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Little enthusiasm from new voters for European elections

November 15th, 2018 Few new voters have expressed any interest in taking part in the May European parliamentary elections, election service head Demetris Demetriou said on...

Brexit

Cabinet backs May on Brexit but she faces battle in parliament

November 14th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday, freeing her to tackle the much...

Health

Health minister confident private doctors will join Gesy

November 14th, 2018 Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday he was optimistic that the necessary number of private doctors would agree to join the National Health...

Cyprus

AG denies squandering millions in 2013 economic crisis probes

November 14th, 2018 Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Wednesday rejected reports that he had spent millions of euros on probes into the collapse of the economy but had little to...

Crime

Four arrests in Ayia Napa murder case

November 14th, 2018 Three men from the Famagusta district aged 27, 36 and 44 and another from Nicosia, 35, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder two weeks ago...

Cyprus

Co-op: wrong people, government mistakes, poor governance (Updated)

November 14th, 2018 Incapable people, government mistakes and no corporate governance were the reasons the co-op bank collapsed, Central Bank Governor (CBC) Chrystalla Georghadji...

Energy

Exxon expected to start drilling by week’s end

November 14th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The Stena Icemax drillship leased by ExxonMobil, is expected to begin drilling in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 by the end of the week, it was...

Cyprus

Public urged to respect salt lake habitat

November 14th, 2018 Larnaca Municipality on Tuesday urged members of the public to show respect for the protection of the ecosystem of the town’s salt lake after it emerged that...

Cyprus

‘Cyprus has not agreed for gas to flow through Turkey’

November 13th, 2018 The government on Tuesday rejected reports in the Turkish press that President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his willingness to agree to a deal with Ankara for...

Cyprus

Dherynia checkpoint operating smoothly says mayor

November 13th, 2018 Traffic across the Dherynia crossing has been smooth with no problems, the town’s mayor said on Tuesday 24 hours after the checkpoint was opened. “Civil...

Cyprus

Blood spatter found on murder suspect's clothes, court hears (updated)

November 13th, 2018 A 40-year-old man detained in connection with the murder of a woman, 56, in the village of Ikos had blood spatter on his clothes, police told a court on...

Health

Health minister’s bigger budget fails to impress

November 13th, 2018 By Elias Hazou Lawmakers on Monday were singularly unimpressed with health minister Constantinos Ioannou’s boast that the ministry’s budget for 2019 was...

Cyprus

Akinci sees current reunification model as the ‘logical solution’

November 12th, 2018 By George Psyllides Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said Monday his side was open to the idea of reducing the federal government’s powers...

Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades seeking ‘right conditions’ for talks

November 12th, 2018 By George Psyllides President Nicos Anastasiades is seeking the resumption of reunification talks under the right conditions, the government spokesman said...

Energy

Exxon drillship on location in block 10

November 12th, 2018 By Elias Hazou The Stena Icemax drillship has arrived on location in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 and is preparing to bore down into the seabed, energy...

Cyprus

New crossings open at Dherynia and Lefka–Apliki (Update 3)

November 12th, 2018 More than three years after the Cypriot leaders agreed to open checkpoints at Dherynia on the east coast and Lefka-Aplikli some 50km from the capital, hundreds...

Cyprus

Tribeca officials to arrive in Cyprus Tuesday

November 12th, 2018 Representatives of world-renowned American film company Tribeca will be on the island from Tuesday to look at the possibility of staging a major film festival...

Cyprus

Christmas gift of love appeal for Paphos children underway

November 12th, 2018 An appeal to ensure that hundreds of children of needy families in Paphos will receive a gift bag of presents this Christmas is underway. For the sixth year...

Cyprus

Bicommunal start-up leading the way

November 11th, 2018 “Entrepreneurs find solutions where politicians stop at a roadblock,” says Steven Stavrou, co-founder of Cyprusinno. He was talking about the success...

Cyprus

Cypriot students abroad: a new meaning to sticking with your own

November 11th, 2018 When Cypriot students go to the UK to study, they tend to go tribal. The Greek Cypriots seek comfort in Greek and Hellenic societies; the Turkish Cypriots...

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