Cyprus

Lawmakers on Monday made more progress on a government bill aimed at reducing the stock of non-performing loans on banks’ books – a pledge Cyprus made to the EU in exchange ...

Travel company executive Akis Kelepeshis expects the airport and airline chaos gripping Europe to subside in the coming weeks as thousands of flights have already been cancelled and more people ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Monday announced that it will implement a voluntary retirement scheme that will seek to reduce its staff by 15 per cent, which amounts to approximately 500-600 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s much-trumpeted proposals for cooperation may have caused a row in north, but had still not been received by the Cyprus government on Monday. The ...

The archbishopric is close to getting the green light for building a five-star hotel in Geroskipou, Paphos, at an estimated cost of €100 million. Filed years ago, the initial paperwork was ...

A fire broke out on dry grass in an area between Akaki and Meniko villages at around 2pm on Monday. According to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis, the fire department ...

Employment in the broad industrial sector decreased in 2020 by 1.5 per cent to 39,100 compared to 39,700 in 2019, according to the results of the Survey on Industrial Production 2020, published by the Cyprus Statistical ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Monday said that the planned work stoppage at state hospital A&E departments is at the detriment of the public and undermines ...

Students gave touching speeches at the annual graduation ceremony of final year students at the International school of Paphos this month. In a traditional ceremony, the students, dressed in graduation ...

President Anastasiades was handed a total of €36,300 from representatives from Cyta’s trade union EPOE EOSEK and from the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinating Council at the presidential palace on Monday President ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Monday called for a united front on the government’s decision to erect barriers along the Green Line, aimed at stopping the inflow of irregular ...

Have you ever dreamed of what the world around us would be like in 30 years’ time? As things stand, logic dictates that our planet will be facing a worse fate ...

A local creative is making candles that bring ancient history into the modern home. ALIX NORMAN finds out more Vasiliki Riala is a contemporary artisan practising an age-old profession: the ...

Voroklini community leader Neophytos Fakontis on Monday criticised the executive for issuing license for the building of holiday homes too close to the beach front, thus making access for people ...

Issues relating to software changes were partly to blame for the delayed amendment of the procedures for better access to innovative treatments and medicines under the national health scheme Gesy, ...

Cyprus’ crossing points are not borders, but a temporary arrangement, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Monday, following reports regarding efforts to introduce customs checks. Turkish Cypriot authorities have ...

Calling it a ‘historic day’, President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday swore in the island’s first deputy minister of culture, Yiannis Toumazis. Anastasiades said culture is a cornerstone of identity. “...

Experts on Monday urged the elderly and vulnerable to take their fourth Covid vaccine dose (second booster) amid an increase in infections and hospitalisations. Epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis explained that while ...

The name of a senior United Nations official who will mediate in the Cyprus problem is expected to be announced in the coming days, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will take part in the Economist conference in Greece on Tuesday. He will speak during a panel titled Effective Diplomacy in Unstable Times: The European Strategy ...

In today’s episode, the percentage of flights to and from Cyprus affected by Europe’s travel chaos is much smaller than in other countries, deputy minister for tourism Savvas ...

Three suspects, aged 40, 36 and 35, were arrested in connection with cases of burglary, theft, and illegal possession of property in Paphos on Sunday, police said on Monday. According to the police, ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Monday by the Paphos district court over a case involving the threat of physical violence, illegal possession and transportation of a ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of committing nine burglaries and thefts committed in Nicosia, police said on Monday. The arrest was made after evidence emerged against ...