Govt to set maximum price for water at airports
The government on Wednesday announced its approval of a bill which would give it the power to set the maximum price of some products, including bottled water, at airports and ...
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Financial aid for Limassol and Kormakitis storm victims
The government on Wednesday decided to send financial aid to those affected by storms in Limassol and the village of Kormakitis earlier this year.
Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Interior ...
Measles toddler ‘out of danger’
A three-year-old child who contracted measles is “out of danger” and in a “good condition” under treatment at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia, the hospital’s paediatric department director Avraam ...
Auditor-general brands Christodoulides’ reform plans ‘legally impossible’
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday described a planned separation of his powers set out by President Nikos Christodoulides as “legally impossible”.
In a post on X, he said the Audit ...
Grandfather jailed for shooting cable thief
An 82-year-old grandfather was jailed on Wednesday for shooting a man who was attempting to steal electricity cables from his house last June.
He was sentenced at the Limassol criminal ...
Austria throws weight behind Cyprus’ safe Syria plan
The Austrian government on Wednesday threw its weight behind Cyprus’ plan to declare parts of Syria safe to return migrants.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesperson for the Austrian ...
Tatar: If they cannot see the realities of Cyprus, it’s not our fault
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said it is not his fault if people “cannot see the realities of Cyprus”.
Speaking during a trip to the German capital Berlin, ...
Swedes deny support for Cyprus’ safe Syria plan
The Swedish government on Tuesday refuted the Cypriot interior ministry’s claim it had offered “significant support” for the plan to declare parts of Syria safe.
The interior ministry had ...
‘We’re still working on it’ – diplomats on prospects for peace in Cyprus
Diplomats past and present convened on Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and discuss prospects for peace in ...
Footpaths to be resurfaced in Nicosia’s old town
Footpaths at the southern end of Ledra Street and on the pavement of adjacent Fokionos street inside Nicosia’s old town are to be resurfaced this weekend.
The Nicosia Municipality ...
Govt commits to building new schools in Larnaca
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou committed her ministry to building new schools and upgrading existing ones in the town and district of Larnaca.
Speaking during a visit to the town’s ...
Christodoulides thanks Slovakia for ‘long-term’ Cyprob support
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday thanked Slovakia for the country’s “long-term” support regarding the Cyprus problem.
He was speaking at a meeting with Slovakia’s Parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini ...
North’s authorities ‘did not even call’ relatives of washed up body
The son of a man whose body was found washed up on the north’s coast last month said on Tuesday the north’s authorities “did not even call” him ...
‘MP’ demands law change as journalist trial postponed again
A Turkish Cypriot MP demanded the north’s law on military crimes be changed after the trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir was postponed again on Monday.
Kismir stands ...
High-ranking civil servant arrested after mass brawl in north
A high-ranking civil servant in the north was arrested on Monday night as part of the police’s investigations into a mass brawl which took place in Nicosia’s old ...
Cyprus problem ‘is still solvable’
The Cyprus problem “is still solvable”, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s head Colin Stewart said on Monday.
Speaking at an event at the Ledra Palace hotel ...
Ioannou implores EU to consider parts of Syria safe
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday implored his European Union counterparts to re-evaluate the status of parts of Syria and consider parts of the war-torn country as “safe”.
Speaking at ...
North ‘govt’ postpones air traffic control strike (Update 2)
The north’s ‘government’ on Monday night ordered a 60-day suspension of strike activity at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after air traffic control staff had walked out earlier in the evening.
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Greek Cypriot back in north court after sexual assault
The Greek Cypriot arrested in the north for sexually assaulting a male hitchhiker appeared in court in the north for the second time on Monday.
The man, aged 69, reportedly sexually ...
Over 70% in north overweight or obese
Over 70 per cent of people in the north are overweight or obese, the north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek said on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion of World Obesity Day, ...
Tatar decries UN Resolution 186 on Unficyp anniversary
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday decried the United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 on the anniversary of its passage.
The resolution, which passed through the Security Council on March 4, 1964, ...
Zahra street fight suspects ‘were handing out golf clubs’
Two of the suspects accused of being a part of a mass brawl which took place on Zahra street in Nicosia’s old town in the north “were handing out ...
Greens include Turkish Cypriot on Euro-election ballot
The Green party has included a Turkish Cypriot, Oz Karahan, on its ballot for June’s European elections.
They have become only the second political party represented in parliament to ...
One in three Cypriots ‘is overweight’
One in three Cypriots is overweight, the Cyprus Association of Dietitians and Nutritionists said on Sunday.
Ahead of Monday’s World Obesity Day, the association released a set of statistics ...