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Anyone using the roads these days can’t fail to have noticed the proliferation of people using e-scooters. They seem to be everywhere, weaving in and out from pavement to ...

The state is aiming for a quick-fix solution to the Koshi municipal waste deadline and will launch an open tender, as studies warned the current site is set to overflow ...

A new study has revealed that while the Cypriot National Guard’s weaponry and equipment remains numerically unchanged, increasing requirements in maintenance, difficulties in replacing obsolete hardware, and other international ...

The government on Monday announced the successor to Andreas Mavroyiannis as chief negotiator for the Cyprus issue, while speculation tied Mavroyiannis’ resignation to the 2023 presidential elections. In a written statement, ...

The deputy ministry of shipping announced on Monday that it had completed the evaluation of tenders for a ferry link between Cyprus and Greece. The winning company behind the successful ...

Ukraine said a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv on Monday, the first civilian victims in the western city, and the commander of Ukrainian forces holding out in ...

A €40 million action plan aimed at revamping Nicosia’s walled city was presented on Monday which will provide incentives for young families to move into the area and grants for ...

Covid-19 restrictions at the crossing points are to be lifted from 9am on Tuesday, the bicommunal technical health committee announced on Monday. This means that proof of vaccination and test ...

The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) on Monday highlighted the need for patients to take part in the decision-making process as far as public health concerned during a meeting ...

Paphos criminal court on Monday postponed the trial of David Hunter, the 74-year-old British man who in December confessed to killing his terminally ill wife to June 16, following a request ...

The epidemiological picture of Cyprus is the best it has been for the last five months, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipandelas said on Monday as speculation grew that more Covid measures ...

From high-rise buildings to shipping and oil-related industries By Annette Chrysostomou A new holistic environmental risk assessment of the Limassol coastline is the largest-scale environmental research project for the city ...

In the Cyprus problem it is essential Greek Cypriots regain the moral high ground that has been lost due to our own stupidity By Christos P Panayiotides For quite some ...

In countries like the UK, most food delivery workers use bicycles – it’s gradually catching on in Cyprus By Jonathan Shkurko Food delivery has undergone a radical shift in the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent decades, inflation in developed economies has been contained at historically low levels. With the onset of the pandemic in early 2020 and the ...

‘Everyone is talking to everyone else right now’ With the energy picture in the region in flux due to the Ukraine war and the global pressure to end dependence on ...

The relaxations to Covid measures that came into force last week are welcome, though disappointingly cautious compared to other countries. The problem is that the government is lifting restrictions at ...

Some cynical clever dick at the Home Office has devised a scheme to deter asylum seekers By Alper Ali Riza Rwanda is perceived as the most refugee-repellant country in the ...

Police in the north have remanded four men of African descent for attempting to illegally cross into the Republic. The four men reportedly paid a Turkish national to smuggle them ...

Cyprus needs to address whether the ‘right to death’ should be as institutionally protected as the ‘right to life’ that states are bound to uphold, House Speaker Annita Demetriou has ...

Smart traffic lights are to be installed at 125 locations in Nicosia and Limassol as part of a smart traffic management system, Transport Minister Yiannos Karousos said on Friday. He told ...

For what seems like the umpteenth time, the European Commission has called on Cyprus yet again to take measures to protect its Natura 2000 sites and to respect its obligations under ...

Work on a new Limassol-Saittas highway and the construction of a new Limassol football stadium are proceeding on schedule, Transport Minister Yiannos Karousos said on Friday after a visit to ...

Cyprus and Lebanon are ready to cooperate and exploit undersea gas fields between the two countries, according to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, who was on an official visit ...