James Morphakis

A residential building in the Yermasoyia area of Limassol is scheduled to be evacuated due to security concerns, local media reported on Friday. According to Phileleftheros, the apartment complex in ...

Convicted Israeli businessman Simon Aykut has been transferred to Israel to serve the remainder of his prison sentence, following a formal request under an agreement governing the transfer of prisoners ...

Dust pollution in Cyprus is a public health hazard requiring legislative action, according to pulmonologist Dr Haris Armeftis, who warned that rising concentrations are increasingly affecting both vulnerable groups and ...

Culling of pigs has begun at the first pig unit confirmed to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Palaiometocho area, Veterinary Services spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said on Friday, ...

Following recent incidents involving rainbow flags placed on Easter bonfires, the Queer Collective on Thursday said the acts reflect broader social and institutional failures. For the second consecutive year, rainbow ...

Stricter penalties targeting so called “pirate taxis” operating illegally were unanimously approved by parliament on Thursday. The amendment to regulations on taxi drivers introduces increased criminal and administrative sanctions for ...

Tourism and business bodies in Larnaca on Thursday called for the direct intervention of President Nikos Christodoulides over continued delays to the Larnaca to Dhekelia road project, citing mounting economic ...

Parliament voted on Thursday to raise the minimum age for the use of electric scooters to 17, approving a series of legislative changes while rejecting proposals to ban their use outright. ...

Journalist Makarios Drousiotis on Thursday alleged that ‘Sandy’, the woman at the centre of his allegations, was stabbed by former supreme court judge Michalakis Christodoulou, the man whom he also ...

Former Akel secretary-general Andros Kyprianou has rejected claims that he accepted a proposed compromise over the 2020 appointments of George Savvides and Savvas Angelides, dismissing assertions that the arrangement was suggested ...

The interior ministry has moved to expediate public disclosure of unsafe structures on Wednesday, as authorities examined how to prevent further fatal tragedies after two people were killed when a ...

An indefinite strike by hourly workers at the government printing office began on Wednesday, causing potential disruption to the printing of ballots for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The 22 hourly employees ...

Cyprus has recorded the highest levels of employee burnout in Europe, with new data showing elevated rates of both physical and emotional exhaustion among workers compared with other countries across ...

Police investigations into contested digital evidence in the ‘Sandy’ case continued to widen as forensic findings raised new inconsistencies. Authorities are seeking a secondary mobile phone described after forensic examination ...

Authorities are examining the public publication of approximately 1,300 buildings classified as unsafe for use, as scrutiny of structural safety intensifies following a fatal collapse in Yermasoyia that killed two people. ...

Cabinet is expected to be briefed next week on the allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, as police continue investigations into contested digital material and prepare a criminal case linked ...

Journalist and Volt parliamentary candidate Makarios Drousiotis on Tuesday linked President Nikos Christodoulides to a network he describes as the ‘Rosicrucian brotherhood’, claiming he acted as a fixer between former ...

More than 190 million crossings have been recorded at Cyprus checkpoints since their opening in 2003, according to data published on Tuesday. Figures analysed by journalist Cenk Mutluyakali for the Turkish Cypriot ...

The Bar Association on Tuesday warned it is prepared to intervene over any breach of legal confidentiality following police searches at the home and office of lawyer Nikos Clerides as ...

The interior ministry is expected to call a the technical chamber (Etek) and the civil engineers’ association to a meeting on Wednesday to determine immediate steps following the fatal collapse ...

A new Noverna Analytics survey conducted on behalf of Politis indicates that most voters see the upcoming parliamentary elections as a decisive stage in the selection of potential presidential candidates ...

Unknown individuals targeted the political office of Elam candidate Marios Pelekanos, with the building’s facade covered in black paint. According to reports issued on Monday, police were informed after ...

An autopsy is expected to be carried out on Thursday on the body of a man discovered on the coast of Akamas, as police continue efforts to establish his identity ...

Seven people were arrested during overnight police operations involving offences including drink driving, drug use, theft and assault on a police officer. According to police reports issued on Tuesday, a ...