Cyprus

The House on Thursday passed a bill that allows staff at the Electricity Authority (EAC) to keep all their current healthcare and other benefits should they decide to transfer to ...

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

According to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union, 59 per cent of Cypriots aged 25-34 have a tertiary education, which is well above the EU average ...

Over €30 million in pandemic support was disbursed to almost 5,000 beneficiaries who did not qualify and no effort has been made to recover the money, MPs heard on Thursday. While 4,751 ineligible ...

Five nights of live music, street food and beer-drinking are coming up this month as the Medfest 2023 Limassol Beer Festival approaches. Returning to the coastal city for its fourth edition, ...

By nearly a unanimous vote, and under the watchful eye of Brussels, parliament on Thursday passed a law allowing for a reduced VAT rate of 5 per cent levied on first ...

‘For Gesy to continue, there need to be changes’ Mistakes were made while introducing the largest reform to the health system through Gesy’s implementation, and deeply rooted changes need ...

The labour ministry, bar association and Etek (scientific and technical chamber) clinched a deal on Thursday securing €750 as an allowance for training lawyers and engineers. Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said ...

The transport ministry on Thursday said 52 heavy vehicles were written up for violating industry standards. A total of 778 checks were carried out a day earlier as part of an island-wide ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos and other officials on Thursday attended a firefighting drill in the buffer zone in the Atsa area outside Nicosia. The exercise, a collaboration between the forestry ...

Those who benefited from the result of the high growth rates of recent years, to which the workers contributed decisively, were not the majority of society, Peo said on Thursday ...

The European Commission, under the aid programme for the Turkish Cypriots, on Thursday launched an EU-funded project to help in fully eradicating animal diseases that affect milk-producing livestock in the ...

Police in Limassol were looking into a stabbing incident that took place at 2am on Thursday in a central part of town. According to a police statement, three people, aged 20, 21 ...

A trial for two Greek Cypriot suspects that beat 25-year-old Turkish Cypriot Asya Karaali last weekend in Ayia Napa is set to start on July 6, the Famagusta district court decided ...

The annual contest attests to the vibrancy of viticulture in Cyprus says GEORGE KASSIANOS There were 170 different samples of wine competing for medals at the 14th Cyprus Wine Competition, with ...

Police arrested a 38-year-old man on Thursday after he allegedly stabbed another man, aged 41, in Protaras early on the same day. According to Famagusta police spokesperson Steve Theodoulou, officers received ...

Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou on Thursday is headed to London for a two-day meeting on energy and investments. According to the ministry announcement, Papanastasiou is set to meet with ...

The first time I visited Hofbrau Munchen in Limassol, the Cyprus franchise of the famous German chain of beer halls, I was left feeling somewhat underwhelmed. Not to belabour what ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday reiterated that President Nikos Christodoulides was ready to meet with Turkish leader Ersin Tatar at any time. Letymbiotis’ statements to CyBC came following reports ...

An autopsy is being carried out on Thursday on the body of a 38-year-old woman who was found dead on Wednesday afternoon in Paphos. According to head of CID, Michalis ...

In today’s episode, a bill aiming to regulate the contentious issue of government advisors was discussed at the House institutions committee on Wednesday. After weeks of ridicule over questionable ...

The start of the festival season will have visitors touring the island this June as several rural villages celebrate different occasions. Annual festivals return to picturesque out-of-the-city locations, taking visitors ...

Up to 4000 microplastics per square meter were detected on Cyprus’ coasts, the non-governmental research centre, AKTI, announced on Thursday. The announcement, on the occasion of International Oceans Day, came at ...

The association of physiotherapists went on a four-hour work stoppage on Thursday, from 9am until 1pm, over disputes with state health insurance organisation (HIO). In its statement, the association said ...