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The contractor behind the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal should be “counting the days” before it receives a notice of termination, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. His ...

The welfare department’s unemployment and job searching platform is deficient in crucial ways, Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Tuesday. Speaking to Cyprus Mail Theopemptou said he had ...

Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes which hit southeastern Turkey, with commemorations taking place in the north to remember the Cypriots who died. A total of 49 ...

The government was not happy with the view of the British High Commissioner, Irfan Siddiq, who said the Turkish Cypriots needed to be given incentives to return to the negotiating ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) may end up hiking its rates by up to 25 per cent should it win an ongoing case in court, MPs heard on Monday. Andreas ...

The government on Monday signaled it may have to take “painful decisions” regarding the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project in Vasiliko, as the contractor itself blamed the Cypriot side ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver Deputy government spokesperson Yiannis Antoniou on Monday described as “unacceptable” the position of the British High Commissioner in Cyprus, who said that Turkish Cypriots ...

Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat, suspected and wanted for selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north, will be extradited to Cyprus this week from Italy, where he was arrested, authorities ...

Cyprus cannot circumvent directives enacted by the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) for farming but the state can far better support local farmers through the green transition, the head ...

Public prosecutors have called on the government to increase security measures in the wake of two targeted attacks carried out in recent weeks. In a letter dated January 19 to President ...

Any increases in the prices of household electrical appliances are unjustified, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Monday claiming that the reason behind the price hikes is the rise in ...

Damage to a Dhekelia power station production unit that prompted warnings of power cuts will be repaired by end-of-week, the electricity authority (EAC) said on Monday. Asked about the chance ...

We could extract gas from the Cronos field before Aphrodite In ancient Greek mythology Cronos was the god of time. It now looks that Cronos’ time has come. And it ...

Without a recognised nationality all her life, one woman welcomes the government’s decision to re-evaluate citizenship “I’ve been alive for 21 years, but I actually don’t exist… Nobody ...

And perhaps she should encourage both sides to consider the two-state solution By Fahri Zihni The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin arrived in Cyprus last ...

Cyprus was once again the launchpad for British bombing raids in Yemen, as the United Kingdom, together with the United States, conducted its third round of strikes on Saturday night. ...

A recently uncovered 1959 letter from Sir Hugh Foot writes of his barely hidden reservations on the future of Cyprus. It’s a sobering read This year marks 50 years since the ...

IN the summer of 2007, during the golden rule of Ethnarch Tassos, a journalist revealed that the companies that were bidding for the importation of natural gas to Cyprus were closely ...

In his ongoing feud with the attorney-general’s office, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has repeatedly spoken about the need to end the former’s dual role as advisor of the state ...

Terminal at Vasiliko started under a cloud of suspicion and has just got worse The writing was on the wall even before the contract for the liquified national gas (LNG) ...

Farmers from Paphos staged a protest on Saturday morning on the road between Amargeti and Statos in solidarity with demonstrating European farmers. Farmers from across the continent have descended on ...

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and militias it backs, ...

The European Commission has signed a new delegation agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (Undp), providing an additional financial assistance of €2.5 million to support the work of the Technical ...

The honeymoon period between the government and the unions appears to be over. It lasted 11 months during which the main union demands about increasing CoLA and raising of the minimum ...