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Cyprus is the “champion in the housing crisis”, reported Akel mouthpiece Haravghi last Monday. The party has been very critical of the government’s housing policy because it has been ...

The mayor of Athienou in Larnaca has made a strong case for a crossing at nearby Pyroi following agreement by the two leaders in New York with the UN chief ...

The revelation that former President Nicos Anastasiades and former Disy leader Averof Neophytou held a meeting last week fired speculation about what they could be up to. It was certainly ...

The dinner in New York did not bridge the differences between the two sides, but it kept the process alive and confirmed the continued involvement of the UN. The UN ...

The behaviour of teachers and parents at Nicosia’s Pancyprian Gymnasium was, to put it mildly, disgraceful. This was a shameful exhibition of mob rule, with all its features – ignorance, ...

The two leaders will dine with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York, in what has been classed as an ‘informal’ meeting, which would suggest no decisions would be taken ...

The way the government is carrying out economic policy should worry everyone. Although it claims that fiscal discipline and prudent spending are its priorities its erratic decisions do not really ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou put the cat among the pigeons with his idea of taking the ownership and control of the electricity grid away from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that the Cyprus Republic had violated Article 3 of European Convention on Human Rights, prohibiting inhuman or degrading treatment, in its treatment of ...

Unprecedented traffic jams and bottlenecks were caused in the already congested streets of central Nicosia during the morning rush hour on Wednesday. The reason was that the short stretch of ...

The subservience of the political parties to the unions, which was demonstrated at the House finance committee meeting on Monday, is extremely worrying. Only two out of six parties represented ...

Two Indian delivery drivers were attacked by a mob of 15 thugs, in Kato Polemidia, Limassol, on Saturday, just before midnight. They were beaten up, one of them suffering a broken ...

The dinner date with the UN secretary-general has been set. President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will be having a trilateral dinner in New York with Antonio ...

Everyone in Cyprus was aware of the Pentakomo waste treatment plant scandal, which now threatens to scupper the appointment of Costas Kadis as commissioner for oceans and fisheries. Kadis, who ...

The Union of Cyprus Pensioners (Ekysy) held its annual conference on Thursday morning before staging a demonstration outside the finance ministry to push their demand for more support from the ...

Iran carried out its largest-ever attack on Israel on Tuesday night launching a barrage of missiles, which it said were aimed at military installations. The aerial defences of Israel, supported ...

Appearance-wise, President Nikos Christodoulides acted decisively in sacking the chief of police, the deputy chief and acting head of the Nicosia Central Prison, as soon as he returned to Cyprus ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) started a new campaign on Thursday aimed at tackling abuses of Gesy, which “constitute one of the major problems threatening the viability of the system”. ...

For the last 50 years, every September, the president of the Cyprus Republic addresses the UN General Assembly. In the years immediately after the 1974 Turkish invasion, some delegations stayed in the ...

It was inevitable that Akel would start protesting as soon as it became known that that government would not extend the duration of the measures that were implemented to help ...

Congratulations to Education Minister Athena Michaelidou for pursuing her decision to ban mobile phones from all public secondary schools. She had banned phones from primary schools and has now tabled ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Tuesday bowed to police pressure and banned away fans from a match scheduled for Sunday between Omonia 29 May and Apoel. Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou ...

Diko deputy Zacharias Koulias has never been a politician that could be taken seriously. His mouth has always worked faster than his brain, something that made him eminently quotable and ...

We have always had a rather ambiguous approach to the rule of law, which was evident once again after the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to remove Odysseas Michaelides from ...