Elias Hazou

Exploratory drilling for natural gas in waters off Cyprus is currently underway, the government said on Monday. The well is being drilled by the Tungsten Explorer rig on behalf of ...

Lawmakers on Monday pushed back against the government’s request for an additional €102 million in spending – mostly on ongoing coronavirus-related measures – and asked for more details before releasing the funds. ...

The European Commission has given the nod to a Cypriot scheme to support cheesemakers affected by the coronavirus-related restrictions. In a press release, the commission said it approved a €890,000 scheme ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou Nicosia on Thursday strongly condemned the clearing of a new stretch of the beachfront at Varosha – the fenced-off part of Famagusta – vowing to alert ...

Cyprus and Jordan on Thursday committed to further enhancing bilateral relations on all levels, 60 years after the two states initiated diplomatic ties. President Nicos Anastasiades received at the palace the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday thanked Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis for the latter’s highlighting of the Cyprus issue during his recent working visit to the United States. The ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced reservations over a government bill that aims to fast-track so-called ‘strategic developments’, pointing out that the legislation itself omits to spell out which investments are deemed ...

Presidential hopeful Nikos Christodoulides has let go of one of his spin doctors after it turned out that several of his talking points bore an uncanny similarity or were identical ...

Bank employees’ union Etyk has issued a rallying cry, calling on all its members to show up and vote for strike action to deter Hellenic Bank from going ahead with ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has convened a meeting of ministers for Friday to explore ways of providing relief to people amid the rising cost of living. Announcing the meeting on Monday, ...

Disy, Akel vitriol over Nikos Christodoulides’ candidacy No sooner had ex-foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides thrown his hat in the 2023 presidential race than he took a drubbing from almost all sides ...

Lawmakers on Thursday appealed to the public to give blood for thalassaemia sufferers needing regular blood transfusions. The matter was discussed at the House health committee, reviewing the National Strategy ...

The House on Thursday enacted a law creating a Commercial Court and a Maritime Court – a move that is hoped will alleviate the caseload on district courts which typically take ...

The Green Party on Tuesday said its worst fears about the anti-corruption authority had come true, piggybacking on media reports that one of the authority’s members has a questionable ...

The situation at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers is extremely volatile, both for those staying at the facility and for the neighbouring communities, MPs heard on Tuesday. The ...

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 ...