Christodoulides visits Mount Athos
President Nikos Christodoulides is in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, where he is set to visit with Greek officials before heading to the Mount Athos monastery.
The Mount Athos monastery is known ...
Government offers money for upgrade of processing units
The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a budget of €25 million for the creation, modernisation, and digital upgrade of processing units for the marketing of agricultural products.
The plan is ...
Barbershop bomb suspect remanded
A 42-year-old man was apprehended this morning on a warrant and remanded in custody as part of an ongoing investigation to a bomb that exploded in a barbershop in Nicosia ...
House to vote on expansion of pre-primary education
Parliament is expected next week to vote on the expansion of free and compulsory pre-primary education to include children aged four years old and above.
The planned vote comes after ...
Incentive plans for jobs for unemployed
Cabinet on Wednesday approved two incentive plans for the employment and training of 1,265 unemployed people.
The total budget of the two projects approved amounts to €11,694,000, with the costs divided between ...
Cabinet approves 1,000 electric car chargers
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles.
The transport ministry is responsible for dealing with implementation of the project, which is intended to encourage ...
Cabinet approves subsidy for relatives of patients sent abroad
Cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to cover the travel, accommodation and food expenses of one family member who accompanies a patient sent abroad to receive medical treatment.
Speaking after ...
Health affairs commissioner honoured
The Council of Europe (CoE) honoured health affairs commissioner Stella Kyriakidou as one of the 75 outstanding women for their significant contributions to the advancement of human rights.
This recognition is ...
Cyprus taken to EU court over precious sites
The European Commission has referred Cyprus to the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) due to its failure to fulfil obligations under the Habitats Directive, which aims to protect over a ...
Chinese-led group to visit Vasiliko over stalled LNG plant
High-level officials from the Chinese-led consortium responsible for constructing the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko are expected to visit within the week, according to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou.
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Turkey fined over Cypriot conscientious objector
The Republic of Turkey received a €9,000 fine on Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the imprisonment of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector.
The ECtHR ruled that ...
Anti-money laundering swoops seize millions in assets
The anti-money-laundering unit (Mokas) has seized approximately €10 million, as well as nine luxury vehicles, four properties and cryptocurrencies assets over the past two years as part of investigations into money ...
Man rescued from cargo ship
The Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) activated the Nearchos plan on Tuesday night to conduct an airlift for a 48-year-old man crew member of a cargo ship sailing off ...
Gaza aid ship proceeding to plan (Updated)
The journey of the aid ship Open Arms is proceeding according to plan, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Wednesday.
The shipment of over 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza, ...
Cypriot podcasters join forces for charity event
The NC Network has announced the inaugural “Ena Oniro Mia Efxi Charity Marathon Podcast,” a special charity event to be streamed live on the NC Network’s YouTube channel on ...
Greens sound alarm over wharf in Protaras
The Green Party on Wednesday raised questions about a potential new illegality committed on a beach in Protaras.
According to the party’s announcement, the construction under scrutiny is a ...
Union welcomes extension of forest fire season
Trade union Oekdy-Sek on Wednesday expressed their satisfaction with the government’s decision to extend the forest firefighting season from six to eight months.
The decision will also see several ...
Microsoft deal to help public sector’s digital transformation
Cyprus has signed an Enterprise Agreement with tech giant Microsoft to enhance the island’s digital transformation and improve the public sector’s efficiency.
The €8 million agreement was signed by ...
Restaurant review: Kaji Fusion Bar & Grill, Limassol
By Andrea Kouyiali
I wasn’t sure what to expect at Kaji to be honest. My excited other half couldn’t wait to go but that only made me more ...
Man remanded for 17kg of cannabis
Larnaca district court remanded a 26-year-old man for eight days on Wednesday following the discovery of a suitcase containing 17kgs of cannabis at Larnaca airport.
During the investigation of the ...
Two arrested linked to string of burglaries
A 38-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman arrested on Sunday in Paphos are believed to have been involved in a string of burglaries, police said on Wednesday.
Paphos police’s ...
Holy Synod court calls for more details in monk scandal (Update 2)
By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos
An ecclesiastical court decided on Wednesday to call for further investigations by a three-member committee looking into the Osiou Avakoum monastery extortion and sex ...
Tatar calls for higher education chief to resign
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday called for the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s chairman Turgay Avci to resign.
Scandal has engulfed the north’s higher ...
Further remands for huge people smuggling operation (Updated)
Two people aged 33 and 27 were remanded for eight days on Wednesday after they were arrested to facilitate police investigations into a case involving the attempted illegal entry of a total ...