Staff Reporter

Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides recommended the forced retirement of the volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki as he still receives 50 per cent of his salary, as well legal action seeking damages. The ...

Several road works on the island’s motorway system are set to be carried out throughout the next days, the Public Works department said on Wednesday. On Saturday, a 500-metres-long ...

Only one in two Cypriots agree with EU’s sanctions against Russia as opposed to a whopping 80 per cent EU average, according to the latest Eurobarometer carried out this year. ...

Two separate fires were set maliciously on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers in Kokkinotrimithia, the Fire Service said. According to an announcement released on ...

In today’s episode, MPs on Tuesday discussed the possibility of a law to cap fuel prices, a drastic move as petrol at the pump continued rising and prices are ...

Parliament has green-lit the military’s request for the acquisition of six attack helicopters from France, replacing the National Guard’s ageing fleet of Russian helicopter gunships. During a closed-doors ...

Two thirds (68 per cent) of respondents in Cyprus are prepared to pay 10 per cent more for agricultural products that are produced in a way that limits their carbon footprint, a ...

Contracts signed for the management of two beaches in Kissonerga, Paphos will generate an income exceeding €190,000 this year, leader of the Community Council George Stylianou said on Tuesday. Work has ...

The Greens on Tuesday called on the government to ban glyphosate after a scientific study showed high levels of the herbicide in the urine of school children. “The time has ...

Volunteers will start clean-up beaches across the island this Sunday in a summer campaign to promote environmental consciousness in an effort to reduce sea pollution. The Wish You Were Clean ...

A 39-year-old was remanded for six days on Tuesday for drugs possession and the intent to supply and dangerous driving in Limassol after he crashed into a police car. According ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested on Monday night in Ayia Napa for illegal possession and use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, police said on Tuesday. According to ...

A 27-year-old woman and two 19-year-olds from Paphos were arrested on Monday evening on suspicion of illegal possession of property and assault weapons, police said Tuesday. Paphos police stopped the ...

Two Nicosia residents, arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 40-year-old man earlier this month, were remanded for one day on Tuesday. The two suspects, both men aged 30 and 28, were arrested ...

Promising to campaign for the abolition of all Covid-19 measures, another independent has thrown his hat into the ring, bolstering an already crowded field of presidential hopefuls. Alexios Savvides, president ...

Sunday’s matches in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup went some way to clarifying the qualifying positions for the final stages, which will take place next month. The top two ...

In today’s episode, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has expressed his ministry’s concern with the high number of road fatalities this year after they have consistently fallen over the ...

Police are investigating theft from a bank account and securing goods under false pretenses after a British permanent resident of Paphos reported that her missing credit card had been used ...

Paphos police are investigating a burglary and the theft of passports, cash, and jewellery from a safe, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said that a little after ...

More than two million visits by foreign nationals and more than one million by Greek Cypriots were made to the north in the first five months of this year, Turkish ...

A man suspected of sexually exploiting a young woman earlier this month in Nicosia, was remanded in custody for four days on Monday, police said. During the investigation of the ...

Demonstrating residents of nine communities in the Vassiliko area on Monday blocked entry to the facility to protest the environmental degradation of the area. Holding placards reading ‘Health and safety’, ‘...

Closer trilateral ties will be promoted during meeting between officials of Greece, Cyprus and Armenia in Patra on Friday. Greece will be represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andreas ...

A total of €850 million has been paid out to farmers since 2014 from European and national funds, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. He was speaking at an apricot celebration ...