Elias Hazou

Nicosia will drive a hard bargain to shield its economy from any fallout from the sixth package of sanctions against Russia planned by the European Commission, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides ...

Years after its sale to Vodafone, the poorly run CyTA Hellas – the Greek subsidiary of the Cypriot state telecom – continues to haunt public finances. In a just-released special report on ...

Diseases of the circulatory system remained the top cause of death in 2020, while Covid-19 accounted for two per cent of all recorded fatalities, according to data just released by the ...

The Audit Office has petitioned the Supreme Court to rule on whether the government can unilaterally alter the nomenclature pertaining to state officials as these are prescribed in the constitution. ...

The transport ministry will soon bring legislation regulating the matter of traffic violations by drivers of rentals. Prepared by the Road Transport Department, the bill aims to address the issue ...

The House of Representatives has voted to amend the constitution, allowing for the use of the English language in certain court proceedings. To date, Greek was the only language used ...

Main opposition Akel on Thursday took a big step toward deciding who will go on their ticket for the 2023 presidential elections – narrowing down their options to attorney Achilleas Demetriades and ...

The finance ministry has asked parliament to green-light an additional €102 million in government spending to deal with the continuing economic impact of the Covid situation and the fallout from the ...

The police have handed over to the attorney-general two cases involving the now-defunct ‘golden passports’ scheme – one of them relating to the reveals made by the al Jazeera network. Speaking ...

In a non-legislative enactment, the European Parliament on Tuesday endorsed a recommendation for applying provisions of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in Cyprus – a matter separate to Cyprus’ accession to ...

The European Union acknowledges the role Cyprus can play as an alternative energy supplier in the coming years as the bloc looks to reduce its dependency on Russian natural gas, ...

All-cause excess mortality in Cyprus last year saw a massive 16.5 per cent deviation from the mean of the previous five years, a just-released peer reviewed study has found. The anomaly ...

The government anticipates that the European Commission will soon give it the green light to roll out the ‘mortgage to rent’ scheme. Speaking to the state broadcaster on Thursday, the ...

Two children in Cyprus have in recent months have contracted hepatitis (liver inflammation) of unknown origin, the health ministry said Thursday, adding that it continues monitoring the situation amid an ...

Outgoing Cyprus chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis confirmed on Tuesday his interest in running for the 2023 presidential elections, but remained cagey on details. Mavroyiannis tendered his resignation earlier this month; he ...

The number of commercial flights to and from Cyprus in March 2022 were 17 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by Eurostat. The decline for Cyprus was softer ...

At the end of the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 government debt to GDP ratio in Cyprus was 5.4 percentage points lower compared to Q3 of 2021, and 11.4 percentage points lower than at ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday announced the new ‘cabinet’, the nominees having got the nod from the north’s ‘president’ Ersin Tatar. The announcement came shortly after ...

Main opposition Akel will decide in June which candidate it will field or back for the 2023 presidential elections, the party’s leader said on Monday. Speaking at an Easter-related function, ...

The emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) per person employed has consistently declined since 2010 in the European Union, due to a combination of decreasing GHG emissions and increasing employment numbers, according ...

Police are advising the public to be aware of swindlers who, pretending to be doctors, contact people and demand money in exchange for services. In a statement, the police said ...

A Limassol court on Thursday sentenced a man to three-and-a-half years in prison, having found him guilty on the charges of trafficking persons and living off the proceeds of prostitution. ...

A court has ruled that the state has no responsibility for the bail-in imposed on depositors of Cyprus Popular Bank (CPB) in 2013, when the lender was wound down as part ...

Main opposition party Akel on Tuesday expressed concern at the continuing impasse in the Cyprus peace process, while thanking China for its support within the UN Security Council. The Akel ...