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Failure of government to prosecute blatant cases of corruption and nepotism most striking example of crony capitalism on the island By Les Manison Capitalism, also called a free market economy, ...

A little known breed of cow on the island is helping to protect the habitat for birds finds Nick Theodoulou. And also provides great meat Ever heard that Cyprus has ...

Disy deputies may have been caught by surprise at the House institutions committee on being informed that their law proposal on election campaign funding was already covered by the existing ...

Calls for government intervention to support affected buyers and the real estate sector With property prices and rents continuing to spiral during the first quarter of the year, calls have ...

Disy leader and House Speaker Annita Demetriou on Saturday called on the party faithful to let go of toxic attitudes, whispers and rhetoric that instead of healing recent rifts, only ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou sent out a message to the social partners on Saturday in his Labour Day message that unions and employers must both strive for industrial peace that ...

One in five Cyprus residents were born abroad, according to a new survey. Many of those are from the UK. What brings them all to Cyprus, asks Alix Norman According ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Friday said the state has the responsibility to ensure that the appropriate safety and health rules in the workplace not only exist and are applied, ...

Addressing the AGM of the employers and industrialists federation Oev on Tuesday, President Nikos Christodoulides repeated the tune about “a more active role on the part of the EU” in ...

A new yellow warning was issued on Friday by the met office warning of rain and thunderstorms from Saturday morning from 11am until 6pm. Localised rain and isolated thunderstorms, possibly ...

By Sarah Ktisti The government will take all necessary measures to protect Cyprus’ name as a reliable business and investment centre President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking at the ‘...

By Sarah Ktisti Employees at the Department of Information Technology Services (DITS) on Friday laid the blame for damage to servers at the finance ministry due to a water leak ...

Authorities scrambled on Friday to get to the bottom of reports in the north that Greek Cypriot owned hotels and buildings in Varosha had been bought by an unnamed Turkish ...

Cyprus, in 2022, granted protected status to 580 asylum seekers, a drastic decrease compared with 2021, when a total of 2,305 asylum seekers were granted protected status, according to a study released by Eurostat ...

Proposals from the justice ministry to decongest prisons will be sent to the president next week, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. “The president will assess the proposals that ...

Two British legal experts will be coming to Cyprus to help with investigations surrounding the controversial ‘golden passports’, an issue that has embroiled former President Nicos Anastasiades. Head of the ...

Achieving labour peace was front and centre on Friday as the Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou submitted a compromise proposal in the ongoing CoLA (cost of living allowance) dispute. The proposal ...

Russia’s foreign ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday praised Cyprus’ authorities for the way they handled the incident over the fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia ...

Migrant support group Kisa on Thursday slammed a proposal tabled by the Elam party mandating the age-testing of asylum seekers claiming to be minors. In a statement, Kisa called the ...

“There cannot be quality of life in a city without sidewalks that give uninterrupted access and safety to pedestrians, especially people with mobility issues such as people with disabilities, the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday released the names of his election campaign donors – but only after a discussion in parliament a day earlier had outed him as having effectively broken ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou President Nikos Christodoulides has listed almost €120,000 in bank deposits, along with €340,000 in property value, according to his declared wealth statement published on Thursday. Three ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou Authorities on Thursday said investigations were still ongoing over the fire at the Russian cultural centre in Nicosia a day earlier, although a media ...

The last Cypriot citizen evacuee from Sudan arrived on a night flight to Larnaca, the foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Thursday, as flights were set to continue throughout ...