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Cyprus Energy Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Marios Panayides chaired the 17th Summit of the Executive Council of East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) which unanimously approved its work programme for 2022, including ...

Cyprus Police fined 14 individuals and seven business owners for violating protective measures aiming to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson told CNA that in the last 24 hours ending ...

Cyprus is one of the countries worldwide with the lowest levels of pharmaceutical contamination in its rivers, a study of the Global Monitoring of Pharmaceuticals project showed on Tuesday. The ...

The European Commission has announced that it has approved an estimated two million euro Cypriot scheme to support private investments into innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which will contribute ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will head to Brussels on Thursday and Friday to take part in a European Union – African Union summit. Among other issues, the summit will focus on matters ...

Two cars in the parking lot of an apartment block in Limassol were set ablaze in the early hours of Tuesday, police saying it was arson. According to the police, ...

Cyprus’ National Guard and the French armed forces successfully completed the air defence exercise “Talos 2022” on Monday. The exercise was part of the bilateral defence cooperation programme, between Cyprus and ...

Cyprus skier Yianno Kouyoumdjian on Sunday finished in 42nd place out of 89 competitors in the men’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games. Kouyoumdjian, the only Cypriot at the Winter ...

Speaker of the UK House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle begins a three-day official visit to Cyprus on Monday, following an invitation by House President Annita Demetriou. It is the ...

Nine businesses and 27 individuals were fined for breaking coronavirus decrees in the 24 hours leading up to 6am on Monday as police around the island carried out 2,182. In Nicosia, eight people ...

Cyprus has been leading the way in building the link between the Middle East and Europe, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, ...

Substantial confidence-building measures (CBMs) are not made to deceive the Turkish Cypriots, President Anastasiades said Sunday, responding to statements made by the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. The president was ...

A night club owner in Larnaca was ordered to suspend operations after police found it violated COVID-19 measures. The police fined a total of 11 citizens and seven businesses, according to ...

The Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, has a working visit to Cyprus on Sunday, during which he will discuss with Foreign ...

By Athanasios Gavos Friendship and democracy bind Cyprus and the UK, the Speaker of House of Commons has said ahead of a visit to the island next week. The bilateral ...

The transformation of banks’ business model towards digitalisation and their profitability enhancement by rationalising their cost structure, while closely monitoring the underlying risks of this transformation, are the main banking ...

President Nicos Anastasiades discussed the government’s Climate Change Initiative and developments in the Cyprus problem at the ‘One Ocean’ international summit in Brest, France, on Friday. According to government ...

As a leading maritime nation, Cyprus feels responsible to accelerate the transition of shipping to a low carbon and climate-resilient industry, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, addressing the One ...

The climate crisis and developments in the Cyprus problem were at the focus of a meeting which Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades had on Friday with the US Special Presidential Envoy ...

President Nicos Anastasiades briefed on Thursday the European Council President Charles Michel on efforts to resume the Cyprus peace talks and asked for the EU’s contribution for confidence building ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend ‘test to stay’ to the National Guard. The measure is already in place in schools with the aim to keep them open in ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis is in Strasbourg to attend the informal meeting of his EU counterparts which will on Monday and Tuesday focus on the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Friday he was having intensive consultations with all stakeholders to agree on changes to be forwarded to the European Commission regarding halloumi, which was ...

The partnership between Cyprus and the US, and the prospects for regional cooperation on energy issues were discussed during a meeting Thursday in Washington between Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and ...