Nikolaos Prakas

The House institutions committee agreed on Wednesday that high-level civil servants and people applying for tenders should file a capital statement (pothen esches). In his statements after the end of ...

Three men were remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District Court on Tuesday on suspicion of having aided 50 migrants enter Cyprus illegally. Police said that in the early hours ...

Police on Tuesday are investigating an explosion in a vehicle parked outside a home in Limassol. The car was parked outside the home of the 53-year-old owner of the vehicle ...

Use of all types of synthetic drugs is on the rise across Europe, including Cyprus, according to the European Drug Report 2023, which was presented on Monday by the Cyprus Addiction ...

Seven people were arrested in what has been described as a foiled terrorist plot on Israeli targets in Limassol, while one has escaped abroad, after having entered from the north, ...

The University of Cyprus (UCy) will be forced to halt payments if its supplementary budget is not passed, rector Tassos Christofides said on Friday. During a visit by the house ...

Interim measures to deal with issues in the management of Turkish Cypriot properties were announced by the interior ministry on Friday, a day after more mismanagement claims surfaced during a ...

Failing to stick to criteria in existing legislation has led to varying decisions being made on a case-by-case basis in usage of Turkish Cypriot properties, the audit office said on ...

Four years after the tragic events surrounding the serial killer ‘Orestis’ Metaxas, a documentary is being made to shed light on those affected by his crimes in which the bodies ...

Dozens of Syrian migrants arrived in the Famagusta area overnight on Thursday, police said following an operation to tow their boat safely to shore. According to police, a total of 37 ...

The foreign and local experts that will undertake investigations in the controversial ‘golden passports’ issue have been named by the independent authority against corruption in an announcement on Thursday. According ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday responded to harsh criticism by opposition parties about his 100 days in office speech saying he didn’t expect anything different. In statements outside a conference ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday presented the support plan ‘ktiZO’ for renovation and new apartments at refugee housing estates. Speaking at the conference, Ioannou announced that the non-profit organisation ...

Limassol district court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit filed by depositors in the former Laiki Bank against the state in relation to the haircut on deposits in 2013. The attorney general’...

Understaffing and a lack of interest have left the prisons psychiatric department without fulltime employees for the past year, the justice ministry said on Tuesday, after the subject surfaced at ...

Cyprus on Tuesday along with Belgium, France, Estonia, and Hungary signed a letter of intent to jointly procure Mistral anti-aircraft missiles. The letter was signed by defence ministry permanent secretary ...

Independent and somewhat controversial MP Andreas Themistocleous has launched another complaint against the head of the Foni children’s rights NGO Anastasia Papadopoulou saying that people, who believe that she ...

Following reactions about the new sex education bill voted into law by parliament, the education ministry on Monday has released a breakdown of the curriculum that will be taught to ...

A 43-year-old man is in critical condition at Nicosia general, after he tried to cross the motorway and was hit by a car, police said on Monday. According to authorities, ...

Over 100 third country nationals were returned to their home countries over the past week, police said on Monday. According to authorities, a total of 166 people were returned, 107 went voluntarily, while 59 ...

A VAT cut on seven basic goods has led to cheaper prices and been greeted positively by consumers, especially families, the Consumer Protection Association said on Monday. The association said ...

There has been significant progress in recognising and protecting LGBT+ rights in Cyprus, the group Cyprus Diplomats for Equality said in an announcement on Friday. The group also welcomed a ...

Cyprus has demonstrated serious and sustained efforts in combatting human trafficking, despite challenges, a state department report from the United States said on Friday. According to the report, despite the ...

Only building new prisons can solve the problem of overcrowding, the Pasydy union prison guards’ branch said on Friday, a day after the justice minister announced upgrades to central prisons ...