Cyprus

The government is committed to implementing pension reform, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. “One of the greatest needs in our country is to reform a state still operating with ...

A series of finance ministry discrepancies were highlighted on Tuesday by the Audit Office, including the delayed return of close to €9 million by the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency and the ...

The Cost of Living allowance (CoLA) must be modernised so that it responds to society’s needs, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday, as the island braces for a ...

One of the suspects in the ongoing case of attempted murder and arson in Pyla was on Tuesday remanded for six days by the Nicosia district court over a different ...

The Union of Cyprus Journalists (ESK) on Tuesday called for both members and non-members to participate in the three-hour work stoppage as part of Thursday’s general strike, calling it ...

Two separate fires broke out in Larnaca on Monday night, causing extensive damage to two houses, the fire brigade said on Tuesday. The first incident occurred at 11.16pm in a ...

A house fire broke out on Tuesday morning in the Kiti area of Larnaca, causing extensive damage to the home, the fire brigade said in a statement. The blaze started ...

A vehicle fire that broke out in Ayios Dometios, in Nicosia, early Tuesday morning is believed to have been set deliberately, police said. Police received a report of the incident ...

A fire that broke out in Limassol in the early hours of Tuesday has caused extensive damage to a vehicle parked outside its owner’s home. According to the police, ...

The weather will remain mostly clear on Tuesday with temperatures ranging from 34 degrees Celsius inland to around 30 degrees on the west and south-west coast, 31 degrees in the remaining coastal areas ...

A Turkish Cypriot lost his leg after his house was struck by a missile fired by the Israeli military in Gaza, his family said on Monday. His aunt Eleen Abuzannad ...

Paphos district governors Charalambos Pittokopitis on Monday expressed his optimism about the water supply in the area, emphasising that water supply cuts for households or businesses were highly unlikely. “We ...

Police on Saturday arrested a sixth suspect in connection with an attempted murder and arson on the premises of a car rental company in Pyla on August 14. During a coordinated ...

Trade unions on Monday evening said they would go ahead with the general strike on Thursday after yet another meeting on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) with employers and ...

Convicted of being a member of a proscribed terrorist organisation, Kenan Ayaz was returned from Germany to Cyprus on Monday to serve his remaining prison sentence on the island. He ...

Civil servants will be able to work from home but will need permission to do so from their superior, under a bill regulating teleworking discussed in parliament on Monday. The ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday seemed to throw another spanner in the works, saying that “no one knows” just how much the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project will ultimately ...

The legal profession, as well as the institution of the Bar Association, is among the pillars of civic life in Cyprus, Attorney-General Giorgos Savvides said on Monday. He was addressing ...

The saga of the trial of former volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki comes to a close this Thursday when the judge will read out the sentencing, media reported on Monday. It ...

The Children’s Rights Commissioner condemned the state’s refusal to grant back payments of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) to children with disabilities, calling the practice “a choice with ...

There will be “no tolerance of delinquent behaviour by foreigners,” Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Monday after meeting the Alaminos community leader as part of an ongoing series ...

The arrest and continued detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north is a “vivid reminder of the ongoing violation of human rights in our country”, President Nikos Christodoulides told ...

Freedom, security and justice are not a given, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said on Monday, marking Armed Forces Day. The sentiment was echoed later by National Guard chief George Tsitsikostas ...

Lawyers representing the family of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou, who was found dead under a Limassol bridge in 2005, have received death threats since a report into how he died was released, ...