Jean Christou

Consumers end up throwing away around one quarter of all the food they buy, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday, urging the public to try and change their habits. ...

Cyprus was committed to safeguarding its sovereignty and promoting regional cooperation, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. The minister was speaking at an event to mark Saint Nicholas Day, ...

Around 400 buildings in Limassol have received warning letters that they need repairs, while 130 have been declared dangerous, it emerged on Friday, hours after parts of a balcony collapsed overnight damaging ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday hit out at what he called the unnecessary public debate and war of words over Cyprus joining Nato. Kombos, speaking at the House foreign ...

Hundreds of housing blocks in Cyprus are dangerously unmaintained or are partially or poorly maintained to the point where they pose a hazard to residents and are a risk to ...

Police on Tuesday warned the public about the circulation of counterfeit banknotes worth €5, €10, €20 and €50. Serial numbers on the fake notes are MB6666888880 for €5 notes, MB6666888880 and PA7497803159 for €10 notes, MB66688880, ...

Three projects co-financed with the EU and worth over €35 million are in the works to address the long-standing gaps and weaknesses when it comes to support for the disabled, deputy ...

MPs will next week discuss the lack of a legal framework surrounding the growing trend of installing dashcams in vehicles and their potential use as evidence in cases of accidents ...

The Green Party on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” over a lack of care and respect by municipal workers who damaged graves in Aglandjia while pruning trees. According to ...

Internet influencers are to come under increasing scrutiny from the consumer protection service of the commerce ministry, it emerged on Friday. According to reports, the move was spelled out by ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday warned both sides in the cement workers dispute that the economy had been pushed to the limit over something that could and should have ...

Closer ties with Nato would not only render the island a pillar of security and stability in the region but would also create better conditions for a solution to the ...

Six per cent more people have submitted their tax returns before the November 30 deadline than had done so this time last year, Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markides said on Friday. Markides ...

President Nikos Christodoulides told young people on Friday the government was working on a number of initiatives to get them more involved in democratic engagement, including lowering the voting age ...

Three individuals suspected of involvement in a large drug trafficking ring appeared before the Limassol court on Friday for a re-remand hearing. The court granted a new seven-day remand to ...

The fire service is warning about the risk to lives from cluttered common areas in apartment blocks and haphazard parking outside these buildings. The warning was issued at the House ...

Projects worth more than €10 million being executed with the support of Opap Cyprus were announced by President Nikos Christodoulides at the betting group’s 55th birthday event in Nicosia. The ...

House President and Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Tuesday said she planned to table a proposal to institutionalise minimum operating levels in essential services during industrial action. The move comes ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday appealed to both sides to end the cement workers strike that has entered its fourth week without resolution. Employers and unions are negotiating a ...

Smaller municipalities are “being wronged” in the allocation of state subsidies, Polis Chrysochous said on Tuesday. Mayor Yotis Papachristofis walked out of a meeting on Monday evening with the other 13 ...

Cyprus and Greece are expected to cover a wide agenda on Wednesday during the second Intergovernmental Summit between the leaders of the two countries, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The right to a fair trial of two Cypriots jailed for their part in the so-called Dromolaxia scandal, a dodgy land deal that came under investigation in 2013, was not violated, ...

The Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) on Tuesday announced the appointment of a new director general Christos Angelides to replace Philokypros Rousounides who had held the post for the past five ...

Ahead of Black Friday at the end of this week, the consumer protection service is cautioning consumers amid the barrage of announcement and advertisements from retailers offering massive discounts. In ...