Jean Christou

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 ...

The first fines have been issued to businesses who have not ensured health and safety for workers whose jobs require standing for long periods, it emerged on Friday. The law ...

The cabinet on Friday at an extraordinary session was briefed on the 88 flagship goals of the government that include reforms in health, education, welfare, environmental issues and migration. According to ...

The man driving the motorcycle carrying the shooter in the murder of 34-year-old Demetris Andronikou in April was on Friday sentenced to life in prison by the Nicosia criminal court. ...

Negotiators from both sides of the divide met on Thursday night for the first time since the tripartite dinner in New York, kickstarting what is hoped will be a new ...

Major concerns were raised by BirdLife Cyprus on Friday over the approval for the construction of a new fish farming port in Pentakomos in an area important for the conservation ...

The impact of maintenance works that have closed the road linking the Baths of Aphrodite and the Fontana Amorosa beach in the Akamas national park was not properly assessed, environmentalists ...

Since last year, around 50 specially-trained professionals have been registered with ‘Family Mediation’, a new service created to provide a more human-centred rather than legalistic recourse for families in dispute. Justice ...

Announcements are expected soon from the EU that will reflect the increased interest that exists in helping to resolve the Cyprus issue, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. The president ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday arrived in Brussels where migration was set to dominate the European Union summit. The hottest discussion was expected to centre on how to deal with ...

All eyes are fixed on whether the two leaders in Cyprus will be willing and able to engage sufficiently to allow an informal five-party meeting with the three guarantor powers ...

As the two leaders may be set to revisit the often-fraught issue of new crossing points following the tripartite meeting in New York, the people of Athienou, close to the ...