James Morphakis

Disy MP Nikos Georgiou tabled nine questions to Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on the need for, and the process behind, the appointment of Nikos Tornaritis as special envoy for the ...

Akel has requested the anti-corruption authority investigate claims by former energy minister George Papanastasiou that political interference and vested interests are delaying the construction of the Vasiliko natural gas terminal. ...

Cyprus needs to cut bureaucracy, United States Ambassador John Breslow said on Friday warning that the departure of even a single American company over investment barriers is “an avoidable loss”. ...

Elam on Friday called on Real Madrid to cancel a youth football camp planned for the occupied north, months after Barcelona withdrew from a similar event following Greek Cypriot complaints ...

Some 13,000 civil service employees take sick leave every year, according to finance ministry figures made public on Friday. At the same time, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos acknowledged that such an ...

Two Byzantine icons looted after the Turkish invasion in 1974 have been officially handed to the Bishopric of Morphou, completing their return to Cyprus after more than five decades. The icons ...

Real Madrid came from behind to beat AEK Athens 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Federico Valverde scoring in stoppage time to complete a late victory. AEK made ...

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran contributed to Republican losses in the midterm elections, agreeing with Vice President JD Vance’s assessment of the defeat, ...

Turkey on Wednesday rejected the European Commission’s criticism of its policies in Cyprus, accusing the EU of adopting the positions of Greece and the Republic. In a statement responding ...

Two historic churches in Karavas, dating back to the early and mid-19th century, have undergone restoration through the cooperation of Greek and Turkish Cypriot specialists, alongside work to restore ...

The criminal code dating back to 1929 that still criminalises railway offences that Cyprus no longer possess and regulates how far a horse may protrude from a cart is facing a ...

The Supreme Court has annulled an order allowing police to retain CCTV footage from the Avakoum monastery, ruling on Wednesday that it was issued without legal authority and in excess ...

Singer George Perris will represent Cyprus at the 71st Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas, Bulgaria next year, CyBC announced on Wednesday. CyBC has opened a call for original entries from ...

Real Madrid is close to signing JJ Gabriel, the 16-year-old Manchester United forward of Cypriot origin, dependent on him obtaining an EU passport. Madrid have offered him a multi-year contract ...

MPs on the House environment committee raised concerns on Wednesday over the planned relocation of an asphalt plant from Dhali to Mitsero, citing possible effects on public health and the ...

House president Annita Demetriou described Eleftherios Venizelos as a leader who “transcended the time limits of his era”, in an address to an Athens conference on Tuesday. The conference, organised ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has accused President Nikos Christodoulides of bringing his 19 proposals in order to push aside the original seven put forward by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In ...

The Euroleague has approved the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol as the home venue for Maccabi Tel Aviv’s games this season. Maccabi will play there from the 11th matchday, ...

A row over the leak of a classified document on a new presidential armoured limousine led MPs on the House institutions committee on Wednesday to examine how government departments mark ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Wednesday that one centre offering medical treatments that should only be provided in licensed private hospitals has been reported to the police. Speaking at ...

By James Morphakis Kyrenia municipality will ask for its own meeting with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin, after Famagusta and Morphou secured talks with her, mayor Akis Violaris said. Violaris ...

The Pancyprian federation of patients’ associations and friends (Pasykaf) urged men on Wednesday to seek early screening for prostate cancer, which accounts for more than a quarter of all cancers ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday told UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin of his “strong dissatisfaction” at her meeting earlier in the day with Turkey’s ambassador to the occupied north. ...

Construction companies have not applied to bring in Egyptian workers under the intergovernmental labour scheme, the ministry said on Tuesday, rejecting suggestions from the sector that the government alone is ...