Elias Hazou

The Supreme Constitutional Court has upheld a law passed by parliament earlier this year – and which the president vetoed – that mandates structural integrity checks on Turkish Cypriot properties before they ...

Amid mounting complaints over the cost of living, the government on Thursday said it may bring back electricity and fuel tax subsidies in the near future. Speaking to public broadcaster ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday again harangued the government over its apparent apathy relating to rising interest rates, with one MP calling on President Nikos Christodoulides himself to come to parliament to ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not replace human intelligence but rather boost human ingenuity, the Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy said on Tuesday. Philippos Hadjizacharias was speaking at ...

Akel is currently the most popular party, followed by Disy and then nationalists Elam in third place, a new opinion poll has found. The survey, conducted by IMR on behalf ...

The supermarkets association on Monday called the government’s plans for an e-basket of goods a “blunt and brute force” interference in the market, while the Consumer Protection Service was ...

An ongoing review of how Turkish Cypriot commercial properties are managed has shown that about one-fifth of leases are problematic, according to just-released data from the interior ministry. In a ...

Imports of goods made in Turkey have skyrocketed in the last couple of years. And though the direction of trade traffic is lopsided, it looks like the upward trajectory will ...

The illiteracy rate among primary school leavers stands at close to 10 per cent, MPs heard on Thursday, showing that the vast amounts of taxpayer money going to education are not ...

The parliament’s Selection Committee on Thursday decided that the ad hoc committee on demographics – chaired by nationalist party Elam – restrict itself to discussing matters such as birth rates and ...

Opposition parties on Thursday said they have already drafted a bill cutting the special defence contribution from 30 to 17 per cent, pointing out that there was no need for the government ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday met the bosses of commercial banks in a crunch meeting aimed at getting lenders to provide some relief to customers to compensate for rising ...

The four defendants in the ‘golden passports’ case were on Tuesday referred to criminal trial on charges that include conspiracy to defraud the Republic and influencing a public official in ...

The photo-portrait of Archbishop Makarios III – the first president of the Republic – has been moved from its usual place in the presidential palace, with two MPs calling for its reinstatement. ...

A possible change in where displaced persons get to vote – in a stated bid to stop gender-based discrimination – may have the unwanted consequence of unbalancing the electoral map, MPs heard ...

Authorities have ‘dismantled’ a people smuggling ring, making four arrests in the process, it was reported on Monday. The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said the operation was carried out based ...

Limassol district court on Thursday ordered released from police custody a man suspected of organising the anti-migrant march in Limassol last week that exploded in violence. The man was released ...

President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides has received the incident reports compiled by the police relating to the events taking place in Chlorakas and Limassol, respectively, the government said on ...

Authorities continue to be lax in collecting income tax, and as a result the state is losing millions each year, the auditor-general said in parliament on Thursday. Odysseas Michaelides was ...

The government on Thursday revealed that it will soon bring a bill that will allow the justice minister to issue a decree barring access to websites deemed to have racist ...

A new war of words among institutions has broken out, after the chief of police has refused to provide auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides with data concerning unpaid fines and permits to ...

The government is working to highlight Cyprus as an unattractive destination for migration, ministers told the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Tuesday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said within ...

The independent anti-corruption authority will this week begin work on two cases it has prioritised, one of which may involve deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides, it emerged on Monday. The Cyprus ...

But who’s to blame: a demanding patient or a nervous GP? By Elias Hazou The problem of long waiting times to see a specialist in the national health system (...