Elias Hazou

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 ...

Two more people were arrested in the early hours of Thursday in connection with police investigations into the bizarre criminal groups which has made headlines in recent weeks after using ...

The first natural gas to come to Cyprus for power generation won’t be from offshore wells in the island’s exclusive economic zone but rather imports of LNG from ...

The Football Association has agreed to a ‘significant’ pay rise for the women’s national team, reports said on Tuesday. The pay rise was agreed at a meeting held a ...

Under threat of indictment, the football clubs with the largest debts sat down with the tax commissioner on Tuesday, apparently getting a reprieve until the end of March. The one-hour ...

Police on Monday were still searching for a 45-year-old man believed to be connected to a group of individuals who used forged state seals and impersonated officials. The man, a ...

An MP has formally requested parliament to follow up on the issue of what, if any, prosecutions have been brought in relation to the 2013 financial meltdown, reports said on Monday. ...

Cyprus and Egypt on Monday signed two agreements concerning the exploitation of natural gas resources under the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean. The first agreement was a memorandum of understanding ...

Three presidents and 13 years after the discovery of gas in the Aphrodite field, the government this week clinched a deal with US oil giant Chevron for the development of the ...

Causing forest fires will now be punishable by severe out-of-court fines and court penalties, under legislation passed by the House on Thursday evening. By a wide majority, parliament passed a ...

Police on Thursday arrested three persons in connection with the suspected falsification of contracts for football players. The three suspects – aged 58, 57 and 44 – later appeared before Famagusta district court, which approved ...

State officials will receive a taxable one-time gratuity on retirement, instead of a pension and a one-off bonus payout as is the case now, under legislation submitted by the government ...

The government will next month invite tenders for the development of a new system monitoring retail fuel prices that will use artificial intelligence to track irregular market fluctuations, the energy ...

President Nikos Christodoulides offered reassurances on Thursday that there was no threat to state security in the wake of an ongoing police investigation into a criminal group, known to have ...