Cyprus

The labour ministry has dismissed press reports that the EU has launched procedures against Cyprus for not meeting the minimum percentage of the workforce covered by collective agreements. A labour ...

Friction flared up in parliament on Monday after the head of the anti-corruption authority declined to commit specifically to investigating former president Nikos Anastasiades in relation to the ‘golden passports’ ...

Cosmetics withdrawn from the European market may also be in Cyprus and the health ministry has called on consumers to stop using them. There is currently no concrete information regarding ...

Trade union Sek approved on Friday an agreement in principle for the renewal of the collective agreement for hotel industry workers. In a press release, Sek said its answer has ...

The government said Monday it is doing what it can to return a sense of safety to the wider public and to crack down on organised crime, part of it ...

Part-time employees in Cyprus dropped from 9.1 per cent in 2022 to 8 per cent in 2023, far below the EU average of 17.1 per cent, among workers aged 20 to 64, according to Eurostat. In 2023, the ...

The north’s population was projected as exactly 476,214 by its statistics institute on Monday. The institute said its projection was “produced in line with assumptions prepared by taking into account ...

Over 6,000 open civil cases are on the desk of the attorney-general’s office, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee was reviewing the budget for the attorney-general’s office ...

I have recently seen wines with GPS coordinates on the label, where the language used even conveys a highly specific sense of place regarding the vineyard. Many wineries in Cyprus ...

A memorial ceremony was held in Nicosia on Monday to honour the people who died in the two World Wars. Organised by the Nicosia municipality at the Cyprus memorial for ...

The ongoing argument over whether ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Ziya Ozturkler is or is not the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ became physical in ‘parliament’ on Monday, as he once ...

The ninth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, showcasing Italian culinary traditions with a focus on its roots and the Mediterranean diet, will take place in Cyprus from November 16 ...

The “isolated incidents” of flooding seen in Limassol during storms on Sunday were caused by foreign objects, many of which constitute litter, becoming stuck in drains, the public works department’...

Disy will continue to act responsibly and will support the state budget, but without a blank cheque, party president Annita Demetriou said on Monday. Demetriou, who is holding a series ...

“Everywhere changes,” says Sarah Harrison. “But Cyprus changed in ways I could never have imagined: by the time I left, it felt like the island I fell in love with ...

Left on the cutting room floor is a term used in the TV and film industry, referring to a scene or scenes that were cut out of the theatrical release. ...

Cyprus has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable fishing practices and the conservation of marine resources, as Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou addressed the inaugural meeting of the 24th annual meeting of ...

The total number of government employees in Cyprus reached 54,884 in October 2024, according to a statistical service report released on Monday. This figure marks a significant year-on-year increase, largely due to ...

A vehicle was engulfed in flames for unexplained reasons on Monday morning in Oroklini, police said. According to police, at 2:45am the fire was seen in a van owned by ...

BirdLife Cyprus on Monday expressed its strong opposition to the environment department expanding the Electricity Authority’s (EAC) overhead network in the protected territory of the endangered Griffon vulture, at ...

Long-serving CyBC journalist Soula Hadjikyriakou has died, her family announced on Monday. ‘‘You lived a life full of challenges, joy, happiness, success and difficulties. You slipped through the hands of ...

The ready mixed concrete producers’ association will propose a full lifting of its ongoing strike at its general assembly on Monday as the industry-wide strike by unions enters its sixth ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Monday called for house prices to fall. He pointed out that Cyprus has seen the third-lowest rate of house price increases in the European Union ...

A 52-year-old man was remanded for three days on Sunday in connection with a case of burglary and malicious damage. A 63-year-old businessman reported to police on October 28 that between ...