James Morphakis

Cyprus’ aging population and declining birth rate is a “a national responsibility” which must be addressed, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Friday. Speaking at a health conference in Nicosia, ...

MPs on the House defence committee demanded on Thursday the government find new sites for the Kalo Chorio firing range in Larnaca, citing risks to nearby homes and a wildfire ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou has withdrawn from the contest for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, leaving Averof Neophytou and George Pamboridis to compete for it. Consultations had begun earlier in ...

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, known in financial circles as “the Bursa”, is considering a bid for the Cyprus stock exchange (CSE), according to Israeli media reports. A source close ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou has withdrawn from the contest for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, according to reports from Pindarou on Thursday, leaving Averof Neophytou and George Pamborides to compete ...

MPs on the House audit committee called on Thursday for an independent expert to decide on the fate of the former Othello cinema in Engomi, Nicosia, after hearing that shops ...

The Cabinet approved on Thursday the recruitment of 400 contract non-commissioned officers (NCOs) from among the National Guard’s contract soldiers (Syop). Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said appointments will follow the ...

Hosting Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Euroleague home games in Limassol will require some 500 police officers, according to the president of Isostita’s (Equality) police union branch, Nikos Loizides. Speaking to ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou described the reaction of teachers’ organisations to the government’s new appointment system as “excessive” on Thursday, hours before a planned protest outside the presidential palace ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou congratulated Marina Neophytou on Thursday after she became the first woman to be elected rector of the University of Cyprus. In her statement issued on the ...

Police launched a search on Thursday for a man who allegedly stabbed another individual at a construction site in Mouttayiaka, Limassol. According to Limassol police, the incident, which involved two ...

The first half hour of Severance’s pilot may mislead the viewer to mistake the show as workplace satire for prestige television. However, should one commit, Dan Erickson’s magnum ...

A bicommunal digital project has documented more than 2,000 words in both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot dialects, while using games and AI to keep the island’s linguistic heritage alive ...

Despite Cyprus having the world’s highest rate of voluntary unpaid blood donation relative to its population, recent shortages show the need to ensure a steady supply throughout the year, ...

The pancyprian association of cancer patients and friends (Pasykaf) has stood beside patients and their families for four decades, Deputy Social Welfare Minister Tina Pavlou said on Friday. Pavlou said ...

Primary school pupils from Paphos and Yeroskipou will visit an animal shelter in Achelia on Tuesday to mark World Animal Day, the animal welfare commissioner’s office announced on Friday. ...

The technical chamber (Etek) expects revised legislation on dangerous buildings by the end of the year, its secretary general, Andreas Theodotou, said on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony ...

A second Israeli basketball club has made contact about relocating its home games to Cyprus, club owner Matan Adelson confirmed on Friday, days after a similar request from Maccabi Tel ...

The Nicosia Kids Festival, organised by the Cyfield Group, will return to the Old GSP Square on Sunday, October 18, following a first edition that drew more than 6,000 visitors. The event, ...

The presidential palace sought on Friday to calm a public dispute between Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos, with a meeting between the two left open once ...

Students with a migrant background scored higher than their Cypriot peers across reading, mathematics and science in the latest PISA survey, according to results presented by the education ministry on ...

The labour inspection service will carry out checks across the construction industry next month, targeting undeclared workers. The inspection service said the campaign was intended to raise awareness among employers ...

Cyprus will not accept a partial solution to the Cyprus problem, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Friday. Speaking during a Kyrenia district council meeting discussing the ongoing consequences of ...

The Fiscal Council has warned that Cyprus’s public wage bill remains one of the clearest strains on the state budget, even as it described the economy as broadly resilient. ...