James Morphakis

Dubai-based logistics group DP World, which operates the port of Limassol, replaced its chairman and chief executive on Friday, following leaked disclosures in the recently released Epstein files. Dubai authorities ...

Limassol MP Nikos Sykas filed a civil lawsuit challenging his exclusion from the party’s ballot for the May parliamentary elections and sought a temporary injunction to suspend the decision ...

Attorney-general George Savvides is reportedly examining a police file concerning suspended Paphos mayor, Phedonas Phedonos, after a four-year investigation into allegations of embezzlement, unlawful recruitment practices, and illegal handling of ...

Kiosk owners have warned the finance ministry that proposed increases in EU tobacco taxes could dramatically raise cigarette prices in Cyprus and boost smuggling from the north. In a meeting ...

One month after Charalambos Charalambous stepped down as President Nikos Christodoulides’ chief of staff, the government has yet to name a successor, with senior officials temporarily assuming responsibility for the ...

The cabinet approved legislation on Friday allowing the monitoring of telephone conversations, under strict oversight, to enable the police and intelligence services to employ phone tapping in their arsenal against ...

Private hospitals warned on Friday they will “take action” unless the government acts immediately to address a critical shortage of nurses. Speaking on CyBC radio, private hospitals association (Pasin) chairman, ...

Children of mothers who are registered as displaced persons will be allowed to vote for the local representatives-in-exile of the places where their mothers are registered at the next local ...

A second suspect has been arrested in Limassol in connection with the alleged extortion and assault of a food delivery driver, police confirmed. The Limassol district court has approved a ...

Parliament was informed on Thursday that final decisions on the future of the state fair exposition and the Sopaz area in Nicosia are underway, with plans converging on the former ...

A strategic cooperation agreement linking the Cypriot and Greek space technology ecosystems was signed on Thursday in Nicosia, marking a significant step towards closer collaboration in space research, innovation and ...

CyBC general-director Thanasis Tsokos defended Cyprus’ Eurovision 2026 entry ‘JALLA’ on Thursday, describing it as “a highly professional job” and rejecting claims that the public broadcaster acted improperly in either the ...

The family of a 72-year-old woman who died at Larnaca general hospital in the early hours of January 18 are demanding answers regarding lack of basic care and contradictory information from ...

Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said on Thursday that demands for his resignation over the disappearance of military explosives were misplaced, arguing that if every incident led automatically to a minister ...

The legal service and the police are seeking legally sound mechanisms to obtain a formal statement from Ioanna Photiou, widely known on social media as Annie Alexui, over serious public ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris said on Thursday that the suspension of operating licences held by businesses linked to criminal activity was “a key tool” in the state’s response to ...

The head of the ambulance service delivered a stark warning in parliament on Thursday over what she described as “years of state inaction and underfunding”, as the House health committee ...

Two police officers filmed having sex in a service vehicle in the industrial area of Aradippou will not face criminal prosecution, police confirmed on Thursday. Police said both the criminal ...

The EU–Mercosur trade agreement continues to hang “like a sword of Damocles over the heads of farmers”, Akel MEP Giorgos Georgiou cautioned on Wednesday, warning that recent safeguards approved ...

The abolition of the controversial social support agency moved closer on Wednesday, as the government confirmed it is preparing legislation to transfer the body’s responsibilities to the grants and ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 66-year-old man in Limassol on suspicion of extorting €32,000 from a couple under false pretences in connection with the alleged sale of agricultural land. According to ...

Health minister Neophytos Charalambides on Wednesday urged the public to await the final police report into the death of a 42-year-old woman who died two weeks after undergoing a hysterectomy ...

Water reserves in Cyprus’ reservoirs stood at just 13.8 per cent of total capacity on Wednesday, almost half the level recorded at the same time last year. Data from the water ...

Queues of more than an hour continued at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point on Wednesday, despite the recent completion of EU-funded expansion works intended to ease congestion. According to Turkish ...