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By Alexandra Attalides The illegal construction of a church in the Natura 2000 Network in Cape Greco, despite the reaction of relevant government departments, shows that the violation of the environmental ...

Construction of two new desalination plants in Limassol and Famagusta was under review on Tuesday spurred on by the prevailing drought conditions and water shortage fears. The state is under ...

Nicosia’s municipal swimming pool will not be open to the public until next year, municipality spokeswoman Petrina Kakoulli said on Tuesday. It has now been closed to the public ...

Local stakeholders appear to have thrown in their lot with a proposal of the ports authority (CPA) after the latter expressed its readiness to undertake the development of the Larnaca ...

Repair work is ongoing on the temporary jetty placed off the coast of Gaza which broke apart last month during high winds, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. She ...

Cyprus has the second-highest carbon emissions per capita of any country in the European Union, according to climate analysts CarbonBrief. The island emitted 3.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person per ...

One of the key adjectives the president and his ministers routinely use to describe their policies is ‘anthropocentric’, or human-centred. It is one of those words, loved by the current ...

The bankruptcy of Europe’s third-largest tour operator FTI Group will adversely impact tourist bookings in Cyprus, hotel industry officials warned on Monday. FTI filed for insolvency in the Munich ...

The Cyprus government ‘doesn’t have a leg to stand on’ by leaving migrants stranded in the UN buffer zone for close to a week, sources close to the matter ...

Greek Cypriots have received a total of £25.4 million (€29.8m) worth of compensation from the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) in the north so far in 2024, according to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Halkin ...

Limassol police on Monday were continuing an intense search for the arsonists who caused a large fire in Ayios Sylas and Ayios Therapontas. The fire in Ayios Sylas was set ...

Statements by former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Cyprus issue, in which he blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the stalemate in the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, are his “personal ...

The hearing seeking to cancel the warrants that have frozen the assets of scandal-hit monks at Osiou Avakoum monastery was postponed again on Thursday at Nicosia district court.  The Legal ...

Qatar has shown an interest in taking on the running of the Larnaca port, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said ...

The first election results on June 9 are expected to come out by 7.30pm on Sunday night, the director of the elections service Menelaos Vasiliou said on Thursday. Final results are ...

The government on Wednesday clinched a deal with Larnaca port and marina workers who were fired by Kition Ocean Holdings. Talks lasted for four hours in a marathon session meeting ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court is set to announce its decision on June 5 on whether attorney-general George Savvides is constitutionally allowed to initiate dismissal proceedings against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides. During Wednesday’...

The Cyprus-Greece ferry service resumed on Wednesday as the Cypriot-flagged Daleela left the DP World terminal at Limassol port at 1pm and is expected to arrive on Thursday night at ...

The need for civil society organisations to act as environmental watchdogs remains urgent. The last few weeks have been a rough time on the nature protection front, and the main ‘...

Cyprus can be considered as Qatar’s “ambassador in Brussels”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking after the arrival of Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ...

The education ministry is working on a bill that will introduce the same penalties for secondary school students using mobile phones in class as those currently enforced in primary schools ...

The termination of the contract for the development of the Larnaca port and marina was widely expected. There had been a loss of trust which led to a complete breakdown ...

The government on Monday moved to terminate its agreement with Kition Ocean Holdings over the Larnaca port and marina project, leaving the future of the stalled €1.2 billion development up in ...

The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Cyprus on Monday evening to begin his official visit to the island. He was met upon his arrival ...