Jean Christou

Around 70 ground staff at Paphos airport staged a lightning two-hour strike on Saturday night over possible redundancies, affecting a total of eight flights where passengers could not collect their luggage. ...

Averof Neophytou and Nikos Christodoulidis cannot bring about the changes necessary for Cyprus since both of them are part of the problem, Akel general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. Akel ...

A new formal process on the Cyprus issue can only take place on the basis of equal sovereignty, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their ...

The fire service announced on Saturday that they had extinguished a blaze in the Alassa area that broke out the day before and threatened a scrapyard and a petrol station. ...

A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after a traffic collision in Limassol on Friday night, police said. The circumstances of the accident are being ...

Nurses union Pasyno on Wednesday announced a protest outside parliament on Thursday morning to protest ongoing problems faced by the neonatal unit at Makarios hospital as deputies are set to ...

A Greek Cypriot bicommunal activist who has been held in the north for more than 20 days as Turkish Cypriot authorities contemplated charging him with espionage, was on Wednesday issued a ...

The EU needs to ensure that its Russia sanctions do not negatively impact the bloc or individual member states, especially when it comes to the shipping sector, President Nicos Anastasiades ...

Cyprus’ civil aviation authorities will have handled more than 1,200 flights per day within the Nicosia flight information region (FIR) with zero delays, the transport ministry said on Saturday. Although not ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and the government on Saturday welcomed the State Department’s announcement that the US would completely lift the arms embargo on Cyprus, imposed in 1987. In a post ...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Cyprus’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a Stable Outlook saying the rating was underpinned by governance indicators and GDP per capita levels ...

The transport ministry on Thursday announced direct air connection to three Saudi airports. The flights will start in April 2023. The first will be Larnaca–Riyadh. In July of the same ...

The government on Wednesday spun the new minimum wage in a positive light, saying that in terms of purchasing power, the €940 a month, seen by unions as inadequate, was in ...

New British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq on Wednesday said he looked forward to strengthening ties with the island as he presented his credentials to President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential ...

To mark European Mobility week, the Nicosia municipality is spearheading a cycling event and other activities on Saturday followed in the early evening by a street party. The events will ...

After many months of difficult negotiations, the EU has recognised the instrumentalisation or ‘weaponisation’ of migration by Turkey through the Green Line, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The ministry ...

The Turkish foreign ministry has made new allegations against Greece, claiming that Greek coastguard vessels on Saturday harassed the Comoros-flagged Ro-Ro ship Anatolian, and fired warning shots some 11 nautical miles ...

After the success halloumi registration as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product, the government is already preparing an official request to register the island’s second most important agricultural ...

Kindergarten teachers on Sunday blasted the education ministry for ignoring a number of issues they say has made the start of the new school year very difficult. “Despite the input ...

The Royal Bank of Scotland (Natwest UK) has given the Turkish Cypriot ‘finance ministry’ until September 15 to return its property in Kyrenia which includes the well-known Jasmine Court Hotel, media ...

MPs began discussions on Wednesday on the reform of family law which involves eight new bills in total that will see among others, the marriage age raised from 16 to 18. Justice ...

A Greek Cypriot man who was arrested in the north as a suspected spy because he was using a walkie-talkie to stay in communication with friends, has been detained for ...

A Paphos company engaged in limestone extraction has been fined €23,000 for failure to implement safety and health regulations in the workplace leading to the death of an employee and the ...

A Scottish team of urban explorers has posted a video and a plea online to save the contents of an empty mansion belonging to the late Cypriot tycoon, hotelier, Sir ...