – report released on Tuesday by the ombudswoman’s office said. Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides drew ...

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a prior judgement by the administrative court which had validated a decision by the competition watchdog to fine the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) to ...

A British Royal Navy vessel was on Monday reportedly en route to the Eastern Mediterranean, tasked with supporting the maritime humanitarian corridor being set up to carry critical aid from ...

Officials are bracing for the logistical nightmare of the upcoming local and European elections, featuring a smorgasbord of as many as 20,000 candidates vying for the 3,500 public offices up for grabs. ...

The government on Thursday submitted a bill aiming to set a ceiling on the price of potable water at points of sale where inadequate price competition exists. The proposed legislation ...

A whopping €2.5 billion in taxes is owed to the state, of which €1.1 billion are deemed doubtful as to whether it can be collected, a report released Thursday found. The findings ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Elias Hazou Lawmakers heard on Thursday that a warehouse where medicines were being stored and which was recently flooded, was unfit for purpose – a fact known ...

The government has asked Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) to carry out a cost-benefit analysis that would then allow Cyprus to decide definitively on whether to invest directly ...

House President Annita Demetriou and the finance minister got into a verbal spat on Tuesday after the former complained again that the latter is not following proper procedures in submitting ...

The anti-money laundering unit (Mokas) is sifting through suspicious transfers of shares in companies registered in Cyprus and linked to the Predator spyware affair, local media reported on Monday. According ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed the budgets of four more public-law entities, including the Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). The two other public ...