Holguin to meet Disy leader
UN Secretary General personal envoy Maria Holguin, who is paying her second visit to Cyprus, will continue her contacts on the island on Thursday.
At 11.30am, she is due to ...
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New Nicosia court buildings in five years
Construction of the new Nicosia District Court buildings will be completed in five years, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday, following a House legal committee meeting.
The meeting was ...
Christodoulides visits Mount Athos
President Nikos Christodoulides is in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, where he is set to visit with Greek officials before heading to the Mount Athos monastery.
The Mount Athos monastery is known ...
Incentive plans for jobs for unemployed
Cabinet on Wednesday approved two incentive plans for the employment and training of 1,265 unemployed people.
The total budget of the two projects approved amounts to €11,694,000, with the costs divided between ...
Cabinet approves 1,000 electric car chargers
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles.
The transport ministry is responsible for dealing with implementation of the project, which is intended to encourage ...
Teen admitted to hospital with measles (updated)
A teen has contracted measles and is in hospital at Limassol general, it emerged on Tuesday, hours after two toddlers with the disease were released after completing treatment.
According to ...
Holguin has productive meetings with leaders (Update)
The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin said “a lot of ideas” had been raised at her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday.
Holguin held the meeting as ...
Netanyahu said to be behind idea of humanitarian aid corridor (Updated)
As information emerged on Monday that the idea for a humanitarian aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza was first mooted by Benjamin Netanyahu, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said it had ...
Aid for Gaza should leave from Larnaca by Sunday (Updated)
A ship laden with relief supplies for Gaza was preparing to depart Larnaca on Saturday as part of efforts to aid a population on the brink of famine.
The European ...
President and AG clash over pardoning grandfather
The attorney-general’s office is blocking President Nikos Christodoulides from pardoning an 82-year-old man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Saturday.
The man, a ...
State now free to act on monks’ sex scandal
Financial crimes taking place at Osiou Avakoum monastery are being investigated by police, where two monks were allegedly found to be having sex and receiving thousands of euros in cash ...
Tatar moves to fire education chief
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar filed a case with the ‘supreme court’ in the north to have the head of higher education committee (Yodak) Turgay Avci fired, it emerged on ...
Light rain expected on the weekend, temperatures set to rise
Isolated light rain is expected to fall in areas across the island on Saturday, the met service said, with the weather for the next three days set to be mostly ...
Nicosia to begin construction of student apartments
Construction on twenty student apartments/dormitories will begin in March in Nicosia, worth €1.9 million, the Nicosia municipality announced on Friday.
Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis and the head of the company ...
Ecclesiastical court ordered for monks in misconduct scandal (Updated)
The Holy Synod decided on Friday that two monks involved in an alleged sex and cash scandal will have to appear in front of a six-member ecclesiastical court to answer ...
Drink driver arrested at almost seven times limit
Police in Polis Chrysochous arrested a 41-year-old man found drink-driving and evading arrest, authorities said on Friday.
According to police, the man was found at around 8pm on Thursday, after ...
Security measures stepped up at Paphos cemetery
Yeroskipou municipality said on Friday it will increase security measures at the municipal cemetery following a recent spate of burglaries.
The municipality said it has strengthened the cemetery fencing and ...
Paphos man arrested for burglaries
Police arrested a 29-year-old man in Paphos, after he was found with a knife and burglary tool, authorities said on Friday.
The man was arrested on Thursday evening, after a ...
Maritime aid mission to Gaza launched (Update 3, video)
The humanitarian maritime corridor ‘Amalthea’ from Cyprus to Gaza will commence operations with a pilot mission on Friday, announced President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen from Larnaca.
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Cyprus could lower voting age to 17
Political parties and the government had reached a consensus on lowering the voting age in Cyprus to 17 instead of 18, it emerged on Thursday.
The house interior committee discussed the measure ...
Business groups oppose price caps proposal
Business associations have stated on Thursday that implementing a price cap on items sold at various locations would distort the market, following a cabinet decision to propose a bill to ...
A quarter of Cypriot children victims of bullying
One in four children in Cyprus has said they are victims of bullying in schools and online, a study has found according to non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope For Children on ...
No price hike for electricity bills
The energy regulator (Cera) on Wednesday ruled out a price increase on electricity bills.
According to a Cera board decision, “It was decided to keep in force for the year 2024 ...
President’s first year speech mere ‘sugarcoating’
Opposition political parties on Wednesday described President Nikos Christodoulides’ speech on his first year in office as underwhelming and predictable and dismissed it as an attempt to “sugarcoat the situation”.
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