North’s single-use plastic ban comes into force
The north’s first single-use plastic regulation came into force on Tuesday, with the aim of reducing the amount of plastic waste produced.
According to the new law, it is ...
Guterres meets with Unficyp head
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he fully supports the efforts of the Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Colin Stewart who is expected to brief the UN ...
Minister stands firm on early retirement pension reductions
The government’s goal is to bring the social insurance system into the 21st century, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday.
In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency (...
No traffic camera fines have ended up in court
A year and a half since traffic cameras were introduced not a single unpaid fine has been registered in court.
According to police information, the proportion of unpaid notices, known ...
Foreign minister highlights key to restarting talks
The 3+1 Mechanism is the key to expanding the agenda and ensuring the acceleration of the cooperation process, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said at the Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in New ...
Sri Lankans overcome Epi Lions, to meet Black Caps in quarter-finals
By Richard Boxall
The match of the weekend – and the one with the most riding on it – was the meeting between Epi Lions and Sri Lankans at Happy Valley in ...
Deputy culture minister resigns, academic appointed instead
President Nikos Christodoulides accepted Michalis Hadjiyiannis’ resignation from the post of deputy culture minister, which was immediately reappointed to academic Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou.
The president thanked Hadjiyiannis for the work ...
Positive outlook for hotel occupancy in Paphos
The President of the Paphos Hoteliers’ Association Evripides Loizides this week expressed satisfaction with the outlook of the tourism sector in Paphos, saying that hotel occupancy rates in the district ...
Scooters causing havoc in Paphos
Electric scooters are causing problems in Paphos, police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou said on Tuesday, since local authorities have not made provision for their conditions of use.
In the past year, ...
What to expect at the 11th Fengaros Festival
Festival fever is on as the island’s highly-anticipated summer happenings return. One of the exciting experiences of the summer is Fengaros Festival and with a rich line-up, its eleventh ...
Daily News Briefing
In this episode, buying petrol in the north will not be penalised provided it is not for commercial purposes, the customs department said yesterday as they attempted to clarify confusions ...
Twelve years since Mari disaster, memorial service held (Updated)
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday attended the annual memorial service held for the thirteen people who died in explosions at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari twelve years ago.
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Cannabis arrests rising as summer season kicks off
Cases of illegal drug importation are an upward trend, deputy drug squad chief, Stelios Sergides said on Tuesday.
The police statement came following confiscation by officers of another stash of ...
Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Monday announced that it will be hosting a sustainable tourism conference on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 17:00.
The event, titled “A Journey towards ...
Today’s weather: Clear with rising temps
On Tuesday the weather will be clear. Winds will be mainly northerly to north-easterly, light to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort and later locally south-westerly to north-westerly, of the same intensity. ...
Iranians, Russians – and Greek Cypriots – travelling to the north in ever greater numbers
The number of Iranians, Russians – and more surprisingly – Greek Cypriots arriving in the north by air and sea has seen a stark increase in the first five months of 2023 compared ...
Government efforts on Cyprob yield ‘positive response’
Efforts surrounding the Cyprus problem are garnering a positive response, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday night.
He sought to stress that he has observed “positive developments” reiterating the government’...
‘Foreclosures bill to protect the vulnerable and safeguard the economy’
President Nikos Christodoulides said it was not goal to “convince anyone” over the foreclosures and non-performing loan bills, after a meeting with MPs at the presidential palace on Monday night.
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Veto on Turkey’s F-16s is an unwritten rule, Menendez says
“If the administration chooses to override the F-16 veto, I will oppose it and there will be consequences,” Senator and Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez ...
Death at Aphrodite’s Rock was due to drowning, autopsy reveals
A 29-year-old man who died at Aphrodite’s Rock in Paphos on Sunday drowned, an autopsy revealed on Monday.
Carried out by state pathologist Orthodoxos Orthodoxou, the findings were in ...
British woman in Ayia Napa quad bike accident repatriated
British woman Ellie Horrocks, 22, who was in a coma after a quad bike accident in Ayia Napa has made it back to the UK after a GoFundMe managed to raise ...
State will spend €60m on Cost of Living Allowance
The state will spend €60 million more this fiscal year as a result of the increase since June in the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), MPs heard on Tuesday.
The funds ...
Eurostat: 5.6% of those at risk of poverty in Cyprus cannot afford proper meals
Out of the population of individuals that were at risk of poverty in Cyprus in 2022, 5.6 per cent were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent ...
Showdown looms at the House over foreclosures
A marathon session in parliament on Monday failed to avoid a showdown at the House plenum for later this week, where MPs will be voting on a contentious bill tabled ...