Cyprus

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos Healthcare workers in public hospitals went on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, leaving skeleton staff to handle caseloads amid demands for equal pay. Health ...

In a resounding endorsement of Cyprus’ burgeoning investment sector, the 36th Annual International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) Conference kicked off in Limassol on Tuesday, welcoming delegates from major Funds and ...

Thursday will be mostly clear with thin dust observable at times. Temperatures will rise to 34C inland, 32C on the south and east coasts, 29C on the west and north ...

Without social justice there is no environmental justice By Natasa Ioannou Advocating for environmental justice in crucial times of war is always an agonising and painful challenge. The urgency to ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli was accused on Tuesday of “thinking he is an influencer” by opposition party CTP Deputy Leader Sila Usar Incirli. Incirli was speaking on ...

Cyprus “supports Ukraine’s fight”, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday. Demetriou was speaking at the interparliamentary session of the International Platform for Crimea in Prague. She said “we ...

Ten men accused of people smuggling will appear at the Paphos District Court on Wednesday after the court was unable to decide on Tuesday whether or not to remand them ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the government to quickly come up with a plan to regenerate the Pernera area in Paralimni, said to be regressing as a tourist attraction with ...

The United Nations’ “primary objective [in Cyprus] is to support the efforts directed by the leaders to secure a permanent settlement,” according to its special representative on the island Colin ...

The potential impact of the ongoing crisis in Gaza and any potential further escalation were discussed at a meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday. The meeting – consisting of ...

The Supreme Court rejected appeals from former Laiki strongman Andreas Vgenopoulos and Efthymios Boulotas over fines imposed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (Cysec), it emerged on Tuesday. Cysec ...

Cash flows at Kedipes – a state-owned asset management company – during the third quarter of this year were similar to those in the respective quarter of 2022, the outfit said on Tuesday. ...

The government on Tuesday said it remains “optimistic” about the chances of an agreement with oil giants Chevron regarding the development of the Aphrodite gas reservoir offshore Cyprus. Government spokesman ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to press for more EU involvement in deescalating the situation in the Middle East during the EU Council meeting on Thursday and Friday, government spokesman ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday predicted positive developments in the future relationship between Cyprus and cruise giant Royal Caribbean. He was speaking from Limassol port, where he was visiting the ...

A doctors and nurses strike at all state hospitals will go ahead on Wednesday after an eleventh-hour meeting between the state health services organisation (Okypy) and trade union representatives failed ...

Three men denied all charges on Tuesday after they were arrested for possession of explosive material: about 96,000 firecrackers. Paphos criminal court was told that the defendants – aged 24, 31 and 34 – were found ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said the arrival of German special forces in Cyprus “runs contrary to international agreements”. Tatar was speaking to the Anadolu Agency on Monday, and ...

There are no foreign soldiers active on the island with a mission to participate in the ongoing conflict in Israel, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgollas said on Tuesday. It is understood ...

A hundred kilos of rubbish were pulled from the seabed at Zygi fishing shelter, and over 1,500 litres of waste were picked from the adjacent beach as part of a clean-up ...

Cyprus’ pension system will be reformed and modernised under the current administration, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking after a session of the House labour committee, he added ...

The north’s ‘government’ on Tuesday blocked the creation of a ‘parliamentary’ investigation committee into the circumstances regarding the banning of 12 Turkish Cypriots from Turkey. Opposition politicians had put forward ...

A 16-year-old has been hospitalised with a fractured skull after she fell out of the boot of a car which was being driven by a 16-year-old friend. Police said on ...

The government’s decision to create shelters for vulnerable minors between the municipalities of Germasogeia and Ayios Athanasios in Limassol without informing the local authorities sparked outrage among officials and ...