Jean Christou

The UN Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate for the peacekeeping force in Cyprus Unficyp until July 31, 2022 but expressed regret over the lack of progress in restarting formal negotiations, ...

A bill for the creation of an independent anti-corruption authority is expected to go to the plenum on February 3 with discussions at the House legal committee due to wrap up ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved three bills aimed at a faster transition to the green economy, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides announced. Speaking after the meeting, Pilides said the bills provide ...

The dismantling of the last remaining ExxonMobil oil storage facilities will be completed by the end of March, Larnaca municipality said on Wednesday. The work, being carried out by Petrolina, ...

The cabinet on Wednesday announced, as expected, that the test to stay’ programme being implemented in schools would be extended to health professionals in public and private hospitals, police and ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a special €1.5 million plan to support local authorities in creating appropriate facilities for the temporary care of stray dogs. The proposed plan aims at providing ...

Increases in basic salaries in January through the Cost of Living Allowance (Cola) are an absolute necessity given the current spike in the price of energy, goods and services, unions ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Wednesday discussed ways of dealing with “Turkish provocations and aggression” with his Greek counterpart Nicos Dendias in Athens before meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. ...

The Federation of Environmental Organisations (Opok) said on Wednesday that a flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) was found dead on Monday night, within the protected area of ​​the Natura 2000 Network Special Conservation ...

The possibility of securing a negotiated settlement in Cyprus has continued to fall from an already low level, and without decisive action, the continuing dynamics in and around Cyprus could ...

Around 130 Turkish Cypriots will be interviewed on Tuesday for jobs in the Republic under a recent deal between the main trade unions on both sides to help ease labour shortages, ...

The 44-year-old, who was detained for six days in connection with a hit-and-run in which a 60-year-old woman died has been referred by the Paphos court for trial on February 3. ...

The Bank of Cyprus Borrowers Association (Syprodat) on Monday called for an immediate reaction from the central bank and from parliament over plans by the commercial banks to hike their ...

Over 4,000 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The first phase of the plan was implemented on December 20, 2021, and will run ...

A first of its kind study on the levels of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among Cypriots who had Covid-19 has been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Medicine. The study ...

The family of a four-year-old boy with a rare cancer are racing to put together the remainder of the money they need to take their son to America to take ...

No cases of the Covid Omicron variant found so far in Cyprus have needed hospitalisation, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Sunday during a visit to the Famagusta reference hospital. ...

South Africa’s Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, visited Cyprus on a number of occasions more than a decade ago when he chaired a group of global peacemakers ...

The Cyprus issue, ongoing Turkish provocations, regional developments, the pandemic and Cyprus-Israel cooperation in the fields of defence and security, were among the topics discussed during Tuesday’s meeting between ...

Gesy treatment begins with your GP referral – a very dangerous situation when an emergency combines with an unavailable doctor You’ve spent two nights in excruciating pain. Come the third ...

Cyprus could be a ‘workshop of fraternity’, Pope says By Jean Christou and Jonathan Shkurko Pope Francis on Friday wished that Cyprus, an island “marked by a painful division” become ...

Pope Francis on Friday spoke of reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church during his visit with Archbishop Chrysostomos and the Holy Synod in Nicosia. “It is my ...

Forestry department personnel on Wednesday announced they would be staging a three-hour work stoppage on Thursday over understaffing and would protest outside the finance ministry followed by a march to ...