Cyprus

Lawmakers on Tuesday indicated they would reject the president’s referral of a bill they passed in late March which provides that Turkish Cypriot properties in the south must undergo ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday censured the state for refusing to provide financial assistance to nurses who also happen to be designated as displaced persons, apparently on the grounds that they became ...

Communities hosting large numbers of migrants and asylum seekers gave out another ‘SOS’ on Tuesday, complaining of rising crime, squatting and general nuisance. At the House ad hoc committee on ...

The ‘Movement Against Foreclosures’ on Tuesday expressed its disappointment at the outcome of the House finance committee the previous day, requesting the protection of borrowers within a specific framework. Deputies ...

Trade union Isotita has called on Tuesday for a freeze on raises and for stipends given for working shifts to be given to civil service employees. As the union stated ...

Cyprus and Greece have important roles to play in ensuring there are adequate energy reserves, House Speaker Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday, at the conference of EU parliament speakers (EUSC) ...

A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for assisting migrants enter Cyprus illegally. In a written statement from the police said that the man had helped ...

‘There are Eyes at the Tips of My Fingers’ is the title of the new exhibition at Exhibit8 gallery which will open in Limassol on April 28. This is the first ...

Close to two thirds of children in Cyprus face material deprivation in some demographics, with the island’s average standing at one in five, according to data released by Eurostat ...

A climber was rescued after falling in a ravine in Pissouri, Limassol, the fire service spokesperson said on Tuesday. According to Andreas Kettis, the individual was climbing a cliff in ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nick Theodoulou The blockade of Larnaca’s marina by disgruntled boat owners over a dispute of the site’s operations has been lifted, but the union ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to host on Wednesday Jordan’s Ayman Safadi, who serves as deputy prime minister and foreign minister. The foreign ministry detailed on Tuesday that Safadi will ...

Disy MP Averof Neophytou will travel to Brussels on Wednesday to take part in the 51st Session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organisation (...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Tuesday took part in a World Health Organisation (WTO) conference in Larnaca aimed at finding ways to improve the healthcare conditions for migrants and refugees. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides vowed that Cyprus will do whatever is possible to prevent further damage to the country’s reputation, adding that no one will be protected if they are ...

The president of the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) Antonis Antoniou on Tuesday used his speech at the federation’s annual general meeting to welcome the fresh start offered ...

The mother of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in Alassa back in 2005, slammed the authorities on Facebook on Tuesday in a post directly ...

The entire community council of Neo Chorio in Paphos resigned on Tuesday in protest over the planned merger of their communities into a single municipal entity under Polis Chrysochous. Its ...

The good, the bad and the ugly of travel. But mostly the picturesque. As Cyprus welcomes tourists from around the world ELENI PHILIPPOU meets some of those going in the ...

Entering a new season, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents a new series of concerts this May. Three evenings celebrating classical music and local talents are coming up next month. On ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways this week announced that there was a significant increase in passenger transport and flights in March. According to the announcement, the airline carried 25,899 passengers in ...

The director of the environment department Costas Hadjipanayiotou on Tuesday said that the coastal front of Sotira, in the Famagusta district, is in dire need of a special ecological assessment, ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a 62-year-old as part of investigations into a case of theft. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, at around 2pm on Saturday, a shop ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou on Tuesday met the ambassador of Kazakhstan Satybaldy Burshakov, with whom she discussed, among other things, the bilateral agreements between the two countries. According to a ...