Cyprus

The European Commission this week issued reasoned opinions, the final step before referring cases to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), to Cyprus and other member states for failing to ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court has upheld an appeals-court ruling that the second-term appointment of the former Commissioner for the Protection of Competition Loukia Christodoulou was legal, the legal service said. ...

Hellenic Bank on Friday released its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, recording an after-tax profit of €93.3 million, with interim CEO Antonis Rouvas saying that the year “started on ...

Nine-year-old Cypriot ballet dancer Helen Zeniou won a bronze medal at the VKIBC world championships in New York. Zeniou won the bronze medal in her age category after completing two “...

Cyprus has handled over 2,500 complaints and imposed more than €1.5 million in administrative fines in the six years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, Commissioner for Personal ...

By Robert Morgan A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of robberies from EAC electrical substations and a residence in Famagusta province, police said on Friday. ...

Social workers announced on Friday they had indefinitely suspended their on-call service. The service will not be resumed until every social worker who has been seconded from the social welfare ...

The labour inspection department plans to step up safety checks in the construction sector during the months of July, August and September, it was announced on Friday. “The construction sector ...

Frederick University and port management company DP World Limassol signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week, seeking to “further strengthen their strategic partnership in fields of common interest”, according ...

The United Nations has resumed the transfer of humanitarian aid arriving by sea at the temporary jetty off the coast of Gaza, it emerged on Friday. Deliveries had been halted ...

Supermarkets that mislead the public over special offers should be named and shamed, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Friday. President of the association Marios Drousiotis said they were asking ...

By Robert Morgan Police arrested six people for illegal employment and two for illegal residence in the republic in a property under renovation in Famagusta province on Thursday. Four of ...

As the sun sets over Larnaca shores, the town’s seafront transforms into an open-air cinema this summer. A new series of outdoor film screenings will take place throughout the ...

In today’s episode, an “unprecedented mass claim” of Laiki Bank and Bank of Cyprus depositors and bondholders amounting to 600 million dollars was dismissed at the International Arbitral Tribunal of ...

A 46-year-old man from Paphos was charged with having carried out an arson attack on a car on Thursday. The attack occurred on March 12 in the village of Ayia Varvara, ...

Cyprus has repatriated a total of 4,491 migrants who were staying in Cyprus without residence documents so far this year, the police said on Friday. This figure is more than 1,000 more ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Friday hold a working lunch with the Voivode of Lesser Poland Krzystof Kieczar. A voivode is a government-appointed governor of a voivode, which is the ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday announced the introduction of electronic dividend payments, following the European Central Bank’s approval for a cash dividend payout. Shareholders now have several options ...

Friday’s weather will see increased cloud cover across various parts of the island, with the possibility of isolated rain and even the odd storm hitting in the afternoon. Storms ...

The Cypriot government is pondering its selection for the next European Union Commissioner to be nominated to serve after June’s European elections, according to news website Politico. Each national ...

Cyprus crashed out of the Uefa under 17 championship on Thursday night after being beaten 3-1 by Serbia despite having initially taken the lead at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. ...

The number of irregular migrant arrivals has significantly decreased following the suspension of asylum applications for Syrian nationals, according to a Philenews report. Despite Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s call ...

A 29-year-old man appeared before the Paphos criminal court on Thursday, where he admitted to charges of importing and possession with intent to supply of 28 kilograms of cannabis, as well ...

Women bring immense benefits to diplomacy, Commissioner for Gender Equality Josie Christodoulou said on Thursday, highlighting that gender mainstreaming in foreign policy provides small countries like Cyprus with significant opportunities ...