Iole Damaskinos

The Cyprus transmission systems operator (TSO), on Tuesday clarified the reasons leading to power cuts over the weekend. It is not always possible to make accurate minute-by-minute predictions in a ...

No action can be taken on the patient privacy violation complaint filed by state health services organisation (Okypy) over the photo of the patient left unclothed at Limassol general hospital, ...

Better organisation, staffing and expansion of A&E departments will be discussed in the coming weeks with the state health services organisation (Okypy), Health Minister Popi Kanari announced late ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating a new case of fraud by scammers pretending to be doctors. The case involves a 76-year-old woman in Nicosia, who lost €8,500 to the scammers. The ...

Paphos District Court issued a four-day remand order on Monday against a 28-year-old woman involved in the burglary of a chapel. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, this is the ...

State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lambasted state health services organisation (Okypy) in a scathing statement issued on Monday calling for targeted action to ensure the viability of public hospitals. The union ...

Police on Monday are expected to request a renewal of the remand order for the 31-year-old man suspected of involvement in the death of Lesya Bykova ten days ago near ...

The government on Tuesday denied President Nikos Christodoulides interfered with the health minister’s role in a strike at Famagusta general hospital. Nursing and medical unions had announced a half-hour ...

Cyberattacks such as the one recently propagated against the land registry are fairly common, head of the police cybercrime division George Karkas said, speaking on CyBC radio on Tuesday. Experts ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO), it emerged on Tuesday, has instructed all hospitals to cut down on surgeries requiring intensive care unit (ICU) stays. The organisation stated that ICU bed ...

Secondary teacher union Oelmek and the secondary parents’ association on Monday repeated their request for twice-yearly examinations to be scrapped, in a letter addressed to the Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, ...

The safe disposal of expired and unwanted pharmaceuticals will soon be regulated by local authorities after legislators agreed to the creation of an NGO to oversee the process, Green party ...

Hundreds of cyclists on Sunday participated in a commemorative event for the volleyball youth team members who died in the Adiyanman earthquake in Turkey last month. The event, held in ...

Improvements have been made towards treatment of minorities but hate speech remains pervasive on the island, according to findings published by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on ...

The personal data protection policy implemented by Gesy has been revised, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Tuesday. According to the HIO announcement, the general health plan revision has ...

Paphos municipalities on Tuesday expressed satisfaction on the post-pandemic reboot of the wedding tourism industry. The tourist niche of civil weddings has in the past proven to be a particularly ...

The adoption of increased security around House Speaker Annita Demetriou and some of her family members, has nothing to do with her having filed a police report of fake news, ...

Consultations are due to restart next week on reinstatement of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), Sek union general secretary Andreas Matsas said on Monday. Matsas told CyBC that the fact that ...

Work safety should be taken seriously and stricter protocols promoted at all levels, an occupational health and safety expert said on Monday, speaking in the wake of the fatal train ...

A joint event will be held with Turkish Cypriot organisations on International Women’s Day, Peo union and the federation of women’s movements (Pogo) announced on Monday. The event ...

Police on Sunday night made two arrests for an attempted robbery in Nicosia, aided by members of the public who responded at the scene. According to the police, around 11pm ...

How a once-rare treat turned into something we can’t do without What is the most widespread addiction of our time? No, it’s not an illegal drug. In fact, ...

Close to thirty tonnes of rubbish were collected from the streets following the Limassol Carnival celebrations last Sunday, according to the city’s mayor. Speaking on CyBC radio on Wednesday, ...

The state should provide sufficient funding for free breakfast in all schools Equality (Isotita) union said in an official letter sent out on Wednesday. The union’s letter, which was ...