Jean Christou

The biggest pension hike in three decades was approved on Friday by the cabinet with an increase in the basic allowance by 5.94 per cent and in the supplementary amount by 1.49 ...

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a financial contribution of €10,000 from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, it announced on Friday. This donation brings Luxembourg’s financial assistance ...

The cabinet on Friday approved a bill for the creation of a registry of artists and art sponsors and associations that will go to the House for a vote shortly. ...

Paphos district court on Friday handed down suspended prison sentences to two people found guilty of stealing from churches in the district. According to police, three people, all permanent residents ...

Three people have been arrested and a fourth is being sought on suspicion of illegally issuing residency permits for domestic workers, police said on Friday. The three, two of whom ...

The 26-year-old Polish man found dead in the elevator shaft of a building under construction in Kissonerga was killed by multiple injuries after a fall from a height. The conclusions ...

The Cyprus problem in 2024 started with a bang or two, then a whimper, then another bang and wimped out again by December, mid-year coming as it did on the 50th ...

Sometimes in moments of boredom, retired old Cyprob junkies with nothing better to do and to keep themselves amused however briefly on a rainy December morning might decide to ask ...

The top issue for most Cypriots, according to a new poll, is inflation, which concerns almost two thirds of the population. The local Cypronetwork ‘barometer’ found that after inflation, 45 per ...

By Jean Christou The House on Monday voted by majority to limit cash transactions over €10,000 after the previous internation had been referred back to parliament by the president. The amended ...

Former Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides plans to remain independent of political parties in his endeavour to contest the next presidential election in 2028, he said over the weekend. Michaelides made the statement ...

Three new apps have been created to enhance the virtual tourism experience of Larnaca, the local development and promotion board announced on Monday. The first concerns a virtual tour focusing ...

The House ethics committee on Monday unanimously accepted the referral by the president of a law passed on December 5 to limit large cash transactions. The issue will now be tabled ...

The funeral will take place on Monday of veteran lawyer and former Edek MP Efstathios Efstathiou, who died on Sunday aged 88. Efstathiou served as an MP from 1985 to 1996 in the ...

A fire broke out on Monday morning in a truck being driven along the Nicosia to Limassol highway, resulting in the closure of one lane, police said. According to a ...

Farmers’ organisations on Monday said their right to cultivate their lands within the buffer zone was non-negotiable and called on the foreign ministry and the UN to resolve the issues ...

Following a coordinated manhunt, police recaptured a Swedish fugitive in the Larnaca area almost 24 hours after he escaped from a private clinic while supposedly under guard. He was found on ...

Despite progress in healthcare since the advent of Gesy in 2019, a number of gaps remain, particularly in terms of preventative medicine and long-term care, a new report shows. The 170-page ...

Cyprus will respond in the coming days as to whether it will accept Chevron’s development and production plan for the Block 12 Aphrodite gas field, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said ...

The prison employee branch of the public servants’ union (Pasydy) on Wednesday lauded changes to the prisons system, which it said would also lead to better working conditions and an ...

The Nicosia court on Wednesday postponed until March next year, the case brought against a German real estate agent charged on 44 counts related to the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has said the new infusion of €2.6 million from the EU would aid in identifying and returning the remains of the missing in 2025. Thanking the ...

A pilot AI designed to interact with the public was launched on the government’s portal on Wednesday to answer questions people may have but for now, only general social ...

Over 2,600 traffic violations were recorded nationwide during traffic stops last week, police said on Tuesday. The were offences clocked outside of the automated traffic cameras system. According to police, between ...