Cyprus

A raft of environmental groups sent an open letter to Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos on Friday, demanding a meeting with him to discuss the currently frozen road construction works in ...

The drafting of legislation concerning the spread of fake news was top of the agenda as Justice Minister Anna Procopiou and House President Annita Demetriou met on Friday. The pair ...

The north’s ‘state’ budget for 2024 passed through the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee stage on Friday evening with the votes of the majority of the committee’s members. The budget foresees ...

The Larnaca Criminal Court on Friday imposed a nine-year prison sentence on a 34-year-old man after finding him guilty of sexually abusing his partner’s daughter. According to media reports, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the COP28 Summit, taking place in Dubai. According to government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the two discussed the ...

Cyprus has initiated discussions with countries participating in a regional climate change initiative to create projects and undertake measures to address the effects of climate change, President Nikos Christodoulides said ...

A fourteen-fold increase in civil service positions from what was initially projected has been provided for in the 2024 state budget, the bulk of which are teachers, it emerged on Friday. ...

The Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in Famagusta apologised to a student after erroneously opening disciplinary proceedings for a student for “kissing his girlfriend” on Friday. The university’s rector’s ...

The government and Chevron have agreed on the terms for developing the ‘Aphrodite’ gas field in block 12 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the energy ministry announced on Friday. Negotiations ...

Transport and Energy Ministers Alexis Vafeades and George Papanastasiou on Friday inaugurated the road network of the Vasilikos energy and industrial area, built at a cost of €16.7 million. Vafeades hailed ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis on Friday said that tourist arrivals from Poland are expected to exceed 300,000 in 2024, after having conducted a number of meetings with tourism stakeholders in ...

Southeastern Mediterranean countries, including Cyprus, “can pioneer the hydrogen economy”, Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (Cera) chairman Andreas Poullikkas said. Poullikkas was speaking at a conference on the subject of energy ...

Abuse of the elderly has been on the rise over the past decade, according to a report released on Friday. The report, presented by the Third Age Observatory, highlighted abuse ...

Only 48 per cent of HIV-positive individuals in Cyprus experience a good quality of life, according to ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on International Day against HIV ...

The Nicosia district court issued monetary fines and stadium bans to three individuals aged 25, 29, and 31, found guilty of possession of explosives and carrying an offensive weapon in the immediate vicinity ...

United States agencies will be sending a team to Cyprus to help investigate the raft of findings in the ‘Cyprus Confidential’ report claiming to show Russian influence on the island ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with her Maltese counterpart Christopher Fearne, aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of health. The Mou ...

Low occupancy rates will be observed at hotels in December, the head of the Cyprus Hotels’ Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides said on Friday. He said that hotels that will operate ...

Deep within the lush mountainous forests of Cyprus, survivors of the Oct. 7 music festival bloodbath in Israel practice yoga, paint and meditate as they try to come to grips with ...

A ceremony held in Limassol on Thursday paid tribute to the joint efforts of the US Embassy in Nicosia and the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) in collaboration with the Cyprus ...

Police on Friday had no comment on reports that former President Nicos Anastasiades has held on to two pistols that may be owned by the state. The issue emerged from ...

The zero VAT measure on meat and vegetables comes into effect as of Friday. The measure, which is set to continue through to May 31, 2024, includes the following meat items: fresh, ...

Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo Michaelidou called for the president’s children to be left out of public discourse on Friday, as the debate between the audit service, police, and ...

Paphos police arrested a 24-year-old man on Thursday for an investigated case of theft. According to the police, following a tip off, officers were led to search a residence in ...