Cyprus

Perks that former presidents receive – including a limousine and a €3,000 monthly secretary stipend – will be for life and cannot be scrapped even if the law changes, the House ethics committee ...

Undersea surveys are progressing on the Cyprus-Greece Interconnector project, according to the chairman and CEO of the Greek Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) Manos Manousakis. Speaking at the Athens Investment ...

The Bank of Cyprus has called on all its customers to be aware of fraudsters who claim to represent the bank. These people promote false investment opportunities that appear authentic ...

Discussions at the House education committee over foreign universities in Cyprus have been postponed for due to amendments submitted by opposition Akel. Wednesday’s session was carried out behind closed ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Yasemin Ozturk broke ranks with the coalition’s stance on last month’s ‘parliament speaker’ election, declaring that the three votes which the ‘...

The formal inauguration of Phase A of the Nicosia ring road – due to ease massive traffic congestion – was marked on Wednesday, in a ceremony attended by officials from Cyprus, Greece ...

Measures to promote the country’s demographic recovery are being implemented as a top priority, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Reiterating President Nikos Christodoulides’ TV announcement on the ...

The average gross monthly salary for employees in Cyprus reached €2,363 in 2023, reflecting a 7.3 per cent increase from 2022, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service. This follows a 7.1 per cent increase in 2022, ...

The electoral court of Paphos on Wednesday rejected an objection submitted by Costas Constantinou through which he disputed Charalambos Pittokopittis’ win in the local June elections for district administration (EOA) ...

Problems faced by the health insurers’ organisation (HIO)’s IT system which resulted in Gesy’s health portal going down for several hours last month were in no way related ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill regulating rehabilitation centres, aimed at ensuring quality care to patients, Health Minister Michalis Damianos announced after the session. “The bill for rehabilitation centres covers ...

The Turkic world is “responsible for a fair solution in Cyprus”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Addressing the day’s summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (...

Doros Theofanous, serving life for murder, admitted to escaping while visiting family under police escort, but denied conspiracy to do so with the 26-year-old alleged accomplice, who also denied any ...

Three of the six babies who survived being fed ethanol while being treated on the neonatal intensive care ward in northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital were discharged from hospital on ...

A 30-year-old man has been arrested abroad for online fraud and for stealing a large amount of money from a company. Tuesday’s arrest is related to a complaint that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Hungary on Thursday to meet with leaders of other European countries at the European Political Community summit and an informal meeting of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday offered his congratulations to United States President-elect Donald Trump on his victory in Tuesday’s election. In a post on social media, Christodoulides said he ...

Suite 48 is a valuable lesson about how it is essential not to forget certain restaurants we might have once enjoyed. It is probably pre-Covid since I was last there. It ...

Record compensation has been awarded by the Nicosia District Court in a case involving medical negligence during the delivery of a child 12 years ago, it was reported on Wednesday. The ...

The hearing of Cyprus’ commissioner-designate for the EU and three times ex-minister Costas Kadis will take place on Wednesday afternoon in Brussels. Kadis, who had been selected by President of ...

A fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at an entertainment venue in Paphos. According to the police, the fire service was called out around 4am and arrived ...

Wednesday’s weather will be mostly sunny with temperatures rising to 24C in the interior, 25C on the coasts, and 16C in the higher mountains. Winds will be mainly north-easterly, ...

By Natasa IoannouThe production and consumption of energy from Renewable Energy Sources has been one of the key issues discussed in recent months. With increased electricity bills and the public ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) celebrated its 90th anniversary on Tuesday evening with an event in Limassol, in the presence of Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin and with a message from ...