Elias Hazou

Disy faithful accuses foreign minister of using his position to promote his presidential ambitions A showdown is on the cards within ruling Disy over who will stand for the party ...

Venus Minerals has announced that it has revised its mineral resource estimate at Kokkinoyia by 240 per cent The Kokkinoyia sector is part of the Magellan Project, 100 per cent owned by ...

Two inmates at the central prisons in Nicosia held their nuptials on Thursday – and a Netflix crew happened to be on hand to document the unusual wedding. And no, this ...

A Greek Cypriot man was arrested in the north on Thursday after he unfurled a Greek flag over a monument just outside Varosha, the fenced-off part of Famagusta. Reports said ...

Up to 350,000 people could be transferred to live in and around the area of the town of Famagusta, a Turkish Cypriot public functionary has stated. Turkish Cypriot daily Yeniduzen quoted ...

Lawmakers on Monday decried the ‘glass ceiling’ in Cyprus and the under-representation of women in public life, particularly in senior or leadership positions. Following a discussion at the House human ...

In another twist, parties decided Monday to postpone to the new year a vote in the plenum on the local government reform bills, while at the same time avowing their ...

The health ministry on Thursday decided the cancellation of all scheduled non-urgent surgeries, and also commandeered bed capacity in private healthcare facilities – measures taken in anticipation of a potential surge ...

The attorney-general’s office has stayed the prosecution of a former municipal councilor and one-time Disy candidate for MP who had been charged with rape. Back in April Andreas Ttaouxis ...

The proposed new government legislation on pandemic management gives the health minister far-reaching powers, opposition parties said on Thursday, while the ruling party insisted the bill’s provisions are in ...

Lax checks by customs authorities at the crossing points have allowed contraband coming in from the north to outcompete merchants in the Republic, while also stripping the government of revenues ...

The fate of local government reform could hang in the balance this week, as MPs weigh the disparate demands and objections coming from several communities – and this amid fresh warnings ...

Unemployment has dropped to the lowest level in the last 20 years, while during the coronavirus situation the state has spent around €920 million in supporting employees and businesses, Labour Minister Zeta ...

Critics say proposed law bypasses House oversight and would entrench sweeping powers of health minister The new legislation dealing with pandemic-like situations raises a slew of red flags according to ...

The granting of civil servant status to four personal assistants of President Nicos Anastasiades was unlawful, the auditor-general said on Thursday as opposition MPs called it a ‘scandal’ and the ...

The House on Thursday passed a law changing the way in which political parties receive state aid. The legislative proposal – sponsored by Disy, Akel, Diko and the Greens – amends the ...

By unanimous vote, parliament on Thursday passed a law extending to the end of 2022 the protection afforded to ‘trapped’ property buyers. It means the protection now applies to buyers who ...

Both the government and political parties on Thursday sounded an upbeat note that the key hurdles in the way of local government reform have been overcome, with the relevant legislation ...

The health ministry announced 489 new Covid cases on Thursday from a total of 74,277 tests, representing a positivity rate of 0.66 per cent. No new fatalities were reported, with the death toll ...

The Renewable Energy Sources Fund will turn another deficit next year, and will again need to tap into its reserves to stay afloat. The fund’s budget for 2022 was discussed ...

Paphos police on Tuesday declined comment on allegations made by Mayor Phedonas Phedonos about an apartment block whose tenants included a drug dealer and a trafficker in migrants. “The police ...

Cyprus will use the means at its disposal – diplomatic and legal – to put pressure on Turkey over its actions on the high seas and in the fenced-off town of Varosha – ...

Major infrastructure projects will go ahead as planned in the next year, including the Paphos-Polis highway and the installation of charging stations for electric cars, the transport minister said Monday. ...

A group of experts on Monday decried the “complete lack of progress” from government and parliament alike in bringing forward new legislation to overhaul the current system – deemed ineffectual – of ...