Iole Damaskinos

Dealers are legally obligated to replace faulty Takata airbags free of charge, the director of the road transport department, Andreas Louka, said on Wednesday. This comes as the consumer protection ...

The prison guards’ union (Pasydy branch) on Wednesday refuted accusations after inmates in an open letter to President Nikos Christodoulides, decried the “deplorable” conditions in the country’s main prison. “...

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) had no legal impetus to block the purchase of a medical facility by a US investor, the agency said on Wednesday. Commission ...

Limassol police were on heightened alert on Wednesday after a hand grenade was discovered in a building in Germasogeia. According to initial information, a member of the public discovered the ...

Reports of the death of a six-year-old child on Monday, sent from Paphos general hospital to Nicosia for treatment, prompted a severe response from the district’s mayor, who reiterated ...

UN Assistant General Secretary Rosemary DiCarlo will visit Cyprus at the start of the new year, government sources confirmed on Monday. DiCarlo met Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos in Doha, Qatar ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called for an orderly political transition in Syria in the wake of rebels seizing Damascus and ousting President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war ...

Paphos police on Monday are investigating the circumstances which led to the injury of a 76-year-old nursing home resident, while the deputy welfare ministry called for immediate information on the ...

The saga of the scandal-struck monastery of Osios Avakoum in Fterikoudi entered its final chapter this week, with the Holy Synod ruling in favour of upholding the disgraced monks’ defrocking. ...

Primary teacher’s union (Poed) said it was on board with teacher evaluations as long as these were conducted fairly and offer opportunities for professional growth. The union said on ...

A vehicle in fire Strovolos is being investigated by Nicosia police on Friday morning. According to the police, the fire broke out around 2am in a vehicle parked under an ...

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was recorded overnight by the geological survey department of the Ministry of Agriculture. The earthquake which happened on Thursday night at 10.53pm was ...

Around 400 buildings in Limassol have received warning letters that they need repairs, while 130 have been declared dangerous, it emerged on Friday, hours after parts of a balcony collapsed overnight damaging ...

Opposition party Akel is bent on taxing banks’ historically high profits on Thursday, while critics argue the move intended to effect social justice is misguided. Member of the House finance ...

Consultations on financial incentives for public doctors are to be rediscussed at the health ministry on Thursday. Doctors’ unions Pasyki and Pasydy are to meet once more with Health Minister ...

Limassol police on Thursday are investigating shots fired in the early hours at a vehicle in Moutayaka. According to the police, an unknown person at 1.10am fired shots at a ...

Police made a second arrest for an investigated case involving a large quantity of cannabis. The drug was seized three months ago in Nicosia by officers who intercepted the car ...

Police made two arrests after incidents of violence at the end of the football match between Apollon and Ethnikos Achnas on Wednesday. According to the police, the incidents happened while ...

Troubles in the hotel industry, as well as the construction sector, have been smoothed over, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday, after a cabinet meeting. Days of unrest in ...

No further yellow weather warning was issued for Wednesday afternoon the meteorological service said, after Cyprus received what it described as ‘beneficial rainfall’. Met service head Michalis Mouskos said overall ...

Flooded trailer classrooms at a Larnaca public high school prompted the head of the secondary school parents’ association to issue a slew of complaints on Wednesday. Kostas Kosta said flooding ...

Improving the quality of life for Greek Cypriots living in areas of the north is a priority, government spokesman Konstatinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. “Upgrading the living conditions for Greek ...

The whole industry is back to work, general secretary of the Peo union construction workers’ branch said on Wednesday. He said that out of a total of 560 ready-mix concrete workers 480 ...

Crews had been working to restore power through medium voltage cables in individual properties in Sotira, Frenaros and Ayia Napa since early morning, the electricity authority (EAC) said on Wednesday. ...