Elias Hazou

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 ...

A final decision on introducing a minimum national wage will be made in May, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Tuesday. She was speaking after a session of the Labour ...

The government does not intend to raise taxes, but will rather pursue a policy of stimulating growth and attracting new investment in response to the coming economic slump, Finance Minister ...

The trial proper in the case of an alleged murder plot of Israeli businessmen in Cyprus has been postponed to May 20, with the three suspects remaining in custody until then. ...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Eppo) has just three active investigations involving Cyprus, the attorney-general’s office said Monday, adding that this fact “fully vindicates” its own position. In ...

The government on Monday announced the successor to Andreas Mavroyiannis as chief negotiator for the Cyprus issue, while speculation tied Mavroyiannis’ resignation to the 2023 presidential elections. In a written statement, ...

‘Everyone is talking to everyone else right now’ With the energy picture in the region in flux due to the Ukraine war and the global pressure to end dependence on ...

The breakaway regime in the north has inked a deal for economic and fiscal cooperation with Turkey, the latter pledging to the former some 4.25 billion Turkish lira (€270 million) for this ...

If Turkey is genuine about talks to reunify the island, it must first recognise the Republic Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. He was responding to earlier remarks by ...

The late former Nicosia mayor Lellos Demetriades was laid to rest on Thursday, with the political leadership paying their respects to a man who left his mark on the Cypriot ...

The government and Larnaca municipal authorities signed a deal on Thursday by which the latter will lease the premises of the old hospital in the town. Under the lease agreement, ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has pledged to hold fast amid mounting calls for an increase in government handouts, warning that otherwise the public debt may spiral out of control. Appearing ...

Authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing came up with 1,421 new positives to the virus. The latest fatalities were: a man aged 58 who passed away ...

By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko Members of the House transport committee on Thursday called on the government to work on regulating the use of personal mobility vehicles in Cyprus, ...

Parliament on Tuesday wrapped up discussion of legislation aiming to convert the Natural Gas Public Company(Defa) into a state entity governed by public law, with one MP saying that ...

The government wants an exhumation to be carried out at a landfill in occupied Dikomo, at a mass-grave site where it’s thought the remains of dozens of missing Greek ...

The House finance committee on Monday decided to ‘cross’, or put on hold, some €33 million in funds earmarked for the purchase of two buildings that will house various government services. ...

One of the four bills comprising the recently passed legislative package creating a junior ministry for culture has yet to be sent by parliament to the relevant government departments so ...

Municipalities are indebted to the tune of some €220 million – money which the central government has undertaken to repay. According to the state treasury’s fiscal report for 2021, at the end ...

After more than a decade of back-and-forth, parliament appears ready to finally bring to the plenum a bill obliging users of burner phones to identify themselves. Marinos Mousiouttas, chair of ...