Jean Christou

Another €35 million is being allocated in subsidies for people to upgrade their homes to be more energy efficient following the success of the previous round of grants which clocked up ...

The subsidy for the cost of electricity consumption from September 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023 amounted to €58.4 million, the finance ministry said on Thursday. In an announcement, the ministry said that it had ...

Reservoirs are less full than last year despite frequent rain over the past week, with total reserves standing at 67.2 per cent compared with 75.9 per cent this time last year, the ...

The cost of the presidential elections is estimated at €7 million based on the appropriations included in the interior ministry’s 2023 budget. This was up from €5.2m for the 2018 presidential elections. ...

Archbishop Georgios is open to lifting the 2015 excommunication of theologian Andreas Pitsillides if he withdraws “his heretical views” on the Orthodox faith, it was reported on Thursday. According to ‘sources’ ...

The mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) will from this week be extended for a period of one year instead of the usual six months, the Cyprus ...

The inauguration of the VLPG consortium’s LPG terminal at Vasiliko is not only a boost to the island’s energy hub but was the final step in removing oil ...

An inter-ministerial meeting is to be held in the coming weeks to look at outstanding issues of concern to nine communities in the region of Vasiliko energy hub, President Nicos ...

A bronze statue, one of several created by artist Yiota Ioannidou that are installed at various public spaces in Paphos has been stolen, it emerged on Sunday. ‘The girl with ...

Support for party-backed independent Nikos Christodoulides has slipped in the past month while the other two main candidates, Disy’s Averof Neophytou and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis have gained, according to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday ‘challenged’ UN Special Representative Colin Stewart to deny or confirm negative comments the latter allegedly made about the Greek Cypriot side, as the UN itself ...

The organisation representing large families on Friday sent a message to presidential candidates asking that the island’s “tragic” demographic situation be treated as a national problem before it’s ...

Unrest at the electricity authority (EAC) was averted on Friday during a marathon meeting where stakeholders thrashed out a basic deal on outstanding issues to be firmed up by the ...

The price of holidays from Britain has risen by 44 per cent in the last year, including to Cyprus, which has gone up 15 per cent, it emerged on Thursday. Air tickets ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday accused US news network CBS of promulgating old news after its 60 Minutes programme this week pointed the finger at Cyprus as “one of the ...

A Memorandum of Understanding in the field of digital transformation between Cyprus and Austria was signed on Thursday at the presidential palace, by the deputy minister of research, innovation and ...

Bishop of Morphou Neophytos announced on Friday he would not be attending Sunday’s enthronement for the newly-elected archbishop, Giorgios of Paphos but he conveyed his best wishes to the ...

There is information and testimonies that may lead to the recovery of the remains of more missing persons in 2023 after a particularly bad year in 2022, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said ...

The transport ministry will in the coming days launch a tender process to secure 125 smart traffic lights that will be deployed at key spots in Nicosia and Limassol to ease ...

A 27-year-old man has been arrested for extortion after allegedly tricking two people into paying €6,000 for a two-week private cruise around the Greek islands but directing them instead to a ...

2022 in review: more migrants are coming than are being processed or sent back and authorities can’t keep up Migration is a polarising topic, although it’s probably fair to ...

A railway is much more feasible an option for Cyprus than tram systems, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Monday in an interview giving an overview of a number of ...

The latest poll on the presidential elections appears to show that since October, favourite, Nikos Christodoulides has seen a slight drop in support while Andreas Mavroyiannis’ support has grown. However, ...

Cyprus was disappointed that no agreement was reached in Brussels on Friday with regard to a proposed regulation to address situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum, ...