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Local government reform has been grossly distorted by parliamentary amendments and is now rife with failures that will come with hefty costs across different municipalities, Interior Minister Constantinou Ioannou said. ...

Ioannis Kapnoullas resigned as prison director on Friday, with the justice ministry saying he had submitted his resignation for “personal reasons”. In his place, the ministry has appointed police chief ...

Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat was released pending a trial on Friday, with his trial set to begin on February 29. In a hearing at the Nicosia District court, he was ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou is to hold weekly meetings with farmers’ unions with the aim of putting together a common policy document to submit to President Nikos Christodoulides by the ...

The administration of a Nicosia primary school was gearing up to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the institution, only to uncover that the school had actually opened its doors in ...

Cyprus’ farmers took to the streets on Thursday to protest, like the farmers in many European countries, against Brussels’ so-called climate-friendly policies they consider a big threat to their livelihoods. ...

Parliament will very soon hold hearings on what some have dubbed a “mega scandal” – the dropping of disciplinary proceedings against contractors previously implicated in corruption and bribery – an MP said ...

There are “no plans” to close the Dhekelia power station, electricity authority (EAC) chairman Giorgos Petrou said on Thursday. He was speaking during a visit to the power station, and ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos on Thursday attended the inauguration of a supported living facility for people with mental health needs in Latsia. The health minister said that the project was ...

Decisions on possible electricity price hikes will be taken “responsibly” in the next few days, but a ‘favourable’ decision for consumers now may come back to bite in the future, ...

A Cyprus-based law firm is under investigation as part of a probe into a criminal network orchestrating sham marriages across several European countries, it emerged on Thursday. The ring of ...

Farmers protested on Thursday in Nicosia and Paphos, following suit with many of their European counterparts that have taken to the streets to air their concerns over EU Green policies. ...

Cyprus recorded a notable decrease in irregular migrant applications of 46 per cent and a 66 per cent increase in returns last year, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. The minister ...

In the end the EAC clarified that the increase in electricity rates will not be 25 per cent as it had initially been reported, but 6 per cent. The claim for a 25 ...

A representative of the interior ministry said on Wednesday “it is not the state’s intention to monitor journalists.” The comment was made at the House ethics committee, where the ...

Hamas proposed a ceasefire to quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months, during which all hostages would go free, Israel would withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou was cautiously optimistic on Wednesday that a hike in electricity bill prices may be averted, however, he said the final decision would be taken by the ...

“None of the above” was the most popular option selected by voters in an opinion poll of voting intention for the next parliamentary elections conducted by Red Wolf. Twenty per ...

The United States does not support a two-state solution in Cyprus, the deputy assistant secretary of state Joshua Huck said on Wednesday. “We do not support a two-state solution [in ...

Police in Nicosia are warning of traffic chaos on Thursday when farmers from across the island stage a protest with their tractors and other agricultural machines. Drivers have been urged ...

The Association of Large Investment Projects on Wednesday released a statement saying that large-scale projects, with a total value exceeding €8 billion, will take centre stage in Cyprus’ economic development journey ...

There is no doubt that the tenders’ procedure for the Vasiliko LNG terminal was a catalogue of errors that violated every notion of rational decision-making. It suffices to say that ...

King Charles was seen in public on Tuesday for the first time since it was revealed he was suffering from a form of cancer as his estranged younger son Prince ...

The government on Tuesday hinted it may extend some of the relief measures it introduced last November – such as subsidising electricity bills – beyond the end of the month. Taking journalists’ ...