Elias Hazou

Parliament on Thursday passed a law on the protection of whistleblowers, hailed by MPs as an important step in cracking down on corruption in the public sector. The legislation passed ...

Following pressure from opposition lawmakers, the government has agreed to amend certain provisions of the ‘Dangerous Infectious Diseases Law of 2021’, which will repeal and replace the current Quarantine Law under ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission in Cyprus has announced some tweaks to vaccination and testing status at the crossing points. In a statement on Thursday, the Mission said ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ and Quality of Life Union has filed a formal complaint against a number of petroleum companies over what it calls unjustified and arbitrary increases in prices of ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that the justice system faces imminent collapse unless a reform drive goes through now as a broad meeting of stakeholders was held at the ...

The government said Monday it is taking steps to manage the ongoing influx of migrants, but the sheer numbers involved continue to pose a challenge. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris was ...

The legislature dives back into business this week and the next, with a packed agenda featuring a number of important bills and issues, starting with the presidential veto of a ...

Nicosia district court said Monday that it will be hearing arguments later this week for and against an application for an injunction seeking to suspend a recent government decision barring ...

Ruling Disy recalled on Monday that next week it will initiate its process for persons seeking the party’s nomination for the 2023 presidential elections. Persons interested in running for president ...

By Elias Hazou Where to start? Another year, another 12 months of growing authoritarianism, coercion and medical surveillance, with Covid serving as the predicate. In that sense, 2021 merely picked up where 2020 ...

Heavy rains lashed down at the island on Thursday, particularly in the Nicosia district, as the fire department and police responded to dozens of calls for assistance on the roads ...

The only approved app businesses and venues should use to check the validity of a SafePass is CovScanCyprus, the Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy said Tuesday. In a ...

The supreme court has ruled against a 60-year-old appealing a prison sentence imposed on him for causing the death of a young man in a traffic accident in Limassol in ...

Conditions for patients and staff alike at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital are at breaking point, which could lead to a disaster, a nurses union warned on Tuesday. In a statement, ...

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after having been found guilty of sexually molesting his two nephews. In handing down the sentence, Nicosia criminal court noted ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced one death from Covid-19, while the number of positives came close to the 1,000 mark and with the positivity rate clocking at 1.05 per cent. The latest ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has reportedly sounded out a former foreign minister to return to his job, temporarily replacing Nikos Christodoulides who is thought to have aspirations for the presidency come 2023. ...

Over the past five weeks, the highest number of coronavirus positives by age group belonged to the 6-17 bracket, the majority of all positives were tracked in the Nicosia district, ...

The supreme court on Monday categorically rejected the notion that judges in Cyprus are not objective, and cited the findings of European institutions to back up its opinion. The top ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will likely refuse to sign off on, and then send back to parliament, a legal amendment passed last week which would see four of his aides lose ...

The country’s tourism boss sounded a cautiously optimistic note on Thursday about the sector’s prospects in the new year, but acknowledged the looming uncertainty as European leaders in ...

The health ministry on Thursday issued more clarifications regarding people’s access to certain types of venues in terms of vaccination or testing status. Under the new rules, effective December 15, ...

Nicosia criminal court on Thursday acquitted all defendants from charges of fraud in the case of loans secured from the Strovolos cooperative bank. In its ruling, the court said that ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) plans to install and operate ten more charging stations for electric vehicles next year, bringing the number across the island to around 30. Two of ...