Cyprus

Opposition MPs on Tuesday piled on Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou for the government’s refusal to compensate farmers who had used waste material other than compost as fertiliser. Legislators said ...

Hotel occupancy rates in Cyprus are expected to range from 50 to 55 per cent in April, according to the president of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides, who also added that ...

The interior ministry and audit service crossed swords on Tuesday over proposed changes to laws regulating the management of Turkish Cypriots properties, sparking concern among MPs at the House refugee ...

The government on Tuesday rejected accusations there were efforts to spare Tamassos Bishop Isaias of any criminal charges amid ongoing investigations of a major scandal surrounding the Osiou Avakoum monastery. “...

Almost 30,000 companies have yet to make updated disclosures about their Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) and could face hefty fines for non-compliance, MPs said on Tuesday. The House commerce committee again ...

The government on Tuesday rebuffed renewed calls to convene a National Council meeting amid growing irritation over the secrecy surrounding the UNSG proposals that President Nikos Christodoulides has agreed to. ...

Personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou on Tuesday approved a plan to install CCTV cameras at schools. The plan had been submitted to her by the education ministry with ...

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Conditions at the police holding centre in Limassol are miserable – congestion, inadequate ventilation, rundown toilet facilities – report released on Tuesday by the ombudswoman’s office said. Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides drew ...

The profitability of the Cyprus banking sector remarkably spiked by an annual 644 per cent in 2023, reaching €1.27 billion. This significant increase was fueled by the high-interest environment, according to data released ...

Demand for luxury apartments in high-rise developments set to decline Limassol dominated the real estate market in 2023, accounting for 41 per cent of the total sales value across the country in ...

Cyprus’ proximity to regions experiencing long-term political crises and military conflicts leaves no room for complacency over handling migration, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. In a speech at ...

If the ongoing traffic issues in Limassol are not properly addressed, people’s quality of life “will deteriorate very quickly,” Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. He was speaking ...

MPs expressed their disappointment at the lack of ATMs available in Cyprus at the House commerce committee on Tuesday. Committee chairman and Disy MP Kyiacos Hadjiyiannis said he had contacted ...

A teenage boy was on Tuesday identified as the victim of a fatal car accident on the Palaichori-Nicosia Road. The teen was identified as 17-year-old Alexandros Kashioulis. An autopsy was ...

The government is still searching for a new premises in which to store medicines, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists, he said Health Minister Michael Damianos is ...

Refugee estate apartment buildings deemed unsafe over two decades ago still have people living in them, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday. A static adequacy study was conducted on ...

With women giving birth to 1.4 children, Cyprus falls way below the level of fertility needed to replace the population, which stands at 2.1, the House ad hoc demographics committee heard on ...

The enrichment of Cyprus’ economic model is of vital importance, said the finance minister, Makis Keravnos, stressing that “the bet is to maintain the investment level” which was objective of ...

An “initially positive response” from stakeholders on the issue of using workers from third countries to fill gaps in the labour market is a “step in the right direction”, Labour ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday that those who care about the party should be “with us and not against us”. Speaking on the sidelines of a press conference, ...

Cyprus was hit by hailstorms and intense rain for a second day on Tuesday, causing road closures and some power outages. Hail was reported at the entrance to the Nicosia ...

Kition Ocean Holdings, which is overseeing the Larnaca port and marina revamp, has filed a case against the government for causing delays and breaching contract, it emerged on Tuesday. According ...

Disy had warned the ‘situation’ in Gaza would affect the migration crisis, party leader Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday, as she called for a collective approach within the EU to ...