Standoff over shop hours nearing conclusion as Supreme Court wraps up
The Supreme Court has deferred judgment having concluded hearing a case regarding a dispute between the government and the legislature on shop-opening hours. Supreme Court...
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Speeding MP’s case raises constitutional issues
THE Supreme Court’s decision to allow the prosecution of DISY MP Andreas Themistocleous for traffic offences has raised the issue of the broad protection afforded...
Erdogan: return of Morphou not on the table
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged the Turkish Cypriot leadership to stand firm in the ongoing peace talks in Cyprus, citing the proposed 2004...
Three years jail for importing a controlled substance
A 28-year-old man from Dromolaxia, Constantinos Eleftheriou, was sentenced to three years in jail by the Larnaca court on Wednesday, after he was found guilty...
Hotel workers set to announce strike action
Hotel worker unions said they will decide on Wednesday strike action citing the employers’ refusal to return to pre-crisis employment terms after a collective agreement...
Larnaca port workers to protest against decision to kick out energy giants (Update: residents rejoice)
Larnaca port workers will on Thursday stage a protest against their municipality’s decision to refuse an extension to the operation of oil and gas support...
Religious leaders pledge support for Cyprus talks
UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide, said on Wednesday he discussed with the island’s religious leaders issues concerning their institutions’ property and places of worship...
Five-day remand for suspected child molester (Updated)
The 44-year-old man from the UK who was arrested in Paphos on Tuesday evening on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor, was remanded by the...
Taxi drivers continue protests
Taxi drivers protested outside the transport ministry on Wednesday in an ongoing effort to have their demands met. A number of Nicosia urban taxi drivers...
Property transactions rise 2% in January
The number of property transactions in January rose 2 per cent to a total of 327 island-wide compared to the year before, the department of...
Expressions of interest for Cyprus Airways logo, brand name received
The finance ministry’s privatisation unit, a division set up to carry out Cyprus’s privatisations programme agreed with international creditors, said that it had received an...
Supreme Court lifts MP’s parliamentary immunity (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted the parliamentary immunity of DISY MP Andreas Themistocleous so that he could be tried for speeding offences. The application...
Info requests from audit boss to health chief fall on deaf ears
The health ministry’s medical services director Petros Matsas has failed to cooperate with the Audit Service over reports of graft among doctors and other healthcare...
‘Plenty of room at Limassol port’ energy giants told (Update 2)
The government was on Wednesday seeking to convince energy giant Total to relocate their logistics base from Larnaca port to Limassol, after Larnaca’s municipal council...
Current account deficit narrows in 2014 as FDI recovers
Cyprus’s current account deficit narrowed in 2014 to €791.5m or 4.6 per cent of gross domestic product compared to €808m or 4.5 per cent the...
Anastasiades-Akinci appeal for information on missing persons (video)
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leaders Mustafa Akinci issued a joint plea for information regarding missing persons on Wednesday, urging anyone that may have...
Government sells €50m of 30-day t-bills at a 0.36% yield
By Stelios Orphanides The government sold a total of €95m of 30-day treasury bills at an average yield of 0.36 per cent, the finance ministry’s...
Positive view among Greek Cypriots to changing history books
For the first time, the positive view among Greek Cypriots towards changing the island’s history books and creating common Greek and Turkish Cypriot schools has...
Yeroskipou votes to keep its name
The Yeroskipou municipal council decided it would not be appropriate to consider switching the municipality’s name to ‘Ieri Kipi’ (Holy Gardens) 10 months before its...
State doctors seek to be included in decision making
State doctors union PASYKI want to be included in the dialogue concerning employment issues between the ministry and hospital staff committee, its chairman Sotiris Koumas...
