Cyprus

The department of motor vehicles (DMV) has been pegged as the authority responsible for informing the public about cars carrying dangerous Tataka airbags, but the how-and-what of the situation is ...

The investigators appointed to uncover how national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou died, as well as “reprehensible acts” over how his case was handled were granted a three-month extension on Wednesday. Lawyer ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Wednesday evening did not hide his concern for the fate of the construction industry, after cement workers’ unions threw out a mediation proposal he submitted ...

Reports that waste has been dumped over a long period of time at the Akrotiri salt lake were discussed at the House environment committee on Wednesday, amid concerns that Natura ...

The Avakoum monks on Wednesday were ordered to split ways after their appeal against their defrocking was rejected. Last month, the Holy Synod decided the three monks embroiled in a ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos on Wednesday called on unions of state doctors to think twice about going on strike, urging them to consider the impact this will have on the ...

MPs hit back on Wednesday against a suggestion to roll out CCTV cameras across public spaces, arguing the country cannot turn into ‘Big Brother’ in a bid to fight organised ...

Discussions at the House education committee on foreign university branches and foreign language programmes at the University of Cyprus have been postponed for a fortnight. The education committee met on ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Wednesday pointed to President Nikos Christodoulides as being behind the leak of his legal findings that let Christodoulides off the hook for €55,000 the audit office stated ...

There have been a total of 22 physical attacks on or robberies of delivery drivers in Limassol so far this year, the city’s police said on Wednesday. Their official figures ...

The north’s ‘state’ budget for 2025 has been forecast at 136.28 billion TL (€3.75bn) worth of ‘government’ spending, as deliberations begin in the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee this week. The committee had ...

A bill promoting public participation and volunteer work is being sent to the cabinet for approval next Wednesday, citizens’ commissioner Panayiotis Palates has said. The bill contains provisions for a ...

Thousands of domestic helpers are using Cyprus illegally as a springboard to other destinations in the EU, MP Rita Superman said on Wednesday. “Greater supervision and streamlining are necessary, both ...

The 24-hour bus strike scheduled for November 25 has been cancelled by the employees of the Paphos public transport company. According to an announcement made by both Omepege-Sek and Segdamelin-Peo, the ...

The law mandating that public officials including the attorney-general declare their wealth and income, also known as ‘pothen esches’, is legal, the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. The law ...

Investigations were continuing on Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the road traffic collision which killed three people in the Famagusta district village of Frenaros on Sunday. Famagusta district police spokesman ...

The labour crisis in the construction industry deepens with the second mediation proposal put forward by the labour ministry thrown out on Wednesday by the trade unions, while repercussions are ...

Maintenance work at the mosque in the Limassol district village of Alektora has been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris announced on Wednesday. The work had ...

Two men were remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday after allegedly having attempted to steal a safe but then dropped it because it was too heavy. The pair, ...

By Tom Cleaver Oguzhan Hasipoglu, the secretary-general of the largest party in the north’s three-party ruling coalition, the UBP, on Tuesday expressed his fury at Turkish intervention in local ...

Just as I thought I was done with Ayia Napa for the season, I was invited up one last time. Some friends wanted to go to their favourite restaurant before ...

Hundreds of flamingos have returned to Akrotiri salt lake after the area saw its first rainfall of the season last week. According to the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre (AAEC), around 300 ...

A bag containing €500 in cash was stolen from a delivery driver in Limassol, the police announced on Wednesday. The bag was reportedly stolen on Tuesday night, with the delivery driver ...

The nurses’ union (Pasyno) on Wednesday condemned in strong terms the state’s inability to ensure their safety after yet another attack against a member of staff at the Nicosia ...