Elias Hazou

As the law now stands, the lighting of traditional Easter bonfires – known in Greek as ‘lambradjies’ – is expressly forbidden with no exceptions, the ministry of justice said on Thursday. The ...

A landmark ruling by the administrative court in Nicosia, it emerged on Thursday, has overturned a previous decision by the health insurance organisation (OAY), allowing a patient to obtain medication ...

Authorities on Tuesday asserted they are doing what they can to put in check the spread of solar parks on agricultural land, while affected local communities and agriculturalists complained that ...

A news article referring to the strategic value of the proposed corridor linking India, the Middle East and Europe (Imec), as discussed between senior officials of Cyprus and Greece caught ...

The government contract for leasing two firefighting helicopters for the 2025-2027 period has gone to a company which had been disqualified from the same tender last year, media reported on ...

Nearly 100 individuals who have worked in the state sector receive more than one pension or a pension plus a salary, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee continued discussion ...

Politicians on Thursday bickered over the budget of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) but still passed the €520 million balance sheet. The 2025 budget for state-run Cyta features expenditures of €522 million and ...

The leader of opposition party Akel has asked President Nikos Christodouldes directly to scrap plans for ‘green taxes’ this coming May as it would further burden already struggling people, according ...

An MP on Thursday demanded the resignation of the board of directors of the state health services organisation (Okypy), deeming them responsible for the organisation’s spiraling deficits and waste. ...

Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie), the project promoter for the Great Sea Interconnector, has suspended payments to French company Nexans responsible for manufacturing and installing the submarine cable ...

Thousands of megawatt-hours of power generated by renewables get discarded each day because Cyprus lacks the storage systems, MPs heard on Tuesday. The House energy committee discussed energy storage in ...

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project at Vasiliko will need another €200 million for pending works, the government said on Tuesday. A finance ministry official summoned to parliament said it ...

Power cuts due to surging demand, a looming water shortage, the Takata airbags farrago, malfunctioning electrical appliances turning deadly – and all this seemingly coming together to form the ‘perfect storm’. ...

The House plenary on Thursday evening passed the 2025 budget for the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) with lawmakers grasping the opportunity to rail against the high cost of energy. The ...

Parliamentarians on Thursday gave the nod to the 2025 budget of the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) but not before engaging in a massive row over the status of the ports at ...

The Appellate Court on Thursday set aside a prior judgment by Larnaca criminal court that had acquitted all defendants in a case relating to the now-defunct citizenship-by -investment programme. The ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday that Abu Dhabi’s National Energy Company (Taqa) is interested in investing in and supporting the delivery of an electricity connection project that ...

People living near the Dhekelia power station should be exempt from pollution fees on their electricity bills, MPs proposed on Tuesday. Residents of Ormideia and Xylofagou villages again gathered at ...

The anti-corruption authority has examined seven complaints against district court judges but found the evidence provided was insufficient to demonstrate corruption, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Politis, the ...

The mayor of Paphos on Monday pointed the finger straight at President Nikos Christodoulides, alleging that the latter personally intervened to deny the local municipality the right to lease a ...

The National Betting Authority anticipates a 5.6 per cent increase in revenues for 2025, with the upward trend continuing for the next two years, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee ...

Only district courts have the jurisdiction to adjudge cases relating to the 2013 ‘haircut’ on bank deposits, the attorney-general’s office said on Monday. The AG’s office was citing a ...

The population of Cyprus will increase by 5.3 per cent over the next 30 years, according to the latest United Nations projections. The UN’s ‘World Population Prospects 2024’ report states that Cyprus ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday spoke of an “encouraging” first step towards normalising relations with Syria after meeting Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in ...