Elias Hazou

Football’s governing body in Cyprus unveiled on Tuesday tougher sanctions on clubs found guilty of fan disturbance or violence for the 2024-2025 season, when supporters will again be allowed ...

In a letter it made public on Tuesday, Kition Ocean Holdings blamed authorities for botching the handover of operations and equipment at the Larnaca port and marina area, and said ...

Cyprus is among eight countries that have asked the EU to rethink its strategy on migrants from Syria, in a letter seen by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Monday. ...

The Chinese CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC) should never have been awarded the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, as damning statements of blame continued ...

The government on Thursday signed an agreement granting all workers in the central government and the broader public sector a 1.5 per cent rise on their base salary – the first such ...

After endless wrangling, the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project was pronounced dead on Thursday by the Chinese-led construction firm CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC). In a statement, the firm slammed ...

A recent decision by the appeals court may adversely affect thousands of ‘trapped buyers’ who, despite having paid in full for their home or apartment, have not obtained a title ...

The health minister has said that an investigation into an event taking place in May, where a member of the Elam party apparently gave the Nazi salute while visiting a ...

Cyprus’ future will remain in limbo unless the island adopts a mutual defense posture with Greece that is capable of deterring Turkey militarily, independent MP Andreas Themistocleous asserted on Monday. ...

Curfews, sporadic gun violence in the streets, media censorship, chaos and confusion: these were the conditions under which journalists had to operate in the immediate aftermath of the coup of ...

Parliament on Thursday evening ratified an interstate agreement between Cyprus and the United States on the sharing of travelers’ information, as a prelude and precondition for the island joining the ...

After three years of debate in committee, parliament on Thursday voted through tweaks to the legislation governing the wealth declarations, or capital statements filed by state officials and Politically Exposed ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has received the report by his personal envoy to Cyprus and is studying it, a spokesperson for the UN chief confirmed late on Thursday. “The secretary-general ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday took formal delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project – the mooted subsea electric cable linking Cyprus to Greece. The dossier ...

The government on Thursday conveyed its strong annoyance with opposition Disy leader Annita Demetriou over a scathing letter she sent the president concerning the Cyprus issue and the fatigue of ...

The government on Tuesday promised to tweak the criteria governing housing assistance schemes for refugees and displaced persons, with MPs hearing that 25 per cent of applications have been denied in ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) must “change” to become a competitive organisation by the time the electricity market opens up, the energy minister said on Tuesday. “Our vision is ...

Lawmakers were skeptical on Monday when the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) requested an extra €8.4 million to run the port in Larnaca after the contract with a private company – Kition Ocean ...

Mixed reactions followed the open letter published over the weekend by Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal Cyprus envoy – some dismissed it as generic and tone-deaf to the ...

The government on Thursday tabled to parliament a bill relating to Cyprus joining the United States’ visa waiver programme. On June 17 the governments of Cyprus and the United States signed ...

The House on Thursday postponed for a week a scheduled vote on a bill regulating the submission of capital statements, or wealth declarations by state officials, politically exposed persons and ...

Greece’s independent power transmission operator (Admie) will next week formally deliver to the Cypriot government its cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector – the mooted subsea electricity cable linking ...

The government has “a Plan A and a Plan B” for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko, the president said on Tuesday. Nikos Christodoulides was responding to journalists’ ...

Parliament has no authority to dish out administrative sanctions – such as fines – on MPs for failing to file their wealth declaration on time, the House said on Monday responding to ...