Iole Damaskinos

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday expressed the hope that foundations will be laid in New York for the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus issue, ahead of his meeting with ...

It’s an early morning mid-week and Polis is springing to life at the leisurely, humane pace which makes the region so appealing for a certain calibre of visitor and ...

As arguments develop between municipalities and the newly created district self-governance organisations (EOAs), it emerged on Friday that the issuance of planning permits is one of the biggest problem areas. ...

The Cyprus electricity regulatory authority (Cera) convened early on Friday to approve a revised regulatory framework for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI). The meeting came after President Nikos Christodoulides met ...

A man who had been wanted for almost 20 years for his role in a fatal traffic accident is to appear before the Paphos District Court on Friday. According to the ...

Incidents of violence in and around football stadiums and how to deal with them will be discussed on Friday at a meeting of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). Meanwhile, police ...

A 25-year-old woman has been remanded in custody for three days after allegedly robbing and running down an 89-year-old man in Oroklini, Larnaca. The incident took place on Thursday afternoon. ...

The situation in Akamas remains an “open wound” two months after a parliamentary environment committee meeting that was meant to resolve the issues related to the environmentally sensitive area, the ...

The replacement of naked electricity cables in the Paphos forest and improvements to the power system at the Stavros tis Psokas forestry station are proceeding according to the set timeframe, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) should take responsibility over the violence which unfolded ahead of an Ael-Apollon match and not try to hide behind ...

Minors who had caused ire among Larnaca locals earlier in the week following incidents at an elderly nursing home where they were housed, were moved overnight to other facilities, it ...

The council of ministers will on Friday discuss a proposal to fast-track legalisation of properties for which it is difficult to obtain title deeds, by securing planning amnesty for certain ...

A cannabis haul of almost 23kg was seized in a Nicosia drug bust operation with a 29-year-old set to be brought before Nicosia District Court for the offence on Friday. ...

A motorcyclist was hospitalised in serious condition on Friday after an accident involving a car in the Mouttallos area of Paphos. According to police, the accident happened shortly before 6pm ...

A fire which broke out early on Friday in a community council vehicle in Kissonerga has been classed as arson, police said. The fire had broken out in double cab ...

A 31-year-old man was in hospital in critical condition on Friday after crashing his quadbike in Akamas. The accident happened on Thursday at around 2.45pm when, while driving on a ...

Local authorities were up in arms on Wednesday about a group of unaccompanied minors in Larnaca who have been removed from a previous facility to a state nursing home in ...

A fire broke out at in the early morning on Wednesday in an apartment at the abandoned St Nicolas complex in Chlorakas. According to the police, two fire engines rushed ...

Police in Paphos on Wednesday morning were investigating a vehicle fire that broke out in the early hours mobilising the fire department. According to the assistant police chief, Michalis Nikolaou, ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is both technically and financially viable and must go ahead, former finance minister and Disy MP Harris Georgiades said on Monday. He was speaking as ...

A decision to allow girls into the national guard when they graduate secondary school on a voluntary basis is in its final stages, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. “...

The island’s water security and the escalating water crisis in the southern Mediterranean have featured prominently of late with the specter of desertification looming large after a summer of ...

A European Union directive by which a set percentage of energy used by member state residents must be derived from an interconnected source, means Cyprus must press ahead with the ...

State services caution against panic following Paphos quakeBy Iole Damaskinos and Jonathan Shkurko An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale struck the Paphos sea area overnight, according to announcements on ...