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The issue of migration will be tackled in its entirety, President Nikos Christodoulides has said, stating that the issue was among his government’s seven policy priorities. His comments in ...

The dangerous fire raging in the Akrounda area had veered out of control on Saturday, as the flames spread to the state forest area. President Nicos Christodoulides was making his ...

Two Cypriots in Marrakesh for a conference are safe, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, after the country was hit by a powerful earthquake that left over 1,000 people dead and ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is striving to accelerate the pace of recovery, identification, and return of remains to the families and are utilising new technologies to help in ...

President Christodoulides was present at Acropolis gymnasium for the first day of the new school year on Thursday, talking to children and asking them how they felt to be back ...

Attorney-general George Savvides is considering filing a request to have auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides suspended, with the former considering that the latter is operating outside what the constitution of Cpyrus prescribes ...

The ad hoc committee on demographics, chaired by nationalist party Elam, will be restricted to discussing only the topic under its remit, House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Friday. Speaking ...

The government is set to expand the current laws regarding offensive material on the internet, such as child pornography and terrorism, to include racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. Speaking to ...

Lieutenant general George Tsitsikostas, the new head of the National guard, was inducted into his new role at a ceremony at the Presidential palace on Thursday. Tsitsikostas replaces the outgoing ...

The national federation of UK Cypriots hit back at an article penned by former British foreign secretary Jack Straw in support of a two-state solution for the island. The federation ...

In the end, a feud between two civil servants over a promotion that dates back several years was the reason we found out that a provision of the Gesy law ...

Authorities continue to be lax in collecting income tax, and as a result the state is losing millions each year, the auditor-general said in parliament on Thursday. Odysseas Michaelides was ...

The government on Thursday revealed that it will soon bring a bill that will allow the justice minister to issue a decree barring access to websites deemed to have racist ...

‘Unhealthy’ relations between Russia and Cyprus The international community must “commit itself to a two-state solution” to the Cyprus problem if negotiations for reunification fail yet again, according to former ...

President Nikos Christodoulides in a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, requested that a meeting be arranged with the Turkish Cypriot leader and also the appointment of a ...

The police response was inadequate to the situation during the recent racial attacks in Limassol but this can only be solved by supporting the force with concrete actions, Isotita union ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas The first day of school for thousands of secondary school students began on Thursday, as children returned to their desks and gymnasiums and lyceums. ...

The family of Thanasis Nicolaou, the 26-year-old national guardsman who was found dead under the Alassa bridge in 2005, on Wednesday requested for the presiding judge at the Limassol court to ...

In an article published in this paper at the weekend, Marios Eliades, former minister and a candidate in the last presidential elections, questioned the value of the pursuing a more ...

Nicosia’s old town was quiet on Wednesday night, as police maintained a strong presence in the area to prevent potential anti-migrant protests turning violent. Police and police vans also ...

Thirteen people arrested during racist riots in Limassol last week are appearing in criminal court in October, the Limassol District Court decided on Wednesday, after they filed the case directly ...

Deputies on Wednesday grilled Cyprus’ police chief on institutionalised racism within the force and whether this was a factor in the observer status police took, as mobs attacked migrants in ...

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been conditionally released from custody in Cyprus and is to reappear in court on Sept. 14, a Cypriot police official said on Wednesday. Steinmetz was ...

Police were gearing up for an anti-immigrant protest in Nicosia on Wednesday, despite assurances it would be cancelled. Speaking during the House legal affairs committee, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou was ...