Edek proposes charging motorists €500 to cross north (Updated)
Socialist Edek on Friday suggested motorists going to the north should be required to cross with a three-quarters full tank, or pay €500, as a means of stopping them from filling ...
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President deflects inflation and interest rate questions at PWC conference
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday deflected media questions about the inflation and higher interest rates saying the government had a fiscal responsibility to safeguard the viability of the economy so ...
President to seek help of EU leaders on Cyprus problem (update 2)
President Nikos Christodoulides will seek the assistance of EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula von de Leyen as part of efforts to have a joint meeting ...
Diaspora vows continued pressure on Turkey for resolution of missing persons
Representatives of the diaspora on Thursday pledged continue to work within their respective adopted countries to keep piling the pressure on Turkey to hand over more information as regards the ...
Lack of care for road signs gives a bad impression, hoteliers say
The association of Cyprus tourist enterprises (Stek) that represents four and five-star hotels on Thursday bemoaned the state of the island’s road signs either because of graffiti or because ...
Crisis group says appointment of new UN Cyprus envoy imperative
The UN Secretary-General needs to appoint an envoy to draft a roadmap with sufficient incentives to bring both Greek and Turkish Cypriots back to the negotiating table, the International Crisis ...
Food and drink prices drive July inflation
The overall harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 2.4 per cent in July year-on-year driven by higher prices in food and non-alcoholic drinks, the statistical service said on Friday.
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Approximately 1,000 Covid cases recorded weekly in Cyprus
Around 1,000 new Covid cases per week are still being recorded in Cyprus, the health ministry said on Friday.
The director of medical services at the ministry of health, Elisavet Constantinou, ...
Britain, France and the US strongly condemn Pyla attack on UN personnel
Three permanent member countries of the UN Security Council on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on UN peacekeepers in Pyla.
The British High Commission, the French Embassy, ...
Tourist arrivals surge by 15.2 per cent in July
Tourist arrivals reached 523,718 in July 2023 compared with 454,657 in July 2022, an increase of 15.2 per cent, the statistical service announced on Thursday.
For the period of January – July 2023, arrivals totalled 2.137 million compared ...
Forestry department urges hunters to prevent forest fires
The forestry department on Thursday appealed to hunters, ahead of the season on August 20, to be especially careful not to spark forest fires.
The hunters are called on not to ...
Nicosia fares worst in bus users’ complaints
There were 3,761 passenger complaints filed across the island’s public transport sector last year – ten a day – compared with 2021 when 2,268 complaints were submitted, it was revealed on Thursday.
The figures, ...
‘Cooperate’ president tells feuding health minister and perm sec
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday scolded both his health minister Popi Kanari and her ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki over on ongoing public spat between the two, telling them ...
Grain advisory body to release 30% of reserves to offset shortages (Updated)
Cyprus is to release up to 7,000 tonnes of grains, corresponding to 30 per cent of strategic reserves, to offset shortages in supply, the Grain Advisory Committee announced after meeting on Thursday.
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AG’s office unlikely to lift MP’s immunity
The attorney-general’s office is unlikely to proceed with a request to the supreme court to lift the parliamentary immunity of controversial independent MP Andreas Themistokleous, it was reported on ...
Defendants in ‘golden passport’ case to stand trial in September
The four defendants in the ‘golden passports’ scandal exposed by Al Jazeera in October 2020, and a subsequent independent investigation, will appear again before the Nicosia court on September 12 after the ...
Feuding Kanari and Yiannaki to meet with president – report
Health Minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki, who are engaged in a public spat, are due to meet President Nikos Christodoulides either this evening or ...
Cyprus’ ice cream exports in deep freeze
Ice cream exports from Cyprus to non-EU countries have been increasing in the past four years but remain far from the quantities exported in previous years, according to Eurostat.
At ...
New heat warnings for Tuesday
Two new weather alerts were issued on Monday afternoon, an orange warning for the higher mountains and a yellow for inland regions due to high temperatures.
Both warnings will be ...
Small fire at Metropolis Mall prompts exit
Part of the Metropolis Mall in Larnaca was evacuated on Monday morning following a small fire inside one of the stores, the fire service said.
The call came at 10.41 am.
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Akel calls for immediate resumption of Cyprus talks (Updated)
Opposition Akel on Monday called for an immediate resumption of Cyprus talks in a memorandum presented to the UN as part of an event in Dherynia to mark the second ...
Instructions issued to protect workers during heatwave
With temperatures expected to hit 44C inland on Monday, all heavy outdoor work and transportation work related to deliveries, is to be suspended between 12 noon and 4pm, the labour inspection ...
Four people rescued from sea off Paphos (with video)
Four people from an unmanned vessel spotted 35 nautical miles off Paphos, were taken ashore on Sunday, one being airlifted to the A&E at Paphos hospital due to a ...
Man jailed for people-smuggling 23 migrants
A 58-year-old man was jailed for 24 months on Thursday for people-smuggling after he was found guilty of helping to bring in 23 irregular migrants in May this year in the Famagusta ...