Greek Cypriot refugee hands Guterres a pleading note on plane
A Greek Cypriot refugee from Famagusta sent a handwritten note pleading with UN secretary-general to help resolve the Cyprus issue after he spotted him three rows up on a flight ...
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Fun and games for kids at the prisons
The children of convicts at the Nicosia central prisons were allowed extended visits to the facility over three days this week to spend time with their parents.
The events were ...
Most private kindergartens to stay open tomorrow despite heatwave
The vast majority of private preschools and kindergartens will remain open on Friday despite high temperatures that will force state education to close early, the association representing the private sector ...
UN agencies ramp up pressure over buffer zone migrants
The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) on Thursday said it was raising its concerns with the government of Cyprus over the “growing humanitarian situation” they are facing inside the ...
Heavy outdoor work banned from 12 to 4pm
The labour inspection department on Thursday ordered that all outdoor heavy to moderate work must cease between midday and 4pm due to extremely high temperatures.
A general amber warning is ...
Complaints to financial ombudsman on the up
Complaints to the financial ombudsman’s office rose by 20 per cent last year to 1,121, Financial Commissioner Valentina Georgiadou said on Friday.
The office is the single body for out-of-court resolution ...
Official side did not leak info during major property trial, court rules
Neither the legal service nor the police were found to have leaked information to local and foreign media in connection with a criminal case brought against a leading property developer ...
Legal challenge to protection of competition tenure put to rest
The Supreme Constitutional Court has upheld an appeals-court ruling that the second-term appointment of the former Commissioner for the Protection of Competition Loukia Christodoulou was legal, the legal service said.
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€1.5 million fines issued since GDPR introduced
Cyprus has handled over 2,500 complaints and imposed more than €1.5 million in administrative fines in the six years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, Commissioner for Personal ...
Safety checks to be stepped up at building sites
The labour inspection department plans to step up safety checks in the construction sector during the months of July, August and September, it was announced on Friday.
“The construction sector ...
Call for clarity over misleading special offers
Supermarkets that mislead the public over special offers should be named and shamed, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Friday.
President of the association Marios Drousiotis said they were asking ...
Row over Vasiliko terminal deepens
Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (Etyfa) on Friday slammed what it called the “unfortunate and desperate attempt” by the consortium constructing the beleaguered natural gas terminal at Vasiliko to “mislead public ...
Minister warns of escalating undeclared work crisis
If the issue of undeclared work is not dealt with soon, it will become a much bigger problem, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday.
The minister was speaking at ...
Lottides urges recognition of homophobic incidents as crimes
Homophobic, transphobic and biphobic incidents should not be treated as isolated incidents and should not be underestimated, Commissioner for the Administration and Protection of Human Rights, Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on ...
Cyprus considers Legal Service and justice ministry separation
A study on the framework for the separation of powers between the legal service and the justice ministry has been completed as part of a bill submitted to parliament, Justice ...
Consumers warned about internet shopping platform
The Cypriot Union of Consumers and Quality of Life has warned consumers about purchasing items from the internet platform Temu, which it says does not respect European consumer safety legislation.
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Minister slams ‘dangerous’ Elam proposal
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou has rubbished an alleged proposal by far-right Elam to give passports to migrants so they would leave the country.
Elam has denied saying any such thing, ...
House president hails 20 years since EU accession
Two decades after joining the EU, Cyprus has made “spectacular progress” when it comes to positive changes in the daily life of the population, House president Annita Demetriou said on ...
EAC poles a ‘serial killer of vultures’
Two more vultures have been killed by electrocution along the EAC network “despite the appeals and warnings of the experts”, BirdLife Cyprus said on Friday calling the electricity provider a “...
97 per cent satisfaction rate with citizens service centres
The majority of the public who use the island’s citizens service centres (KEP) have reported being served within ten minutes, a survey released by the finance ministry revealed on ...
New round of compensation coming from north’s property commission
The ‘government’ in the north has secured £68 million sterling (€79 million) to pay compensation to Greek Cypriots who applied to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) and whose claims were processed by ...
Over 5,000 work accidents, 30 deaths in three years
Thirty people lost their lives on the job since 2021 and more than 4,000 were injured in the workplace in the same period, the president of the Technical Chamber Etek said on ...
Household hazardous waste separation law incoming
Households will be obliged to separate their hazardous waste from garbage that will go to landfills as of January 2025. Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday.
“Hazardous waste such as ...
Electricity prices fell at end of 2023
Average household electricity prices in Cyprus fell to €34.5 per 100 kWh during the second half of 2023 from €37.3, but prices were higher than the previous year when the rate clocked in at €32.6 ...