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Lawmakers on Monday vented their frustration at the government for bringing last-minute changes to legislation relating to the reform of local government, as the new system of governance is set ...

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation on Monday announced a donation of €750,000 to Unicef for humanitarian support of children in Gaza. The organisation said the donation, under its “Food from the Heart” ...

By Andria Kades and Tom Cleaver UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday said she would be preparing a report after her visit, and meet with UNSG Antonio Guterres in ...

It is now time for the state to begin preparing criminal prosecutions against those involved in the killing of Thanasis Nicolaou, investigator Savvas Matsas said on Monday. Speaking to the ...

Low water levels in dams and reservoirs are an ongoing cause for concern with summer just around the corner, despite authorities having announced a slew of projects to beat potential ...

This is the second time this year I feel compelled to write about the development of – or lack of – the Aphrodite gas field. This is the fifth attempt made by ...

Buried behind closed doors lies a legal practise that allows people with disabilities to be forcibly sterilised if their guardian deems them unfit to be a parent. Branded as a ...

Any more involvement of the attorney general’s (AG) office on the case of Thanasis Nicolaou is unacceptable and unethical, lawyer for the national guardsman’s family Leto Cariolou charged ...

Supporting a global economic recovery and green development By Liu Yantao The “China collapse” and “China has peaked” rhetoric seems to be resurfacing recently in a part of the world. ...

The Greek Cypriot side is ready to sit at the negotiation table and solve the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. In statements on the sidelines of an ...

Nicosia’s Paphos Gate police station has stood empty for nearly a decade The iconic Paphos Gate police station, perched on the historical Venetian walls in old Nicosia, is poised ...

The executive branch will move to examine why for 19 years the tragic case of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou was not properly handled, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. These are ...

In two weeks’ time the government “may” take a decision on the ongoing dispute with the joint venture holding the concession over the redevelopment and operation of the Larnaca port ...

Politics in the UK turned farcical last week when Natalie Elphicke, the Conservative member for Dover, defected to the Labour Party. In the jargon, she crossed the floor and sat ...

ONLY our political parties, in their infinite wisdom, could have engaged in a cost-cutting reform that will increase the cost to the taxpayer. The reform of local government, on which ...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angel Holguin has still to find the common ground that would lead to new talks on the Cyprus problem. Her comments, after last ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou extolled the virtues of roses at the village of Agros’ 16th Rose Festival on Saturday. She described the festival as “a celebration which aims to highlight ...

The murder of Thanasis Nicolaou “proved the existence of the deep state”, the Green Party said on Saturday. They said his mother Andriana Nicolaou was “finally vindicated” by the Limassol ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and his predecessor Mustafa Akinci exchanged barbed statements over their respective stances on the Cyprus problem on Friday and Saturday. Akinci began the tit-for-tat, making ...

Nurses are “often treated with contempt”, trade union Pasydy’s nursing branch said on Friday. In a statement released ahead of International Nurses Day on Sunday, the union said nurses ...

The House plenum on Friday unanimously rejected the president’s referral of the law giving the power to the chief of police to appoint a person of his/her choice ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou The death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 was a crime and he died of strangulation, rather than suicide a judge ruled on Friday. ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou As the public waited the verdict as to whether national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou committed suicide or was murdered in 2005, the court reading painted a ...

Two decades after joining the EU, Cyprus has made “spectacular progress” when it comes to positive changes in the daily life of the population, House president Annita Demetriou said on ...