Jean Christou

As the UK keeps its distance for now from the growing conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the British bases in Cyprus say they did not participate in Israel’s ...

In taking a decision to re-open Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue to traffic, Cyprus has risked its credibility with the EU, Greens MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Thursday. Theopemptou, the chairman ...

The complete restoration of the desalination unit in Kouklia, with a capacity of 15,000 thousand cubic metres per day, is expected within August, Andreas Gregoriou, director general of the ministry of ...

A host of problems, such as large water losses, ageing networks, a failure to utilise recycled water, unequal pricing policies and the energy dependence of desalination plants, were raised at ...

President of the technical chamber Etek on Thursday said that the energy minister’s concerns about the opening up of the electricity market were reasonable and justified. In a written ...

Enormous efforts are underway by health authorities in Paphos to bring the mosquito population under control, officials said on Thursday. The identification of breeding grounds and effective ways to combat ...

Shopkeepers and residents in Strovolos have created a resistance group to oppose plans for a roundabout and widening of a road in the Nicosia suburb, saying it will destroy trade ...

Sek trade union on Wednesday accused hoteliers of trying to circumvent previously agreed modalities that form the basis of a Memorandum of Agreement leading to the renewal of a collective ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday said there is “no way” that consumer electricity bills will go up by 9.5 per cent. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he described ...

Staff at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre in Nicosia have announced a one-hour work stoppage in support of a long-time female colleague whose dismissal was described by unions as “...

The official withdrawal of a publication linked to the Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, was not a matter of censorship due to politics but to ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, George Papanastasiou is expected to announce the official launch of the e-Kalathi electronic platform on Wednesday. But it won’t be online for the ...

The vast majority of Cypriots are woefully unprepared for an emergency situation, according to data from the EU which this week urged the bloc’s population to stockpile 72 hours of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday “where there’s a will, there’s a way” as the expanded informal five-party meeting got underway at the UN building in Geneva. The ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar spoke on Tuesday about the need for cooperation and dialogue “between two states” prior to his bilateral meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the ...

The EU will not accept a two-state solution in Cyprus, European Council President Antonio Costa told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a telephone conversation, about which he then briefed President ...

The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Friday suspended three employees from the forestry department following receipt of a letter from the agriculture minister in connection with possible criminal offences related ...

Many of Larnaca’s tourist attractions are inaccessible to the disabled by their lack of wheelchair ramps, suitable parking, inadequate signage, dangerous pavements and limits on free movement caused by ...

The issue of migrant returns will be high on Cyprus’ agenda when the island assumes the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2026, deputy minister for migration ...

The Association of Public Passenger Transport Organisations (Sodem) is calling for a drop in the age limit for drivers from 21 to 18 to plug a shortage of professional bus drivers amid ...

The European Commission on Friday announced the launch of the EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community for the Academic Year 2025/26, funded under the Aid Programme. It said that ...

Lawyer Constantinos Demetriades, son of the late Lellos Demetriades, long-time mayor of Nicosia, and brother of well-known lawyer Achilleas Demetriades has died, the Cyprus Bar Association announced on Friday. The ...

Drilling work has begun in Block 5 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Friday. According to a post on social media platform X, drilling began Friday ...

More than 90 per cent of fathers, and more than 80 per cent of mothers in Cyprus work while more than three quarter of children on the island come from families owning ...