ECJ ruling scuppers Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria safe
A European Court of Justice ruling reached on Friday has scuppered Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria as safe, with a view to returning migrants to those parts of ...
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Maintenance work complete at Koma tou Yialou church
Maintenance work at the Saint Nicholas church in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris announced on ...
Christodoulides to convene National Council over informal dinner with Tatar
President Nikos Christodoulides will convene the National Council on Monday ahead of his planned informal dinner with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on October 15, ...
Cyprus becomes full member of La Francophonie
Cyprus on Saturday became a full member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie.
The country joins La Francophonie’s 54 other full members, having been an observer since 2006.
The foreign ...
Preservation of cultural heritage ‘is govt’s goal’
The preservation of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, is the government’s “strategic goal”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Sunday.
Speaking at the Klirou cultural festival in ...
Christodoulides: Everyone recognises the Greek Cypriot side’s constructive approach
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said “everyone recognises the Greek Cypriot side’s constructive approach” regarding efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.
Speaking at a memorial ceremony for Eoka fighter ...
Flights continue via Cyprus to remove people from Lebanon
Flights are continuing to and from Cyprus on Sunday to facilitate the departure of people from across the world from Lebanon and their onward journey to their countries of origin.
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‘It is our duty to learn the fate of all the missing’
Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous on Sunday said it is the government’s “duty and commitment” to ascertain the fate of all the people who went missing during Turkey’s ...
6,000 cigarettes from north confiscated from coffee shop in Aradippou
A total of 6,000 cigarettes which had been illegally transported from the north to the Republic were confiscated from a coffee shop in Aradippou, the customs department said on Sunday.
The ...
Man arrested for handing out smoke bombs at football match
A 21-year-old man was arrested after being seen on CCTV footage handing out smoke bombs to other football fans at Saturday’s football match between Ael and Ethnikos Achnas.
The ...
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Man dead after being run over by own car
A 68-year-old man from Limassol died after being run over by his own car after having parked it and failed to apply the handbrake before getting out, the police said ...
Maintenance work complete at Karpasia’s Ayios Theodoros church
Maintenance work at the Ayios Theodoros church in the Karpas peninsula village of the same name has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said.
Ktoris ...
Agros rosewater added to EU’s PGI register
The European Commission on Friday announced it had approved the addition of Agros rosewater to its Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register.
The commission described the rosewater as “an aromatic water ...
USS Wasp returns to Cyprus
The United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp returned to Cyprus on Friday, US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher said.
In a post on social media, she said the ...
Audit office reform bill to be submitted to legal service before year’s end
The bill approved by cabinet to reform the audit office, creating a new audit board, will be submitted to the legal service for legal and technical examinations before the end ...
Turkish Cypriot taxpayers ‘footing 10 million TL monthly bill’ for airport electricity
Turkish Cypriot taxpayers are paying 10 million TL (€264,620) every month to pay for Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s electricity consumption, the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s workers’ trade union El-Sen leader ...
First Green Kiosk inaugurated, will ‘raise public awareness’
The first ‘Green Kiosks in Cyprus were inaugurated on Friday, with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou saying they will not only serve as waste collection points, but will also “raise public ...
Buffer zone barbed wire still there despite promises to remove it
The barbed wire placed in Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona, and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows is still there, despite government promises to remove it, United ...
Environment commissioner’s role expanded to include animals
Environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou’s brief has been expanded to include animal welfare, the government announced on Friday.
President Nikos Christodoulides had made the decision to coincide with World Animal ...
People in north complain call to prayer is too loud and too quiet
Some people in the north are complaining that the call to prayer is too loud, while others are complaining that it is too quiet to be heard, the north’s ...
Olive oil price rises over 60% in a year, set to fall
Olive oil prices are expected to begin to fall in the coming weeks and months after a 61 per cent rise was seen between September and September last year, consumers’ association ...
‘The UN must keep its word on Cyprus problem’
The United Nations must keep its word regarding the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Thursday.
He was speaking about his plans to ...
Man arrested after crossing to north with fake passport
A man appeared in court in the north on Thursday after having been arrested in Turkey, having flown from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport after crossing to the north ...
European Commission sues Cyprus over failure to implement tax laws
The European Commission on Thursday announced that it had sued Cyprus over the country’s failure to implement European Union laws regarding corporate tax.
Cyprus has, according to the commission, ...