Cyprus

The Cyprus Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment is implementing various initiatives to support beekeeping, aiming to improve the general conditions and trade of hive products, according to Minister ...

On Wednesday the weather will initially be mostly clear with gradually increasing cloud cover and local showers and isolated thunderstorms expected, mainly in the highlands, inland and the north. Winds ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry on Tuesday announced that, in collaboration with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) and the state’s Trade Centre in Dubai, ...

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President Nikos Christodoulides met with his predecessor Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace on Tuesday for a “friendly and creative meeting” lasting over an hour. The two discussed the latest ...

Cyprus must assert itself with a strong voice to the EU in a bid to mitigate the effects of sanctions to businesses on the island, chairman of the House commerce ...

Parliamentarians on Tuesday again rejected one of the government’s proposed appointees to the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission due to her links to a private company. The dispute concerns ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari expressed Cyprus’ readiness to collaborate with the World Health Organisation (WHO) partners in safeguarding health and prosperity of citizens on a global level. Speaking during the ...

The government was on Tuesday forced to rethink its proposal for a ‘basket of goods’ after businesses and MPs gave it the thumbs-down by arguing it may in fact boomerang ...

Early school leavers in Cyprus dropped by three percentage points in the past decade, falling from 11 per cent in 2012 to eight per cent in 2022, Eurostat figures revealed on Tuesday. This ...

A 41-year-old Cypriot born boss of an investment company was found guilty of fraud by a London court jury earlier this week. Anthony Constantinou is estimated to have defrauded clients ...

Hiring almost 2,000 employees to the civil service would be a step backward, opposition Disy MP and former finance minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday, a day after the House finance ...

Twenty complexes in refugee housing estates have critical stability issues and will need to be evacuated immediately, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. He was speaking at a press ...

During his upcoming visit to Berlin, President Nikos Christodoulides will explain in detail to the German Chancellor his proposal about the appointment of an EU envoy on Cyprus, the government ...

SpaceX’s Starlink is ‘coming soon’ to Cyprus with works starting in Q3 of 2023, meaning the public will have even greater market choice in how it accesses the internet. Cyprus ...

More English-language study programmes will soon be offered by the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak). The move is within the framework of the European University Alliance EUt+, in which it ...

A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday after she was found guilty of importing almost 13kg of cannabis resin, as a second woman aged 42, was jailed ...

Mistakes were made in the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, the interior minister conceded on Tuesday as he pledged transparency and accountability going forward. “It is generally ...

Gender is determined by the body’s physiology, the Holy Synod said on Tuesday, calling on MPs to vote against a bill aiming to put an end to conversion therapies ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar again stated that the north is ready for a solution as he attended a ceremony celebrating the release of his book titled Vision for Two ...

President Nikos Christodoulides pledged to gradually restore shift allowances and overtime pay for civil servants by 2025 on Tuesday. Addressing the annual conference of civil servants union Pasydy, he said efforts ...

The audit service is engaging in character assassination and overstepping the limits of free speech, Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday, as the two offices continued to exchange barbs. “We ...

The General Secretariat for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated a study visit of EU officials on Monday, with the aim of enhancing relations between the administrations ...

Cyprus must be cautious on the matter of sanctions as the country’s credibility is being judged abroad, Attorney General Georgios Savvides told reporters on Tuesday. Asked what the situation ...