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President Nikos Christodoulides, in a speech he made at Greece’s defence exhibition DEFEA 2026, said that the EU could advance on defence and security without the United States. Can it ...

The parliamentary elections later this month are offering a record number of choices – around 20 parties and a staggering 753 candidates competing for just 56 seats. Voters will be lost for choice. Seasoned ...

The bulldozers have finally moved in on the long-neglected Polis beach campsite, raising fears of what the future holds for this oasis from the relentless tourist concrete coating most of ...

In March, following an announcement that the Pame Express bus route taking commuters from GSP carpark into Nicosia would be scrapped due to a shortage of bus drivers, which sparked ...

Things are not looking good for tourism at present and there does not seem very much the authorities can do about it. Although there are no figures to describe the ...

Cyprus marks Labour Day today with the usual union-organised parades to mark the past struggles of the workers. And although working conditions, pay and living standards have improved dramatically in ...

Two local breeds of livestock – the fat-tail sheep and red cattle – have been infected by foot and mouth disease (FMD) and the authorities are in a quandary over what to. ...

The wife of the president, Philippa Karsera Christodoulidou was promoted to the post of ambassador, the Public Service Commission announced on Monday, together with another three employees of the foreign ...

“The UN Secretary-Gneneral Antonio Gutterres intends to take some steps in the near future regarding the Cyprus issue, with the parties involved expecting to be informed about how matters are ...

The government staged an impressively well-organised and smoothly-run informal EU summit on Thursday and Friday. It was unaffected by protesting farmers at the Rizoelia roundabout who had threatened to block ...

The Committee for the Development of Larnaca Town and District will hold a news conference on Monday to brief citizens about the latest developments surrounding the town’s port and ...

One of the oft-repeated concerns voiced in relation to the ‘Sandy’ allegations is that the police could not be trusted to carry out an impartial and competent investigation. It was ...

Today schools in Cyprus will be closed because it is Saint George’s day. April 23 was never a school holiday in the past but became one in 2023 when a Georgios ...

President Nikos Chritodoulides announced before Tuesday’s council of ministers meeting that he had asked the US government for the assistance of the FBI in the investigation into the ‘Sandy’ ...

The Christodoulides government has made a habit of pulling the plug on several public projects, regardless of the cost to the taxpayer. The most high profile termination was the Vassiliko ...

Almost three weeks have passed since journalist Makarios Drousiotis posted the allegations made by the woman dubbed ‘Sandy’. Much has happened since then, including the categorical public denials by the ...

The joke about the licensing of hotels and other tourist premises continued on Thursday when the legislature approved a government bill to extend the operation of these illegal establishments for ...

Calm appears to have returned to the buffer zone in the Pyla area, Unficyp having taken control of the situation. Much was made by the Cyprus government of the incursion ...

There are times when the decisions and actions of the law enforcement authorities do not stand up to rational scrutiny. The visit, in the early hours of Easter Saturday, by ...

The investigative committee, under former supreme court judge Andreas Paschalides, has discovered the creators of the 12-minute video which exposed the ‘money for access to the president’ methods. Black Cube, ...

The leader of Disy and House president Annita Demetriou is increasingly sounding like a spokesperson of the government, even though her party is theoretically in opposition. This stance is very ...

Mercifully, the whole civilisation did not die in the early hours of Wednesday as had been predicted by President Donald Trump. It will survive for at least another fortnight, the ...

Allegations about underage sex, corrupt judges, big pay-offs and a secret brotherhood of politicians operating in the shadows that were posted on X some 10 days ago have been dominating the ...

For several decades, anyone with a university degree was eligible to become a public school teacher, regardless of their abilities. All that was required was a bachelors degree from a ...