Tom Cleaver

International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings upgraded Hellenic Bank’s long-term credit rating from “BB-“ to “BB+” on Friday. At the same time, the agency also set the bank’s ...

Prisoners in the north will be allowed to apply for parole earlier, as part of a temporary measure implemented by the ‘government’ to stem prison overcrowding. For a period of 90 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a telephone conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday night. The pair will discuss a number of issues, including Cyprus’ plan ...

The first widebody jet to land in the north has been able to take off after ground staff crashed a vehicle into the door of its hold. The aeroplane, an ...

The “Solar panels for all” plan will be formally announced next year, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. Papanastasiou was addressing the House finance committee and told them the ...

Ilhan Kyuchuk, Co-Chairman of pan-European centrist group the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Alde), pledged his support for Cyprus’ plan to construct a humanitarian corridor between the island ...

The installation of air conditioning units at schools is to begin in the next few days, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday. Speaking to reporters, he said air conditioning ...

President Nikos Christodoulides hailed nurses on Friday, saying the government, nurses and midwives “share a common vision” to bring out the best of the health sector. Christodoulides’ words were read ...

The transport minister was granted the power to implement ultra-low emissions zones (ULEZ) in Cyprus, after a bill was passed into law in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci called on Thursday for a merger between the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) and the neighbouring municipality in Kioneli and Yerolakkos. Speaking to Kibris Postasi ...

The trial of Kenan Ayaz, who stands accused of being a member of proscribed terrorist organisation the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is set to begin in the German city of ...

Four people and two companies have been included on the latest list of entities sanctioned by the United States due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The list was published ...

The retail price of petrol has dropped by 8.33 cents per litre after the House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to slash fuel duty on Thursday. The reduced fuel tax ...

House President Annita Demetriou called on Turkey to “contribute” to the search for missing persons in Cyprus on Thursday. She said the House of Representatives expresses its “undivided support for ...

The President of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, is set to make an official visit to Cyprus on Monday. Hoyer will be joined on the island by the newly ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou presented awards on Thursday to schools which employ the “content and language integrated learning” (CLIL) approach for second and other language education. A total of 85 primary ...

House President Annita Demetriou met on Thursday with a delegation from the Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek). Etek’s delegation was made up of its chairman Konstantinos Konstanti and director ...

The north’s Chief Police Inspector, Ali Savas Altan, was remanded in custody subject to the beginning of a trial, having been charged with taking bribes. Altan stands accused of ...

Sand and gravel from a river was used to construct the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, where 24 Turkish Cypriot children were killed in February’s earthquakes, according to a report ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu demanded the Greek Cypriot side “immediately stop work” in the buffer zone at Pyla on Wednesday. Greek Cypriot workers have entered the buffer zone ...

Half of the official population of northern Nicosia are university students, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. Harmanci was speaking at the “100th Anniversary Ankara Urban Development ...

Podiatry services are now included in Gesy for some categories of patients, as of Wednesday. The Pancypriot Association of Registered Podiatrists (Psep) said the move is “proof of the collective ...

The industrial dispute between low-wage civil servants and the government was settled “in the best possible way”, Finance Minister Permanent Secretary George Panteli said on Wednesday. Panteli was speaking after ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades doubled down on Wednesday on the issuing of €300 fines for those who run red lights. Speaking to newspaper Phileleftheros, he said “there is no question of ...