Neophytou takes swipes at rival presidential candidates
Ruling Disy’s presidential candidate Averof Neophytou took swipes at his rivals in the February 2023 elections honing in on the Cyprus issue and the energy crisis.
In an interview with ...
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Cavusoglu arrives in north, heading to Lapithos on Sunday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in the north on Saturday night for meetings with the Turkish Cypriot leadership on Monday, reports said.
Cavusoglu is due to remain in the ...
Fire at tyre processing centre under control, residents furious (Update 1)
A fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, was brought under control before midnight, the interior ...
Blaze in tyre storage area caused by shredder malfunction (Update 2 with video)
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an open area filled with old tyres at a processing centre for Vasilikos, between the villages of Kalavasos and Mari, mobilising the ...
Ancient tombs point to rich families from wealthy Cypriot community
Swedish archaeologists in cooperation with the antiquities department have excavated two burial tombs at the site of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia that they believe belonged to two rich families judging by the nature ...
New PIO director takes up duties
The new director of the government press and information office (PIO), Aliki Stylianou took up her duties on Wednesday, introduced by interior ministry permanent secretary Costas Constantinou.
The position had ...
Turkish vice president says ‘provocative actions’ by Greek Cypriot side will ‘not go unanswered’
“Provocative actions” by the Greek Cypriot side will not go unanswered, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has said following a meeting in Ankara with Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel.
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Three years on, Gesy has been fully embraced by the population, health minister says (Updated)
The number of people that have used the health service Gesy are indicative of its success, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Wednesday to mark three years since the introduction ...
Event in Protaras to address plastic usage in tourism industry
By Andrea Charalambous
As part of the project ‘Keep our Sand and Sea Plastic Free’ an event will take place on Wednesday, June 1 at Malama Beach Holiday Village, Protaras.
The ...
Hotels in Famagusta area see 80% occupancy over Kataklysmos weekend
Hotels in the Famagusta region are expected to see 80 per cent occupancy rates through local interest over the weekend of Kataklysmos, the festival of the flood, from June 10 to 13, they ...
Neophytou calls for state support to boost food production
Ruling Disy leader and presidential candidate, Averof Neophytou, on Sunday called for subsidies for producers with the highest costs as part of the support package being formulated by the government ...
Kasoulides hopes for moves soon on CBMs, Turks using Varosha as form of blackmail
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis hopes that by the summer there will be some movement on the package of confidence-building measures (CBM) saying the Greek Cypriot proposals could not be so ...
Almost 6,500 traffic fines issued in the past week
Police said on Sunday that there had been a total of 6,452 out-of-court fines for various traffic offences over the past week.
The bookings for traffic violations were carried out between 6 ...
Irregular migration up 86 per cent
Between January and April this year over 9,000 people were detected on the Eastern Mediterranean migratory route with half of these concerning Cyprus, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex ...
Labour minister remains in critical condition after surgery (update 3)
Labour minister Zeta Emilianidou remains in critical condition in an Athens hospital after lengthy surgery to treat a cerebral aneurysm, the health ministry said on Monday.
In a brief announcement ...
‘Major effort’ to track down missing unaccompanied minors (Updated)
Police on Monday said they are “sparing no effort” in locating missing persons while many resources are being given to locate the 14 unaccompanied minors who disappeared from the facilities in ...
Outlook more positive for 2023 as inflation, joblessness set to bite this year
Cyprus should expect higher joblessness and further inflation in 2022, which is also expected to impact the recovering tourism sector, but the economy should improve next year, according to the EU’...
Researchers at Cing help identify new MS biomarker
Researchers at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Cing) have helped identify a new biomarker that will contribute to the study of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
MS is a multifactorial ...
Man charged after attacking another in crash with his wife
A man has been charged for causing actual bodily harm after he allegedly attacked a driver who was involved in a road accident on Sunday with his wife.
According to ...
Coronavirus: Although some measures relaxed ministry reminds mask mandate still in place
The health ministry on Monday warned the public that the indoor mask mandate, including their use at airports, still stands except for children under 12.
“The obligation to use a mask ...
Multinational Argonaftis drill returns after two years
The multinational civil-military exercise Argonaftis 2022, will take place between May 16 and 20, the defence ministry announced on Sunday.
Argonaftis is an annual sea, air and land drill. It has not taken ...
Cyprus had at least 15 ‘dust days’ in April, latest bout to dissipate Sunday
The latest bout of dust in the atmosphere was due to dissipate on Sunday after expected light rainfall, the head of the met office said.
Kleanthis Nikolaides told CNA on ...
Mavroyiannis ‘meets all of Akel’s requirements to foment change’
Former negotiator and ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis meets all of opposition Akel’s requirements to foment change in Cyprus, the party’s general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday.
Stefanou was speaking ...
Cyprus could lose 20 per cent of tourism under EU green rules
Air travel to Cyprus by 2035 could be so prohibitive due to green commitments that the island could lose 15-20 per cent of its tourism and 1.7 per cent of its GDP ...