Elias Hazou

Ankara’s policy toward its neighbours can only be described as being driven by ‘insanity’, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Monday following talks in Athens with his Greek counterpart. ...

Recent back and forth involving Unficyp has raised tensions It appears recent tensions between the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and both sides on the island have subsided ...

Parliament on Thursday decided to postpone a planned vote on a legislative proposal that, if passed, would have extended by three more months a freeze on property foreclosures. Voting on ...

Although the national health system faces many challenges it must be preserved at all costs, the new head of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Thursday but he sounded ...

People applying for a driver’s licence will simultaneously be given the option to sign a consent form enrolling them as blood donors, under a law passed on Thursday. On ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced concern that the new Limassol stadium – costing taxpayers around €40 million – could remain idle, leaving the three local sports clubs without a venue. Works at the stadium ...

Stakeholders in the healthcare sector on Tuesday repeated concerns over the formation of an oligopoly but some also stressed that such fears – however valid – should not go to the other ...

Legislators on Tuesday called out a number of municipalities for intending to charge homeowners a fee for installing solar panels, and demanded the immediate scrapping of the fee. In parliament, ...

Cyprus fully respects the privacy of communications, the attorney-general said on Tuesday, a day ahead of a scheduled meeting with a visiting delegation of the European Parliament committee investigating the ...

Electricity prices rose sharply – by almost a third – in Cyprus during the first half of the year, according to data just released by Eurostat. The data show a 32 per cent ...

The fallout on Cyprus’ maritime shipping industry from EU sanctions has been ‘manageable’, the deputy minister for shipping said on Monday. Vasilis Demetriades made the remarks in parliament while presenting ...

The Health Insurance Organisation – the agency running the national health system or Gesy – was on Monday expected to receive instructions to give a three-day grace period to those doctors who ...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) said on Thursday they are currently assessing a bid by a foreign investment fund to acquire a second major hospital in Nicosia, ...

The Russian Federation has not altered its stance on the Cyprus issue and remains committed to UN Security Council resolutions relating to Cyprus, the country’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria ...

The House on Thursday passed a bill regulating the levying of a 0.4 per cent tax on all sales of real estate, the proceeds going to support Greek Cypriot refugees. Despite ...

During the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, police carried out 3.2 million checks on the public and issued 42,482 fines, raking in almost €6 million for state coffers from the 16,474 fines ...

Authorities should implement a strict timeframe to evaluate applications for the single-parent benefit, and should not penalise beneficiaries if they are found to cohabit with another adult, the ombudswoman has ...

Testifying in court, former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos denied on Monday he had indecently assaulted a teenage girl some 40 years ago, and said he would present evidence refuting the plaintiff’s ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday defended the 2023 state budget as being a “responsible” one, with substantially augmented spending on social assistance as well as growth-oriented projects. He was speaking ...

The maverick Disy man is set to go through to the runoff, but when the race heats up can he please everyone? By Elias Hazou Going by the latest batch ...

Officials on Thursday conceded they’re running out of ideas on how to stem the influx of irregular migrants, which has doubled this year compared to 2021. At the House interior ...

Nicos Christodoulides looks set to wipe the floor with his rivals in the 2023 presidential race, the latest poll published by state broadcaster CyBC has shown. The survey, conducted on behalf ...

Lawmakers heard on Thursday that Cyprus has absorbed almost 80 per cent of EU funds allocated to it since joining the bloc – a good rate of absorption – but needs to keep ...

One of the four independent presidential contenders announced on Tuesday he has dropped out of talks aimed at putting forward a common candidate. Christodoulos Protopapas said he was withdrawing from ...