Legal moves to compensate 1974 refugees
Court case seeks restitution for losses out of the public purse By Elias Hazou A little-reported-on filing to the administrative court made by a former...
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Our View: House president shows true colours over MPs’ bad loan list
IN HIS first public appearance after being elected House president in 2016, Demetris Syllouris announced that he would introduce measures to improve the standing of...
Third man remanded over illegal entry of 101 Syrians
A 27-year-old man from Syria was remanded on Saturday for six days on suspicion of assisting compatriots who arrived in Cyprus earlier in the week...
Uefa to visit Cyprus over match-fixing claims (Update)
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) said on Saturday Uefa has accepted its request to dispatch a team to the island over the ‘red notices’ it...
One death, one serious injury in two crashes (Updated)
One man was killed and a teenage boy seriously injured in two separate road accidents in Nicosia on Saturday. According to the police, 23-year-old Panayot...
Waste plant seeks expert advice on finding buyers for ‘sludge’
Experts are expected on the island next week to help solve the problem of managing the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) produced by the Pentakomo waste treatment...
Our Views: Guarantees for private hospitals not the issue, the state sector is
THE COUNCIL of Ministers’ decision to offer €70 million in government guarantees to private hospitals and clinics that join the national health scheme Gesy was...
Police officers cleared of recklessly killing suspect
The Nicosia district court on Friday cleared three police officers who faced charges of causing someone’s death through reckless behaviour. The incident occurred in 2012...
Law passed to regulate Airbnb rentals
The owners of self-catering accommodation with services such as Airbnb will now have to register with the state under a new law passed by the...
Turkey announces new drilling, dismisses East Med Gas Forum initiative (Updated)
Turkey announced on Friday it would start a new drilling off Cyprus in a new target dubbed as ‘Lefkosia1’. The drilling was announced by Turkish...
Football fixtures called off indefinitely after referee bomb attack (update 4)
All Cyprus league matches have been cancelled indefinitely the referees’ association said on Friday, following a bomb attack against one of their own in Larnaca...
Cyprus gang-rape case teenager launches appeal against conviction
A British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has launched an appeal against her conviction. The 19-year-old woman flew back to...
Our View: Very good reasons why the Libya summit is not about the EEZ
Cyprus’ political parties have suddenly become interested in the Libyan civil war. For years they had shown complete indifference to what was going on, but...
Met service issues weather warning
The Met service issued a heavy rainfall warning on Thursday that will be in effect from 1am until 12pm on Friday. The service said rain...
House finally asks for Central Bank input over MPs’ bad loans
After months of prevarication, MPs on Thursday agreed to invite Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou before the House watchdog committee to inform them about a...
Former school security guard jailed for sexual exploitation of children
A 28-year-old man who worked as a security guard at a high school in the district of Nicosia was jailed for four years on Thursday...
Erdogan says Turkey starting troop deployment to Libya
Turkey is beginning to send troops into Libya in support of the internationally recognised government in Tripoli, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, days before...
‘We’re sending a clear message’: students protest over exams (videos) (Updated)
Hundreds of students on Thursday skipped school to participate in a mass protest which closed several main roads in Nicosia to demand the abolition of...
Man who drove truck on motorway with his feet admits charges
A 43-year-old man from Limassol who posted a video of himself on social media driving with his feet last year admitted his reckless act on...
Number of flu jabs doubled, according to health authorities
More than double the number of people received flu vaccinations this year compared with the same period last year, while type A cases are limited...
