Elias Hazou

The government has spent some €440 million to cushion consumers from the financial impact of the ongoing global energy crisis, while making other moves aimed at driving down the cost of ...

MPs on Tuesday threatened to turn activist and do sit-downs blocking the entrances of ministry buildings, in protest at what they call an ongoing snub by government officials. At the ...

No evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, and therefore the state will be taking no more action, the ...

The indictments in the ‘golden passports’ case have been re-filed as promised, attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday. “We said we would, and we did,” Savvides told reporters. Taking questions ...

The government is mulling extending the scheme for subsidising electricity bills, but has yet to firm up a decision, an official told MPs on Monday. Melina Katsounotou, head of the ...

Despite dire warnings from the government and the Central Bank, MPs on Monday decided to send on to the House plenum for a vote four legislative proposals amending the foreclosures ...

As Israel looks to expand its energy capacity by turning to renewables, Cyprus has pitched itself as a potential provider of such power through a subsea electricity interconnector between the ...

The House plenum on Thursday voted through a series of laws spelling out the functions of new courts that were created via legislation previously passed reforming the administration of justice ...

Two more boats with irregular migrants were spotted on Thursday off Cape Greco. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Larnaca received an alert about the two boats around 1.30pm. At ...

MPs on Tuesday sounded the alarm over the possible discontinuation of the Kormakitis Centre for Cooperation, but also the EU potentially halting all funding to Maronite community projects in Cyprus ...

Cyprus has made “some progress” in implementing anti-money laundering measures, but it still needs to improve on certain aspects, a Moneyval report released on Tuesday said. In its annual report ...

More than €2 billion in taxes are owed to the state, of which €668 million is at risk of never being received, the Audit Office said in a report released Tuesday. In ...

MPs on Monday expressed concern about overpopulation at the central prisons as well as the absence of full-time psychiatrists, while the justice minister hinted at the creation of an ‘observatory’ ...

At the end of 2022, Cyprus was the EU country with the largest proportion of debt held by non-residents, according to data released by Eurostat on Monday. In Cyprus, non-resident holders ...

Lawmakers heard on Monday that around 20,000 debtors should benefit from the planned establishment of special courts fast-tracking financial disputes between borrowers and banks, aimed at affording some protection to mortgaged ...

Parliament on Monday gave the green light for unlocking more than 1,800 positions in the public sector, as requested by the government, with opposition Disy complaining about the high cost to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on the phone on Thursday, exchanging views on the next steps regarding efforts to resume Cyprus peace talks. According to a ...

Parliament on Thursday passed a law raising the maximum court-imposed fine on employers for failing to pay employees’ salaries. The text of the legislation was also amended so to as ...

The nationalist Elam party late on Thursday hit back at what they called a manufactured political outcry over an alleged walkout from parliament during a minute’s silence held by ...

The cabinet on Thursday green-lit changes to the legislation governing Value Added Tax (VAT) cutting the applicable 5 per cent rate down to 3 per cent on certain items and services, as ...

In a resolution adopted Thursday, the European Parliament called on Cyprus to repeal all spyware export licenses as well as to declassify a report on the Israeli ‘spy van’. The ...

The government on Tuesday pledged to create a dedicated agency to help sort out the chaotic situation relating to industrial zones and areas, where the rents paid to the state ...

Lawmakers said on Tuesday they want to pass a package of bills relating to the issuing of title deeds to refugees or people classed as enclaved before the summer recess. ...

Two British lawyers arrived in Cyprus on Monday to assist with ongoing investigations of the anti-corruption authority, one of the cases thought to relate to the ‘golden passports’ affair. The ...