Elias Hazou

Defence ministry wants to offload old ones and buy new fleet The defence ministry has neither confirmed nor denied reports that Cyprus will replace its ageing fleet of Russian-made Mi-35...

In at least one meeting, members of the Covid scientific advisory committee said most transmission of the virus occurred within households rather than in retail or hospitality venues, legal filings ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while nationwide testing detected 402 new positives. The two latest decedents were a man aged 91, who passed away on ...

The government on Tuesday denied that a minister had flown to London on a mission to specifically assist a foreign national obtain a Cypriot passport, as alleged in a new ...

The office of the presidency on Tuesday again denied allegations of improper dealings between President Nicos Anastasiades and a Saudi businessman – one of whose wives secured a Cypriot passport via ...

The Al Jazeera network on Monday aired a new documentary which – though dealing with the laundering of money through the purchase of English football clubs – also reveals some of the ...

A Paphos court on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of a nightclub, after it was reported by police to have been operating without a liquor permit and for violating coronavirus-related ...

The health ministry on Thursday sought to clarify the situation regarding foodstuffs found to contain ethylene oxide, saying that trace amounts pose no direct danger to human health – while announcing ...

A pro-debtors group on Tuesday blamed the government for the low uptake for the Estia debt relief scheme, saying the red tape involved disqualified many borrowers who now risk having ...

The Insurance Companies Control Service, the government agency that supervises insurance firms, accepts criticism that some of its internal procedures are sub-optimal but insists that overall its monitoring of the ...

This past week saw another episode in the long-running saga The ongoing tussle between the government camp and the opposition over freezing bank foreclosures has turned into a kabuki theatre ...

Nicosia district court on Tuesday denied a motion that it temporarily suspend restrictive measures – including the SafePass – until such time as it rules definitively on the substance in a class-action ...

In a special plenary session on Tuesday, the House voted to reject President Nicos Anastasiades’ refusal to sign off on a bill that would renew a freeze on property foreclosures, ...

The House plenum will convene in an extraordinary session on Tuesday to revisit a bill that further renews a moratorium on foreclosures and which President Nicos Anastasiades has refused to ...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) on Monday gave the nod to Cyprus’ national recovery and resilience plan, unlocking €1.2 billion in EU funds to the island over the next ...

Authorities have seized almost 700 boxes containing thousands of laughing gas canisters, found in a warehouse at the port of Limassol. Police on Wednesday had secured a search warrant on a ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while 89,188 – a record number of daily tests tracked 1,046 positives to the virus. The latest deaths were: a woman aged 74, ...

Direct financial assistance to those who suffered damage to their properties in the massive July 3 blaze will begin being dispensed as of next week, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said. He ...

Haggling continued through Thursday night over a UN Security Council statement over Turkey’s latest pronouncements on Varosha, with the body apparently unable to agree a final text in its ...

Cyprus has made some progress toward tweaking its justice system, but there remains work to be done on improving transparency and accessibility to public documents, mechanisms to combat corruption, and ...

Three lawyers representing some of the persons arrested over Sunday evening’s disturbances were themselves placed under arrest and detained after coming forth to represent their clients, the Cyprus Mail ...

Speaking in the north of Cyprus, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday reiterated Ankara’s position for a two-states solution for the island. “On this island there are two separate ...

Whatever he announces will change the face of future talks, analysts predict By Elias Hazou Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s upcoming visit to the north of Cyprus next week has ...

Ankara has just approved a $500 million line of credit to the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’, according to a decree published in Turkey’s official gazette. Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah ...