Eight extra days for suspected ‘spy’ in north
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 ...
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Quarry fined €23,000 for death of worker
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 ...
Scottish mansion of late Cypriot hotelier tycoon vandalised
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 ...
Dozens of students suspended over hairstyles
Dozens of students of at the Petrakis Kyprianou high school in Larnaca were suspended on Wednesday, the first day of the new academic year, for having “inappropriate haircuts”.
The incident ...
Cabinet approves one-off benefit for children aged 4-18
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a one-off subsidy of €50 to €80 per child for children aged between 4 and 18, it said.
The measure concerns those registered in the child benefit register.
She ...
Eni official’s comments on EastMed pipeline misunderstood – energy ministry
A correction was issued on Wednesday to an earlier Reuters report quoting Italian gas giant Eni’s chief operating officer (COO) as saying that the EastMed pipeline would be fully ...
Positions of Turkish side diminish prospects for new talks, GC negotiator says
The positions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership make it difficult to try to restart Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelou was quoted as saying on Sunday.
In ...
EP president due in Cyprus, says new gas find a promising development
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will be in Cyprus on Friday to discuss the latest gas find in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) among other issues during a ...
Lagarde, ECB board due in Cyprus next month
President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, will be in Cyprus next month.
This will be her second visit to the island this year.
This time the President ...
EU Council chief says Commission was late to respond to energy crisis
In a rare instance of criticism among their own, European Council President Charles Michel has said the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen has been late in responding ...
Twelve irregular migrants arrive on speedboat
Police said on Sunday that a speedboat carrying 12 irregular migrants was spotted 14 nautical miles south-west of cape Greco on Saturday.
According to police the boat travelling at high speed, showed ...
Two dummy explosive devices found in cars owned by Israeli couple
Limassol police on Saturday night found two dummy explosive devices attached to two cars owned by an Israeli couple, permanent residents of Cyprus.
According to police, the dummies were found ...
Body of man aged 21 recovered from Cape Greco
The body of a young British permanent resident of Cyprus was recovered from the sea in Cape Greco the early hours of Saturday authorities said.
According to the search and ...
Neophytou briefs minister on efforts to reinforce DRC repatriations
Immigration is developing into Cyprus’ “second national problem”, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Monday.
Speaking after a meeting with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, Neophytou, who has ...
Coronavirus: Parents and teachers to protest masks, tests in schools
Two groups, the Union of United Parents and the teachers branch of the Cyprus Equality Union, said on Monday they would stage a protest outside the presidential palace on Wednesday ...
‘Top secret’ plan for settling north post-invasion
Part of a ‘top secret’ plan on how to settle the north of the island in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion was published in Turkish Cypriot media on Wednesday.
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Presidential candidates lambast passport scheme
Several independent presidential candidates on Wednesday jumped on the bandwagon to slam the government over the findings of the auditor office report on the citizenship by investment scheme, which was ...
Larnaca to boost diving by sinking amphorae
The Larnaca tourism board is to place dozens of clay amphorae along the natural reef next to the sunken vessel LEF1, which lies one kilometre off the coast at Voroklini ...
Public’s ‘financial behaviour’ under scrutiny
The aim is to support responsible lending and responsible borrowing
Cyprus’ only credit agency believes that the inclusion of data from the widest range of categories is the only way ...
Bank of Cyprus ‘unequivocally’ rejects Lone Star’s takeover proposal (Updated)
Bank of Cyprus (BoC) said on Friday it had received and unanimously rejected “unequivocally” three unsolicited, conditional, non-binding proposals from Lone Star relating to a possible cash offer for the ...
Over 17 per cent of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2021
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 Larnaca-based companies fined for work-safety violations
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 ...
Draft Covid road map for autumn presented tomorrow
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 ...
Colombian ‘shaman’ to stand trial
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 ...