Labour minister to unveil plan for early retirement adjustment
A plan for a 12 per cent early retirement adjustment will be presented next week, Minister of Labour Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday after a meeting with the Labour Council.
The ...
Education minister holds reception for Pancyprian exam high achievers
Education minister Athena Michaelidou held a reception on Friday for the highest achievers of this years Pancyprian examinations.
Michaelidou said “it was an exceptionally important meeting for us, very pleasant, ...
Interior minister urges cooperation in migrant repatriation
Non-EU countries must be more proactive in their cooperation with repatriating irregular migrants that arrive at the bloc, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said during an EU meeting.
Speaking at the ...
Israeli national’s yellow slip revocation depends on landowners winning court case
The only way to revoke the yellow slip (MEU1 visa) given to Israeli national with an EU passport Yaacov Afik, who is building massive developments on Greek Cypriot land in ...
Man arrested in north for smuggling drugs from Republic
A man has been arrested and remanded in custody for seven days in the north after police found drugs and related paraphernalia, which had been smuggled from the Republic, in ...
Turkey-north consular assistance agreement signed
The north and Turkey signed an agreement on Thursday evening which allows citizens of the ‘TRNC’ access to Turkish consular assistance while in third countries.
The agreement was signed in ...
Limassol traffic camera network expands with four new cameras
The traffic camera network is being further expanded as from Monday Limassol is set to have a further four cameras in operation.
The police announced on Friday that the cameras ...
Christodoulides attends Cyprus Airways’ new plane unveiling
Cyprus Airways, the island’s flag-carrier airline, unveiled its two new Airbus A220 aircraft at a ceremony at Larnaca airport on Friday.
The A220 is the smallest aircraft in Airbus’...
Nicosia heat shelter to remain open for second weekend
The heat shelter in Nicosia will remain open for a second successive weekend.
The shelter, which is located at the municipal multipurpose centre near the Famagusta Gate in the walled ...
Risk of fires on red alert for eighth consecutive day
The forestry department informed the public on Friday that the risk of fires remains at the “Red Alert” level for the eighth consecutive day.
At the time of its press ...
Nicosia suburbs wake up to power cuts
Swathes of Nicosia woke up without electricity on Friday morning after power cuts hit the districts of Strovolos and Latsia.
According to the Electricity authority (EAC), the morning’s first ...
ECB survey reveals pandemic impact on household finance
The ECB this week released the latest version of its Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) report, providing insight into the financial state of households in Cyprus and the Eurozone, ...
Turkish vice president accidentally posts Eoka photo to social media
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz committed a social media faux pas on Thursday when he accompanied a celebratory tweet regarding the anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus with a ...
David Hunter found guilty of manslaughter (Update 2)
After an arduous 19 months, British pensioner David Hunter was on Friday found guilty of manslaughter.
The news was met with a wave of relief across the packed courtroom in Paphos ...
Cyprus sends planes, pharmaceuticals to fight fires in Greece
Two firefighting aircraft departed Cyprus for Greece on Friday morning with the aim of helping to fight the country’s forest fires.
The Air Tractor-type planes, which belong to the ...
International Moon Day celebrated in Nicosia
The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) is set to hold an event to celebrate International Moon Day on Friday.
Visitors to the event will have the opportunity to see a ...
Union claims police stopped workers from entering north’s power station
El-Sen, the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek)’s employees’ trade union, claimed on Friday that workers tasked with fixing faults at the Teknecik power station were prevented from doing so ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the current status quo is not and will never be accepted and cannot be the future of Cyprus, President Christodoulides said on Thursday, the 49th anniversary ...
Daughter pleads for mercy as she awaits verdict in Hunter trial
After 19 months in prison, David Hunter is expected to hear the verdict from a three-panel judge today, over the killing of his wife Janice who was suffering from cancer, which ...
Autopsy confirms child drowned to death in Paphos villa pool (Update 2)
An autopsy on Friday confirmed that drowning was the cause of death of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead at the bottom of a pool at a villa in ...
Cyprus News Digest: How public transport is to become more appealing to the public
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international.
Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...
Police arrest two in drugs case investigation
Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man on Thursday evening as part of an ongoing drugs case investigation.
According to the police, a small amount of cannabis ...
Metsola: Cyprus safer because it is in the EU
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that Cyprus is safer because it is a member of the European Union.
“Since its accession to the ...
First commercial flight departs north’s new airport terminal
The first commercial flight to depart from the new runway and terminal at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport took off on Friday morning.
The flight, operated by Pegasus Airlines, ...