Holguin to submit Cyprus report to Guterres
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is on Wednesday expected to submit her report on Cyprus to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as her tenure as envoy comes to an end.
Her ...
Christodoulides in Athens to commemorate invasion
President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Athens on Wednesday to participate in events which will mark the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus.
At noon, he will ...
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Today’s weather: Road closed in mountains as storms hit (Updated)
Part of the road between Morphou and the Kykkos monastery was closed at 1pm on Wednesday as storms hit the mountains.
The road was closed near the Xerarkaka picnic site, ...
New app tracks litter in Cyprus
They come in packs. They wear safety vests and cargo pants. Their tools are rakes, grabbers and heavy-duty garbage bags — the fuller the better. They are the environmental nonprofit City ...
Apoel owe more than €1 million to state in unpaid taxes
Apoel football club owes over €1 million to the state in unpaid taxes, data revealed by the finance ministry on Tuesday shows.
The ministry made public a list of football clubs ...
Holguin to deliver latest report on Cyprus to Guterres
On July 11, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart will inform the Security Council during a closed meeting ...
Resolving Cyprus problem ‘a top priority for Greece’
Resolving the Cyprus problem is a top national priority for Greece, the Greek Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the ...
Environmental department clarifies issues on construction waste
The environmental department on Tuesday responded to a complaint letter to addressed to the House environment committee from the Cyprus Recycling Organisation (OAK) regarding the failure to implement the legislation ...
Government to revise housing assistance criteria for refugees
The government on Tuesday promised to tweak the criteria governing housing assistance schemes for refugees and displaced persons, with MPs hearing that 25 per cent of applications have been denied in ...
EAC needs to drive down energy costs: minister
The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) must “change” to become a competitive organisation by the time the electricity market opens up, the energy minister said on Tuesday.
“Our vision is ...
Weather warning issued for storms on Wednesday
The Met office has issued a yellow warning for Wednesday, warning of isolated thunderstorms and possible hail.
The warning will be in effect from noon until 5pm.
“Isolated strong thunderstorms ...
Visa free travel to America could be possible next year
A bill providing for Cyprus to join the United States’ visa waiver programme is set to go to the plenary in the coming days, the House foreign affairs committee heard ...
Civil servants clash with IMF over state payroll
Civil service trade unions on Tuesday rejected the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had called for the rationalisation of salary scales and expenditures related to the state ...
Okypy to hire new pharmacist at Limassol general hospital
State health services (Okypy) is to hire a new pharmacist to work at Limassol general hospital, it said on Tuesday.
The new pharmacist will take up a full-time role and ...
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Police get tough on those selling property in north
Cyprus’ authorities are getting tough on people found to be selling Greek Cypriot property in the north, with a 49-year-old German woman recently remanded the latest incident, it emerged on ...
Italy donates equipment for Amalthea initiative
The Italian government on Tuesday donated radio diagnostic equipment to the Cyprus customs department to be used for inspections as part of the Amalthea humanitarian corridor, through which aid has ...
Govt ‘determined’ to fight organised crime in prisons
The government is “determined” to fight organised crime in prisons, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the central prison’s guidance and post-prison ...
Pathologist wants ‘truth to come out’ after guardsman ruling
State pathologist Panicos Stavrianos, who back in 2005 had ruled national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou’s death a suicide, has submitted a request to the Supreme Court for permission to file an ...
More than 36,000 using buses every day
Celebrating four years of innovation and growth in Cyprus, bus company Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) on Tuesday said its 600 employees oversee the transport of over 36,000 passengers a day.
CEO Julio ...
President receives portrait from preschoolers
A portrait of President Nikos Christodoulides will be adorning his office as of Tuesday – a gift from the artists themselves.
A group of preschoolers visited the president and asked him ...
North airport passenger numbers up by almost a third
Passenger numbers at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by almost a third for the first six months of 2024 over the same period last year, data released on Tuesday ...
Man jailed for 22 years for deliberate hit-and-run
A 46-year-old British man was on Tuesday sentenced to 22 years in prison for the manslaughter of Ioannis Polykarpou, who was fatally injured on January 21, 2023, when he was deliberately run down.
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Man arrested in north says he got fake money from Republic
A man arrested in north Nicosia for attempting to use a counterfeit €50 note at the Saray casino said on Tuesday he had obtained the money from a bureau de change ...
Cyprus-FBI work on clearing Cyprus’ name
Cyprus and the FBI are to work together on clearing Cyprus’ name regarding the naturalisation through the citizenship by investment programme, it was announced on Tuesday after President Nikos Christodoulides ...