Lawmakers on Thursday excoriated the government for having gone along with a French initiative that would have let authorities to spy on journalists in new EU legislation coming down the ...
State officials blatantly looked the other way to allow a Limassol fish farm to operate illegally for 15 years, and it is only now being investigated for money laundering allegations, high-level ...
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday issued a ruling permitting the government spokesman and the undersecretary to the president to be present at sessions of the cabinet, provided they absent ...
By Jean Christou
The budget of the Cyprus Addiction Treatment Authority has been increased by €600,000 for 2024 MPs heard on Thursday. However, some raised concerns that several addiction prevention programmes had ...
The newly formed cabinet convened for the first time on Thursday, ratifying the new deputy ministry position for European Affairs and approving a lump sum to subsidise low-income individuals for ...
Much-respected Lania-based artist Michael Owen passed away on January 4 after being badly injured in a car accident just before Christmas. Known principally as a landscape painter and regarded as Cyprus’ ...
A Chinese man who was on the Interpol Red list was declared persona non grata in the north on Thursday after attempting to apply for ‘citizenship’.
The man, aged 54, who ...
Junior Achievement Cyprus (JA Cyprus) is launching its JA StartUp, which is aimed at fostering business ideas and innovation among university students in Cyprus, for the fifth consecutive year.
It ...
An amount of €5m has been allocated by the government to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint.
The support measure aims at encouraging businesses to reduce greenhouse emissions and was ...
Elam have been declared a terrorist organisation in the north, following the publication of the north’s annual list of illegal terrorist organisations on Thursday.
They were one of several ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday defended his evidently loaded speech during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet and commissioners.
During Wednesday’s ceremony, he told new appointments: “close your ...
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Thursday that there are two separate states in Cyprus and there is no need to try things that had been tried repeatedly.
Opening ...
The ongoing clashes between Attorney General George Savvides and Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides will be discussed at the parliamentary institutions committee, where two of the country’s top officials will ...
Third-division football club Geroskipou FC, based in the village of Yeroskipou, near Paphos, has reported on Thursday the existence of fake profiles on social media platforms, namely Facebook and Instagram, ...
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides was elected as one of the directors of the European office of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) on Thursday.
Established in 1978, the IOI is the only global ...
Commissioner of State Aid, Stella Michaelidou, approved the “RESTART 2016 – 2020 Programs for Research, Technological Development, and Innovation of the Research and Innovation Foundation.”
The total budget for this, until the end ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has left a deep imprint on the psyche of the nation, according to the latest report of the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee, which was handed over on ...
In recent weeks, Cyprus has witnessed a notable uptick in cases of both viral and bacterial infections, indicating a potential continuation of the trend.
Medical professionals on Thursday have reported ...
Two people were arrested for breaking into a woman’s home in Paphos in the past month and stealing €2,000, police said on Wednesday.
According to deputy police chief of operations ...
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday night that the arrest of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat is a move on the part of the Greek Cypriot side to ...
Cyprus is not on board with aspects of the UN Secretary-General’s reports on Unficyp’s mandate and Antonio Guterres’ Good Offices Mission, especially as regards incidents in the buffer ...
The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has issued a warning on Thursday about a notable increase in thefts targeting its electrical distribution network.
The thefts primarily focus on transformers located ...
Any construction being undertaken by Turkish forces in the Denia area is currently outside the buffer zone, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Thursday.
Speaking ...
Police found a stolen car on fire in Liopetri, authorities said in a statement on Thursday.
The car had been stolen from Paralimni on Wednesday night, and then 20 minutes later ...