Jean Christou

Over 17 per cent of the population in Cyprus, or 154,000 people, was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2021, the statistical office (Cystat) revealed on Thursday. This means 17,3 per cent ...

Four legal entities and four individual employers have been fined by the in Larnaca for violations of work safety regulations that resulted in injury to workers, it was announced on ...

A draft road map for how Covid-19 will be dealt with in the coming months will be discussed by the health minister and the scientific team on Friday. CNA reported ...

A Colombian ‘shaman’, extradited to Cyprus last month, who has been implicated in the death of a Latvian woman during an Ayahuasca ceremony in 2019 is to go to trial on ...

The case file on the drowning of a three-year-old girl in a hotel swimming pool on Sunday is expected to reach the attorney-general’s office by the end of the ...

The foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was “watching with concern” Turkey’s growing attempts to distort historical realities regarding the 1974 invasion. “It is widely accepted that the recent posts ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis warned on Wednesday that Ineia landowners were entitled to stage protests but not to engage in extreme behaviour or cause damage after the community leader threatened ...

The EU’s approval of the first Covid-19 bivalent vaccine, which will cover the original strain of the coronavirus and the Omicron variant, is expected next month, associate professor of ...

Six more companies have been fined between €6,000 and €10,000 for various workplace lapses that resulted in injury to employees, in one case an amputated arm, and in another, amputated fingers One ...

Paralimni shopkeepers say they are struggling to survive and are crying out for help and support from the government, “before it’s too late”, asking for reductions in rent, electricity ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has warned opposition parties not to start “making noises” about Germany seeking a VAT exemption on a new consumer levy on energy consumption, saying it was ...

The newly established ‘safe zone’, at the Pournara reception centre is now operational, the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) announced. The new units, installed by the EUAA, will house unaccompanied ...

The Communities in Action Initiative group, formed to combat the relocation of two asphalt factories to the area of Mitsero have welcomed views by University of Cyprus scientists that the ...

A protest was held on Sunday by residents of the Akamas village of Ineia against the contentious local plan to protect the environment, which they say has left them with ...

Police on Sunday warned the pubic for the “umpteenth time” to be more careful online after three new scam complaints were filed, bringing the total so far this month to ...

The tragedy of the Helios plane crash on August 14, 2005, in which 115 passengers and six crew members lost their lives, continues to haunt both the relatives of the victims and Cypriot ...

Sunday marks the 48th anniversary of when the Turkish military launched its second offensive on Cyprus occupying the best part of Mesaoria, Famagusta, Karpasia and Morphou. Turkish troops invaded Cyprus ...

Archaeologists have discovered that the tumulus of Laona, an ancient burial mound, has been hiding an architectural structure that was built by experienced engineers to become a lasting mega-monument, the ...

Suspended sentence for public employee found guilty in bribery case A former ministry of interior engineer has avoided jail for the second time after the Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed ...

The two rivals in Britain’s leadership race to replace Boris Johnson, foreign secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak have both pledged support for Cyprus in separate ...

Cyprus issued a total of 22,190 new residence permits in 2021, the largest number of which went to Russians, according to Eurostat figures released on Wednesday. Some 3,432 of the permits went to ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakou on Wednesday hit back at allegations by a Cypriot MEP about surveillance at the Nicosia central prisons, calling them “misinterpretations” and saying the claims were unsubstantiated. ...

The water development department on Wednesday urged consumers to conserve water as there is increased pressure on the system in some areas and it may cause problems. It said that ...

The fire department said on Wednesday that statistics published on Tuesday showing that Cyprus has the second highest percentage of professional firefighters in the EU were misleading. According to a ...