Elias Hazou

Parliament on Thursday evening gave the nod to an increase in maternity benefits and other child-related allowances, with the stated aim of boosting birth rates in Cyprus. Under the amendments ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday decided to postpone a scheduled vote on new regulations governing the recall of car components, which would have set out what to do with ...

A deadlocked vote in parliament on Thursday spelled the defeat of a bill that sought to impose a tax on the ‘windfall profits’ of banks, with the debate taking up ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday sent a bill aiming to beef up existing regulations about vehicle recalls to a plenum vote on Thursday, following the outcry over the dangerous Takata airbags that ...

One in four workers are on low wages, a research institute affiliated with the left-leaning Peo union said on Tuesday outlining how income distribution has tilted away from salaried employees ...

Three months after getting sacked on grounds of ‘conduct unbecoming’, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday received an honorary distinction as an “anti-corruption fighter”. The event was organised by the ...

The new mental health centre in Athalassa, Nicosia, was inaugurated on Monday, with President Nikos Christodoulides speaking of a long-overdue project. The existing psychiatric hospital in Athalassa dates to 1964. Now ...

A former attorney-general has advised President Nikos Christodoulides to seek a renegotiation with the United Kingdom over the status of the British bases on the island, it emerged on Monday. ...

Despite appearing to lack the necessary support in parliament, a bill imposing a new ‘bank tax’ will go to the House plenum later this week. Tabled by opposition party Akel, ...

Cyprus acceding to Nato – easier said than done? If so, why did the government float the idea, with President Nikos Christodoulides sounding sanguine about the prospects? A trial balloon, intended ...

Transactions of over €10,000 done in liquid assets, such as cash, are now illegal and punishable by fines or even jail time, under a law passed by parliament on Thursday. Drafted ...

The House of Representatives was briefly thrown into disarray on Thursday when it turned out there were not enough MPs present to vote on proposed amendments to the constitution. The ...

With sound management of public finances, the economy will continue performing well in the next few years, but despite this there is no room for complacency, the finance minister said ...

Works at the integrated waste management facilities at Pentakomo and Koshi, allowing them to operate at full capacity, will get underway in the first quarter of 2028, the agriculture minister pledged ...

The anti-corruption authority urgently needs personnel to carry out its task, but its legal status hampers these efforts, MPs said on Wednesday. Parliamentarians are now waiting on the attorney-general’s ...

The Journalists’ Union on Wednesday slammed the agriculture minister for instructions she issued earlier where she appeared to order all ministry personnel to go through her press office when speaking ...

Suspicions remain that the fuel market is not as competitive as it could be, driving prices up for consumers, MPs said on Tuesday. Parliamentarians again called for “a policy to ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) said on Tuesday it is striving to reduce its carbon footprint and adopt best practices at the workplace during a presentation of its sustainability ...

Larnaca stakeholders on Monday expressed concern at the government’s recent decision to hire a private company to temporarily operate the port and marina, but also frustration at having been ...

The economy has proved resilient in the face of a challenging international environment, and is expected to do the same going forward, the Central Bank boss said on Monday. Christodoulos ...

The House plenum on Thursday greenlit a law that makes ‘revenge porn’ a criminal offence, regardless of the victim’s gender, and punishable by up to 14 years in jail where ...

The government on Thursday signed a contract worth almost €3.5 million for improvement works on the Paphos-Polis road. The contract was given to Araco Construction CY Limited. According to an announcement ...

Unions representing state doctors on Thursday refuted reports that lives were put at risk during the 48-hour strike, complaining of a concerted attack via the media to besmirch them. In ...

An MP demanded on Tuesday that authorities immediately launch a criminal probe into the Takata airbags affair to find out exactly who is responsible for the delays in recalling the ...