Iole Damaskinos

Further deliberation is needed over the energy minister’s proposal to create a state-owned electricity grid company, EAC board director Giorgos Petrou said on Friday, after a preliminary meeting. The ...

Police seized a haul of 11 kilos of cannabis in a vehicle driven by a 22-year-old suspect in Larnaca on Thursday. The man, a Limassol resident, was arrested around 8pm for ...

A family of four and an unaccompanied minor who were spotted shortly overnight in Athienou were transferred to Pournara, it was reported on Friday. The two were intercepted shortly after ...

A proposal to nationalise the electricity authority’s (EAC) grid and its operation is being considered, it was reported on Wednesday. The idea, presented to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou and ...

Making agreements with Lebanon to stem the tide of would-be refugees is misguided, Associate International Law and Human Rights’ professor Aristotelis Constantinides said on Wednesday. The UCy expert made the ...

Mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos is ruffling feathers in his determined campaign to beautify the city and do away with the ‘eyesore’ of illegal billboards, it emerged on Wednesday. Speaking ...

Ongoing and unacceptable dangers faced by their staff are a grave issue, nurses’ union Pasyno said on Monday, laying the blame with the ministries of labour and justice as well ...

Cyprus airspace is safe and passengers do not need to fear travelling to the island, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said. The Republic is strictly enforcing any updates it receives from ...

A school facility in Larnaca intended to be used as temporary accommodation for foreign nationals fleeing from Lebanon has been hit by racist vandals, it was reported on Monday. Meanwhile, ...

A flight to evacuate Cypriot nationals from Lebanon, operated with a Lebanese carrier, is planned for late Friday night, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Friday. The additional Middle ...

Fears were mounting on Friday that the cost of essential goods, which started rising even before the termination of VAT relief measures, will be catapulted even higher in the event ...

Seabed surveys for the Cyprus-Greece leg of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) will imminently proceed upon receipt of instructions from the providing company [Admie], the energy minister stated on Wednesday. ...

Criminal court proceedings in the case of the 49-year-old German broker accused of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north have been postponed for a second time. The case hearing ...

Cyprus is sending aid to Greece to deal with the forest fires in Greece, it was reported on Wednesday. In its announcement, the Forestry Department stated that after consultation with ...

Twelve flights in total had been diverted to Cyprus from destinations in the Middle East, carrying a total of 1,858 passengers, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos announced on Wednesday. Of these totals, ...

The likelihood of Cyprus being accidentally hit by missile launches from the Middle East is slim, though it cannot be completely ruled out, a military expert told the Cyprus News ...

Five out of ten flights diverted from the EU to Larnaca Airport, originally bound for Israel, resumed their departures on Wednesday. These flights had been rerouted from Tel Aviv due ...

Cyprus’ new police chief Themistos Arnaoutis was sworn in on Monday afternoon, along with new deputy chief Panikos Stavrou, after President Nikos Christodoulides fired its leadership over the escape of ...

Convicted escaped murderer, 42-year-old Doros Theofanous, was back at the Central Prisons in an isolation cell on Monday. The convicted double murderer was returned to prison shortly after 11am while ...

The government expects the police force to come up with a “roadmap” for improvements after its two chief officers were fired, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. The police ...

The Green Party has raised concerns about the government’s decision to eliminate relief measures, such as electricity subsidies and reduced VAT on essential goods, starting in October, amidst high ...

The decision to run an alternative education pilot programme for students with severe socio-educational challenges from premises of the Pancyprian Gymnasium became a subject of debate and consternation on Friday. ...

China has decided to abolish visa requirements for Cypriot nationals, it was reported on Friday. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the move to President Nikos Christodoulides during a meeting ...

Police investigations are continuing intensively on Friday to locate 42-year-old convicted double-murderer Theodoros Theofanous. According to police spokesman Christos Andreou, the possibility that Theofanous aimed to cross to the north, ...