Elias Hazou

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a petition filed before it by auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides regarding the nomenclature used for the titles of certain public officials – but the ramifications ...

Lawmakers on Monday revisited the issue of reduced VAT on homes, with some trying to instill a sense of urgency on the matter as the European Commission continues breathing down ...

Victory against a backdrop of watered down traditional partisanship and a real abstention rate of 45 per cent Though a close call, Nikos Christodoulides’ win last Sunday came down to a ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called for a crackdown on people renting out their properties but who continue to evade the taxman by not registering as Airbnb. The House commerce committee discussed ...

Disy’s Political Bureau convened on Monday evening to decide the timeframe and procedures ahead of the March 11 internal vote for the election of a new party leader – and possibly ...

Cyprus will be receiving the first of six H145M attack helicopters by this summer, after the German Chancery greenlit the transfer, it was reported on Thursday. According to state ...

Cyprus on Thursday signed an agreement securing €13 million in funding for upgrade works at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The funding will come from the International Organisation for ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he had a “productive” discussion with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels. “Productive exchange of views with ...

The nationalist Elam party on Thursday said they were advising their supporters to vote by conscience in Sunday’s runoff election. In a recorded message, Elam leader Christos Christou – among ...

Larnaca port workers on Thursday ended a strike they had initiated earlier this week, after their employer agreed to temporarily rescind the layoffs of two members of staff. The strike – ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has uploaded to social media a video clip from 2008 where President Nicos Anastasiades – then the leader of the Disy party – does not rule out partnering up ...

The ‘surprise’ of Sunday’s first round presidential election – Andreas Mavroyiannis making it to the second round, leapfrogging Averof Neophytou – should not really come as a surprise, one commentator told ...

But the result was never in doubt The first-ever presidential elections in Cyprus in 1959 were by all accounts a rushed, tumultuous affair – though their legitimacy or result never questioned. They ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday evening called on people to vote for Disy candidate Averof Neophytou in Sunday’s elections, saying any other outcome would be unthinkable. “On Sunday we ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday warned credit-acquiring companies (CACs) not to proceed with foreclosing on properties where the borrower has applied for a government-sponsored debt relief scheme. In a ...

Over the last few days authorities have seized and confiscated over 15kg of cannabis sent to Cyprus via courier services. In a statement, police said that on January 27 local law ...

The election campaign team of Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday failed to comment on reports the candidate received a one-time transfer of €200,000 into his bank account, even though the allegation prompted ...

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday insisted that the appointment of three members to the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission – the public body exercising oversight over the casinos – be postponed until after ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Tuesday he supports the Electricity Authority’s demand for a presence in the renewables sector. His comments came after a visit ...

Monday’s hearing in the ‘golden passports’ trial took another twist, with one of the defence attorneys effectively calling for a mistrial ruling, while the judge hinted that the court ...

Less than a week before the presidential elections, the Akel and Disy camps on Monday turned up the rhetoric dial, seeking to rally their respective fan bases by highlighting what ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Monday admitted mistakes in the management of the citizenship-by -investment scheme, but said that by late 2020 – when the programme was nixed – many flaws had been ...

The respective camps of presidential candidates Averof Neophytou and Nikos Christodoulides squabbled on Thursday, accusing one another of getting bankrolled by foreign oligarchs, in a row sparked a day earlier ...

The government on Thursday said that it revoked the citizenship of two more individuals who had obtained the Cyprus passport through the citizenship-by-investment scheme. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said the ...