Elias Hazou

The government does not intend for the moment to levy a renewable energy sources (RES) tax on road transport, the energy ministry said Monday. In a statement, the ministry was ...

The House finance committee on Monday discussed a bill that would make companies applying for a bank licence to pay the processing fee. Under the legislation, the Central Bank would ...

The reform of local government, enacted last month by the House amid much pomp, could now unravel after President Nicos Anastasiades has refused to sign off on a section of ...

The ‘controlled resolution’ of RCB in the wake of the Ukraine crisis is a minor bump in the road compared to the 2013 crisis, but one expert says it could have ...

Cyprus faces a serious problem coping with the number of migrants arriving here daily, while the current Ukraine refugee crisis means less attention and resources diverted to people coming in ...

A newly established unit coordinating the investigation of corruption cases convened for the first time on Thursday, with attorney-general Giorgos Savvides stressing that the department and its work are distinct ...

Parliament on Thursday passed legislation establishing a junior ministry of culture under the umbrella of the education ministry. The voting went 34 for, 13 against – with the MPs of main opposition Akel ...

Forestry department staff of the airborne unit will not fly firefighting sorties from next month in protest at the government’s ongoing indifference to their longstanding demands. In a press ...

Authorities on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing tracked 4,349 new positives. The latest fatalities were two men, aged 85 and 62. That takes the death toll since March 2020 ...

A suspect in a major drug haul case was on Thursday found dead in his cell in Limassol, with the police all but ruling out foul play. The man, a 61...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday accused the administration of the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of “a display of sovereignty” in not approving the issuing of title deeds to refugees living in self-housing ...

A senior government official said Tuesday that three individuals subject to EU sanctions in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hold a Cyprus passport, adding that checks are ongoing, ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday continued discussing three bills aimed at promoting the penetration of renewables in the energy mix, including fast-track licensing through the creation of a one-stop-shop. “We are introducing ...

Lawmakers on Wednesday began discussing a bill that would have individual sports clubs – rather than the local sports governing body – issue ID fan cards. The legislative proposal, tabled by Edek ...

Legislators on Tuesday began discussing a series of bills designed to reduce administrative costs for small and medium-sized businesses by simplifying the way they prepare their annual financial statements. The ...

Police are looking to press charges against a number of individuals who pelted mobile traffic cameras with stones, an official for the force has said. According to Phileleftheros, a number ...

Young people increasingly have no employment whatsoever, while there is a growing sense of pessimism among them about their career prospects, a situation exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, the House ...

The health ministry continues to be plagued by flaws in its way of doing business and keeping accounts, with waste of taxpayer money, the Audit Office has found. In a ...

The government will formally seek approval from the European Commission later this year to transform the successor entity to the failed co-op bank into an asset management company. In parliament ...

The past week has seen a great deal of chatter on the shifting energy map in light of the Ukraine crisis, potentially bringing the fractious eastern Mediterranean gas reserves – along ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law on combatting terrorism, harmonising with a relevant EU directive over which Cyprus had earlier been warned for non-compliance. The bill passed ...

The island’s largest lender said Thursday it has no banking operations in either Russia or Ukraine, having wound down its business there years ago. In a statement released through ...

Diagnostic centres, particularly radiological facilities, effectively operate in a lawless environment, often carrying out unnecessary MRIs or using outdated and potentially hazardous machinery. What’s more, some doctors are shareholders ...

Unvaccinated individuals run the risk of hospitalisation for Covid-19 that is four to 30 times higher than for the vaccinated, the health ministry said on Thursday. The data released runs up ...