Tepak Paphos campus workers to strike over travel expenses
Faculty and other staff at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak)’s Paphos campus are to strike on Thursday over unpaid travel expenses.
The workers said an agreement had been ...
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MP proposes legalising falconry
Diko MP Chrysanthos Savvides on Wednesday proposed that Cyprus legalise falconry and hunting using other birds of prey, with the aim of stemming the growth in the Paphos district’s ...
MPs put competition commission under the cosh
Members of the House ethics committee on Wednesday called on the competition commission to be harsher on companies and more vigilant in its efforts to ensure healthy competition in Cyprus’ ...
Govt ‘on right track’ to solution on ‘trapped’ property owners
The government is on the right track to be able to solve problems faced by Cyprus’ estimated 9,497 “trapped buyers”, interior ministry permanent secretary Elikkos Elia said on Wednesday.
Speaking after ...
Football clubs offer to pay a third of tax debt immediately
Five football clubs on Wednesday offered to pay a third of the tax debt they owe to the government immediately.
The proposal was made by Ael, Apoel, Apollon, Anorthosis and ...
North’s power supply in peril as Kib-Tek ‘embroiled’ in Turkey corruption scandal
The north’s energy supply may be in peril after a boat carrying fuel oil to power its power stations was seized by the Turkish authorities as part of a ...
North declares mourning period over deadly ski resort fire
The north on Tuesday night announced it would remain in a period of mourning until sunset on Wednesday following the deaths of 76 people in a fire in a hotel at ...
Tatar edges Erhurman in latest Turkish Cypriot leadership poll
Incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar leads challenger and opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman by 1.7 per cent in the latest poll to ask Turkish Cypriots who they will vote ...
Selimiye mosque ‘to be complete before Ramadan’
Renovations at northern Nicosia’s central Selimiye mosque will be complete by the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was informed on Tuesday.
He ...
Turkish Cypriots gain access to Turkey’s consular services
Turkish embassies across the world will now provide consular services to Turkish Cypriots, following the ratification of a agreement between Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot authorities by the Turkish parliament’...
Tatar calls for construction of Pyla-Arsos road to restart
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday called for construction on the planned road which would link the buffer zone village of Pyla with Arsos in the north to restart.
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Police clarify reports of ‘attacks’ on Bayraktar mosque
The police on Tuesday clarified the circumstances surrounding attacks on Nicosia’s Bayraktar mosque following media reports.
Turkey’s Anadolu Agency had reported earlier in the day that two attackers ...
Balcony collapses in Limassol tourist area
A balcony on the second floor of an apartment building in the Limassol suburb of Yermasoyia collapsed and fell on to the first-floor balcony below it on Tuesday.
The balcony ...
Prisons dept denies security issues after inmate ‘beaten with padlock’
The prisons department on Tuesday denied allegations that the new Wing 11 at the central prison has security issues after reports surfaced of an inmate being beaten with a padlock.
“We ...
Potamia suspect now says he left Pakistani national dead
The 39-year-old man arrested last week in connection with the death of 24-year-old Shoaib Khan now claims Khan was dead when he left him in Strovolos on January 6, police representative ...
Draining Mavrokolympos dam only way to solve leakage problem
The Mavrokolympos reservoir is to be fully drained of its 1.4 million cubic metres of water over the coming days to allow access to a corroded vent – the only available option ...
Tillyria residents protest for new crossing point
Residents of the Tillyria region on Saturday held a protest to demand that crossing points be opened to the Turkish Cypriot Kokkina exclave.
The demonstrators gathered in the village of ...
Republic requests north hand over Potamia death suspects
The Republic of Cyprus’ police has requested that the Turkish Cypriot authorities hand over four people named as suspects in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Pakistani national Shoaib ...
Government aims for investment at old Larnaca airport
The government is aiming for investment at and the possible future development of the old Larnaca airport, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Saturday.
Speaking during a visit to the ...
Paphos woman who put dog in bin remanded
A 30-year-old woman who stands accused of having put a dog in a rubbish bin appeared in court in Paphos on Saturday and was handed a 24-hour remand.
The woman ...
‘International community cannot accept two-state solution in Cyprus’
Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Saturday said the international community “can never accept” a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem.
Speaking at the European People’s Party’s (EPP) conference ...
Delivery driver robbed in Limassol
A 21-year-old food delivery driver was robbed in Limassol during the early hours of Saturday morning, the police said.
The man was riding an electric bicycle through the city when ...
Cyprus ‘in the final stage’ of preparation for Schengen membership
Cyprus is “in the final stage” of preparation to join Europe’s Schengen zone, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.
Speaking at a meeting of the European People’s Party ...
Americans to visit Paphos for airbase upgrade discussions
A group of experts from the US are to visit Paphos’ Andreas Papandreou airbase to discuss planned upgrades to it, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.
Speaking at a European ...