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Repeating the government’s official tirade on Turkish intransigence and praising its own dedication to resuming negotiations on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis gave a lukewarm response to ...

Attorney General George Savvides would be happy to see Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides “completely annihilated,” the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. The statement was made by Michaelides as he ...

Ceramics and stone tools and objects, dating to the Late Bronze Age, have been unearthed in Pitharka, a site that appears to have been peacefully abandoned by its settlers. Pitharka ...

Unficyp chief and the UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Monday that he is concerned over increased militarisation of the buffer zone, seemingly caused by the stalled ...

The first planning permit was issued on Monday through the fresh district organisation umbrella system, which ushered in a new era for local administration. Newly elected district governors, leading this ...

The finance ministry on Saturday condemned the planned 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals that is set to paralyse the health system next week. The doctors’ union Pasyki said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar wanted the Mia Milia checkpoint to “truly” open he could have already done so. Christodoulides, speaking at ...

The ‘stop-start’ US temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was due to be towed back to Ashdod in Israel yet again due to high seas expected over the weekend, ...

Cancer drugs estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of euros, which were stored in a refrigerated area at Limassol general hospital, have been destroyed, state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

Hezbollah’s threats are not in touch with reality as Cyprus’ role in Gaza is strictly humanitarian, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos stressed on Wednesday in a press conference with US ...

MPs are expected to vote next month on bills to establish an effective framework for wealth declarations by state officials and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), following three years of discussions ...

Archimandrite Nektarios, one of the monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum Monastery scandal, was remanded for a further eight days on Wednesday, after appearing in court with a new defence ...

The first supplementary budget for 2024, worth €351.3 million, has been approved by the cabinet to cover medical supplies, social insurance, desalination, defence and education. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister ...

Doctors at public hospitals are going on a 48-hour strike next week after failing to reach an agreement with state health services organisation (Okypy), it emerged on Wednesday. The strike ...

A German, living in the north, is due to the questioned on Wednesday in the Republic, regarding the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property. The German suspect, the third in a ...

A Cyprus-based platform dedicated to predicting and managing insect-borne diseases raised an alarm on Wednesday about the increasing threat of tiger mosquito-borne infections in Europe. The Early Warning Decision Support ...

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah threatened Cyprus for the first time on Wednesday, saying Hezbollah could consider it “a part of the war” if it continued ...

The Cypriot government is in the “final stage” of its quest to secure visa-free travel for its citizens to the United States, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking at ...

The government on Wednesday announced it had extended the electricity subsidy until the end of October, meaning it will have been in place for exactly a year upon its currently ...

Police on Wednesday said more arrests could be made in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, while also raising the possibility that Greek authorities could be called on to help with ...

The temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid sent from Cyprus has been towed away to the Israeli port of Ashdod for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed “great satisfaction” with the agreement to establish an ongoing strategic discourse between the Republic and the USA. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou, speaking to ...

After a marathon court session on Tuesday, Archimandrite Nektarios embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal was remanded in court for eight days. The hearing at Nicosia district court began ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned on Monday that the absence of adequate infrastructure for elderly care could compromise the effective functioning of the healthcare system in Cyprus. A report ...