Iole Damaskinos

Editors of the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), attending the World Media conference organised by Emirates news agency WAM, intervened on Wednesday to remove a TRNC flag from a screen panel. ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will return to Israel on Thursday to continue discussions on how to effectively implement a humanitarian maritime corridor from the island to Gaza. The minister is ...

Four people are hopitalised in Paphos on Wednesday after a serious traffic accident on the Paphos – Polis Chrysochous road. According to police the accident happened on Tuesday around 6.30pm and ...

Businesses must stop engaging in ‘greenwashing’ because it is undermining responsible social and environmental performance, Environment Commissioner Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking at a forum on preventing greenwashing in ...

The animal party has asked for immediate intervention by the ministers of interior and agriculture following outcry after the publication of photos showing five dead foxes. “Protection of the fox ...

Migrant arrivals from Syria have doubled in the last couple of months following the outbreak of war in Gaza, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. This has meant that ...

Game service wardens fined three hunters on Sunday for transporting an assembled shotgun and for a device that produces imitation bird calls. According Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, the game ...

Paphos police on Sunday arrested two people for attempting to leave from Paphos airport with false travel documents. According to police, one was a woman bound for Vienna, Austria who ...

Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou on Monday defended a decision to construct unaccompanied minor residential units in Limassol a day after nearby residents held a protest. Residents of Yermasogeia and ...

Environmental groups call for roadworks to halt saying plan is being violated After 38 years of struggle to protect Akamas the prospects of genuine conservation of the peninsula – the only remaining ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver Police believe the 22-year-old arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in relation with the murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos helped organise the assassination ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will take part on Thursday in an atypical international humanitarian conference in Paris on means of providing aid to civilians in Gaza. He is expected to present ...

Irregularities and violations in implementing the Akamas National Park plan were raised by opposition party Akel on Wednesday, amid mounting concern expressed by environmentalists. Environmental NGOs and the Green party ...

The Dhekelia power station will continue to operate and will be modernised, according to a joint energy ministry and electricity authority (EAC) decision announced on Wednesday. Speaking to state broadcaster ...

Media freedom must be guarded and local government reforms are a means to enhance citizen participation in democracy, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. The minister was addressing a forum at ...

Nearly a third of elderly people killed in traffic accidents in Cyprus were pedestrians, a European transport safety council (ETSC) report said on Tuesday. During the three-year period from 2020 to 2022, 32 ...

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen welcomed President Nikos Christodoulides’ efforts to open a humanitarian corridor via sea to Gaza. Christodoulides, meanwhile, said EU states are supportive ...

Pelican pedestrian crossings are set to go into operation in Paphos as of Wednesday. According to an announcement by the municipality, the pelican crossings are installed at Hellados and Evagoras ...

Almost 40,000 hunters set out on Sunday for the start of the new ‘endemic game’ season. The hunters, for the first time, are required to declare their takings on the special ...

Police were on Monday continuing efforts to establish the motives for the gang-related murders of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos and Alexis Mavromichalis last week, police spokesman Christos Andreou said. Speaking to the ...

The Cyprus Theological School is contributing to the state’s long-term goal of establishing Cyprus as a regional and international centre of higher education and research, President Nikos Christodoulides said ...

Hellenic Bank employees on Monday carried out a three-hour work stoppage starting from 3pm aimed at forcing management to respect collective agreements and labour institutions. The strike was organised by ...

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Gerapetritis said there was daily contact between Greece and Cyprus on the humanitarian corridor to Gaza initiative, while Greece is meanwhile sending aid to ...

Hellenic Bank employees on Friday announced a three-hour work stoppage slated to take place on Monday. According to the announcement by bank employees’ union (Etyk), the strike will happen from 3...