Jean Christou

Cyprus is one of five European countries where 95 per cent or more of bathing waters were of excellent quality, the European Commission said on Friday. The waters off Cyprus consistently ...

Inland Revenue announced it had extended the deadline for submission of 2024 tax returns until September 30. Initially the deadline was July 31. The new deadline was approved by the cabinet. The obligation ...

A large-scale field exercise to deal with a major traffic accident was held by emergency services on Thursday in the Athienou-Avdellerou area in the Larnaca district, authorities announced on Friday. ...

Stabilisation works on the old road between Limassol and Paphos, near Aphrodite’s Rock (Petra tou Romiou) are expected to be completed by the end of July, Transport Minister Alexis ...

The body of a man was discovered in a field in the Ayia Napa area on Friday morning, the police said. The remains were discovered by a member of the ...

A 90-year-old woman who was hit by a car driven by an 80-year-old man as she was crossing the street in Larnaca on Thursday is said to be in serious ...

The police conducted a wide sweep of premises in Larnaca on Thursday and also stepped up traffic checks in an operation aimed at combating undeclared work and illegal residency, they ...

Firefighters in Nicosia responded to two incidents on Thursday afternoon, one involving a fire emanating from oxygen tanks stored on a roof in the suburb of Strovolos and a second ...

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulou Zannetou on Friday handed over to Migration deputy minister Nicholas Ioannides a draft bill on the modernisation of the refugee law of 2000, which is said to ...

The energy regulatory authority (Cera) has approved in principle an application from the Cyprus Transmission System Operator (TSO) to develop energy storage systems, it emerged on Friday.  The request was ...

Five vehicles were destroyed and two others damaged in a fire at an apartment block parking area in the early hours of Friday.    According to early reports, explosions were heard ...

Lithuania stands in solidarity with Cyprus’ positions on the island’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the country’s president, Gitana Nauseda said on Friday. In joint statements with President Nikos ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the bill regulating multiple pensions for state officials, removing a provision that would have taxed retirement lump sums. Following the meeting, Government Spokesman ...

Cyprus has further reinforced its system for preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing, according to the 4th Enhanced Follow-up Report published on Wednesday by Moneyval.The island is now ...

Consultations and discussions with all stakeholders are to take place over the summer on the issue of teacher evaluations, a proposal rejected by the unions at the end of May. ...

There is a need to establish a strategy to address hate speech and hate crimes, with the participation of all competent authorities and civil society with an emphasis on education, ...

Police headquarters have confirmed the authenticity of a viral video showing police officers engaging in sexual intercourse in broad daylight in a patrol car. Those involved have also been identified ...

The drug problem in the island’s schools has risen to the level of organised crime involving recruitment, trafficking and distribution and the failure to put a stop to it ...

The foreign ministers of Cyprus and Germany on Monday jointly called for a de-escalation of the crisis in the region during a meeting they had at the old Larnaca airport. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will brief the ‘parliament’ in the north on Tuesday on the Cyprus issue and the Israel-Iran war as he accused President Nikos Christodoulides of putting ...

A woman who worked as a filing clerk for the Cyprus Youth Organisation (Onek), told the Nicosia district court on Monday that it wasn’t her job to check the ...

The committee formed to lobby for the re-opening of Makarios Avenue to cars insisted on Friday it was the correct course of action and believes the EU cash that partly ...

The Green Party on Friday said it had delivered to police 33 new cases involving the usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the north. The data was delivered to CID in ...

All flights between Cyprus and Israel, both arrivals and departures, were due to be suspended on Friday in the wake of the early morning Israeli attack on Iran. According to ...