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Excessive and unmonitored sick leave periods, police officers convicted of serious crimes given full pension and mistakes on hundreds of traffic fines that forced authorities to cancel them, form part ...

Constructing new wave breakers in pursuit of sandy beaches for tourism is a short-sighted policy that harms the environment, three NGOS warned on Thursday as they called for an in-depth ...

Procedures have been set in motion to help some 8,000 Ukrainians who have come to Cyprus as refugees or are stranded here because of Russia’s invasion of their country, Interior ...

Developments are expected soon over the exploitation of Cyprus’ natural gas fields, given the large increase in natural gas prices internationally, Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Thursday. Speaking to ...

The introduction of English-language undergraduate courses at state universities is proving to be a tricky puzzle to solve, with concerns over admissions criteria and tuition fees while ideological splits are ...

When it comes to thinking up excuses for delaying the submission of tax returns deputies are very resourceful and imaginative. On Monday, Diko deputy Panicos Leonidou tabled two bills that ...

House president Annita Demetriou unveiled a memorial on Wednesday for the four Egyptian men who lost their lives in the devastating fire that destroyed lives, businesses and homes in the ...

Even if the EastMed pipeline project kicked off immediately, it would not provide a solution to the energy crisis that Europe is experiencing as a result of Russia’s invasion ...

A marina for yachts and related facilities will be set up in the area of the fenced-off town of Varosha in the Famgusta area in the north, Turkish Cypriot press ...

One hundred and fifty unaccompanied minors currently at Pournara are to be transferred to other accommodation units in Famagusta, while the interior ministry said that 317 irregular migrants had arrived in ...

Russian ambassador to Nicosia, Stanislav Osadchiy has warned that Moscow is keeping score and will take everything that Nicosia does as regards the war in Ukraine into account when it ...

Amid all the furore of the state of the Pournara migrant facility this past week, the delicate issue arose of questioning whether all migrants who claim to be minors are ...

The lake is a Natura 2000 site twice-over, but this apparent legal protection is doing it little good Paralimni lake is an opportunity squandered on so many levels. And that really ...

As petrol prices surge in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and consumers fret over the cost of living, the finance ministry has revised its forecast for inflation ...

Nicosia has sought guidance from the European Commission on what it should do with Cyprus-flagged ships that bear a seaworthiness certificate from Russia. “We’ve asked the European Commission for ...

The price of meat is set to soar in the coming months, the head of the butchers’ association told the Cyprus Mail as he predicted that “hard times are coming”. “...

Ukraine hopes to open nine corridors on Tuesday to evacuate civilians trapped by Russian forces and will try to deliver humanitarian supplies to the besieged port of Mariupol, said Deputy ...

Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) customs officials have revealed regular operations at the Pergamos and Strovilia crossing points have made a significant dent in the illegal smuggling of fuel from the ...

In the wake of the uproar over living conditions for unaccompanied minors at Pournara migrant reception centre, MPs on Monday focused on the delicate subject of how to determine whether ...

In the six days from last Tuesday to Sunday, a total of about 550,000 PCR and rapid tests were carried out, an average of 91,000 tests per day. The most tests – 133,874 – were ...

Disregarding objections from the government, lawmakers on Monday decided to press ahead with two bills extending the deadline for companies and self-employed persons to submit their tax returns for 2020. As ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has eclipsed the Republic’s policy shift towards promoting confidence building measures (CBMs) with the north, while murmurings over Turkey’s role in mediation efforts ...

More unaccompanied minors are to be housed in hotel units, while some adults will be transferred to a separate centre, the government announced on Monday following the president’s visit ...

The Cyprus Republic has banned Russian flights, Turkey has not, highlighting once again the anomalies of flying into or over northern Cyprus By Esra Aygin The Cyprus Republic’s decision ...