E-government is supposed to make lives easier, so what’s going wrong?
Badgered, bullied and bribed by the EU to improve digitisation, online government services now pledge to simplify and improve the daily lives of the public, so why are so many ...
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Walking football club in Paphos strong and growing
In 2019, a group of mates in Paphos set up a walking football club to keep fit, meet new people and continue playing football after the age of 50.
Today, Pafos United ...
Cyprus’ sea level ‘may rise by up to one metre’
Climate change and the future of seas and oceans were discussed on Friday between European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and president of the Cyprus Institute Stavros Malas, ...
Public works defend controversial new bus stops
The public works department has defended the new project for bus stops, saying that “it is not a scandal”, although the tender was given to a bid by €6 million higher ...
Cyprus, France in joint military training exercise
France and Cyprus conducted a joint military training exercise, the French Embassy in Cyprus said on Friday.
In a post on X, the embassy said, “As part of #CLEMENCEAU25 mission, ...
Two sent to jail in drug case
Larnaca’s criminal court sentenced two men, aged 52 and 41, to seven and four years in prison respectively, for the illegal possession of drugs with the intention of selling them.
The ...
Euthanasia cannot be used on healthy animals, says commissioner
Euthanasia cannot be a tool for managing healthy animals, environment and animal welfare commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Friday.
Commenting on recent posts on social media attributed to Theodosiou, the ...
Tenth arrest over violent eviction in Oroklini
The police said on Friday they had arrested a tenth person in connection with the attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in the ...
Illegal processing of personal data raised in usurpation case
A question of illegal processing of personal data was raised on Friday at the Nicosia criminal court, during a trial within a trial in the case of a 49-year-old German ...
Local authorities in funding crisis
Municipalities are struggling to survive, president of their union Andreas Vyras said on Friday, highlighting that Cyprus has the lowest state funding for local authorities in the EU.
“It is ...
Multinational Argonaut 2025 exercise wraps up in Cyprus
The multinational civil-military cooperation exercise Argonaut 2025 concluded on Thursday after three days of manoeuvres across Cyprus’ maritime, air and land domains.
Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said the Republic of Cyprus ...
Eurostat: Cyprus’ minimum wage €1,000 gross
Cyprus is 12th among the 22 EU countries with minimum wages, having set the minimum at €1,000 gross, Eurostat announced on Thursday.
That is nearly twice that of Bulgaria and nearly a ...
Green taxes on fuel postponed till after May
Green taxes expected to come into effect in May are now being postponed, finance ministry permanent secretary Andreas Zachariades said on Thursday.
Zachariades said the carbon taxes would most likely ...
Avakoum monks’ case postponed again
The court case of two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, has been postponed yet again till May 6, as the former did not appear before the court on Wednesday.
Nektarios’ ...
Gerapetritis more optimistic than ever over Cyprus prospects
The Cyprus issue is “in full swing” at the moment and it appears to be the top non-war priority of the United Nations, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis has said.
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Man arrested in Nicosia for burglaries
A 33-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, after police found burglary tools in his possession.
The police conducted a coordinated operation in Nicosia on Wednesday and stopped the suspect for ...
Man arrested for hitting police officer with spade
A 38-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Thursday for assaulting and injuring a police officer with a spade in Limassol.
At 1am, the police responded to a ...
‘Tangible results’ in Cyprus’ bid to become financial hub, spokesman says
Cyprus’ strategic aim to turn the country into ‘a hub for innovation and financial services is being enhanced with tangible results’, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday of the ...
Explosion in Nicosia damages home entrance
An explosion at 3.30am on Thursday caused damage to a house in the Nicosia district.
The police said that around 4.15am a 54-year-old resident of a Nicosia village reported that ...
Clouds and showers to give way to clear skies, snow over the weekend
Thursday starts off cloudy with isolated showers, mainly in the west, however the weather will gradually change to mainly fine as the day progresses.
Winds will be a southwest to ...
Man arrested for drink driving car without valid documents in Paphos
A 41-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Wednesday for drink driving and other related offences.
The police said that at 10.50pm on Wednesday, the man was driving his car on ...
Conscript Thanasis Nicolaou’s remains to be handed over to family
The remains of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou, who was murdered in 2005, are to be returned to his family within seven days, Limassol district court decided on Wednesday.
Following an extremely tense ...
Police warn of yet another scam
The police have issued a warning about yet another scam, this time about scammers posing as the Cyprus Post and calling on people to pay postal fees.
The scammers inform ...
BMW dealer did not inform public of recalls, representative tells committee
Serious problems in finding and informing car owners about recalls were reported on Wednesday by the five witnesses who testified before the three-member committee examining the recalls process for cars – ...