Tom Cleaver

The government’s current priority is “undoubtedly” mental health, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday. Speaking at the Cyprus Healthcare Conference, he pointed out that according to estimates published ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Thursday outlined a list of “problematic points” in the government’s housing policy. Speaking at a press conference, he first took credit for the positive ...

Cyprus’ capital city Nicosia is in the top five cities in Europe for coffee lovers, according to a study carried out by online shopping website Ubuy. Nicosia was ranked as ...

Gender equality commissioner Josie Christooulou on Thursday praised the Strovolos municipality for the progress it has made to boost gender equality of late. She explained that her office had prepared ...

The government on Thursday announced plans to launch an electronic platform to monitor healthcare-associated infections. A healthcare-associated infection is the technical term for an infection contracted by a patient while ...

The temporary jetty constructed by the United States forces to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza has been moved into place, the US Central Command announced on Thursday ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides branded Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s statements as “unacceptable”. Meanwhile, the Legal Service and the Anti-Corruption Authority found themselves embroiled in conflict with ...

A small crowd of people gathered in Nicosia’s central Eleftheria square on Wednesday evening to hold a vigil to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba – the ethnic cleansing ...

MPs on Wednesday derided attorney-general George Savvides’ position regarding his decision to not prosecute former police drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos for refusing to answer questions put to him by ...

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur for Varosha Piero Fassino visited the city on Wednesday, marking his second visit to Cyprus since undertaking the role. Fassino arrived ...

The Swiss government on Wednesday announced it had gifted Cyprus CHF1.05 million (€1.1m) for the construction of a voluntary return centre for migrants. The centre will be operated by the ...

The Legal Service and the Anti-Corruption Authority found themselves embroiled in conflict with one another on Wednesday over the former’s decision not to prosecute former police drug squad chief ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou kicked off Forest Protection Week at a ceremony at the Environmental information centre at the Athalassa forest park. The aim of the week is to raise ...

A woman has died in the north after being given the wrong type of blood during a transfusion. The woman was named as 56-year-old Ayla Dalgalan, a retired teacher from ...

An Israeli attack on the southern Gazan town of Rafah “cannot happen”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Monday. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Canadian counterpart Melanie ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “obviously disagree” on the issue of the Cyprus problem, but that “only dialogue can be ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is “running away from the fight” for Turkish Cypriots’ rights, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday. “The Turkish Cypriot side, which has ...

Russians in Cyprus are set to protest outside their own country’s embassy on Monday over an explosion in an apartment building in the Russian city of Belgorod which they ...

The court of appeal on Monday reduced the sentence handed down to a convicted paedophile by six months. The court found that the court of first instance had “incorrectly evaluated” ...

One of the walls at the Bank of Cyprus oncology centre has been transformed into a view of nature for the seventh year as part of its Wall Gallery platform. ...

Famagusta is currently suffering a water shortage due to a malfunction in the pipe which connects the town with the Panagra reservoir, the town’s Turkish Cypriot mayor Suleyman Ulucay ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou extolled the virtues of roses at the village of Agros’ 16th Rose Festival on Saturday. She described the festival as “a celebration which aims to highlight ...

The two monks from the Osiou Avakoum monastery who are under investigation for alleged money laundering and sexual activity with each other were paid their salaries, their lawyers said on ...

The murder of Thanasis Nicolaou “proved the existence of the deep state”, the Green Party said on Saturday. They said his mother Andriana Nicolaou was “finally vindicated” by the Limassol ...