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Cyprus authorities were caught completely unaware about the deal that saw two thirds of the shareholding in the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), which was held by Greece’s state-owned Admie, ...

The debate over whether the names of the father and mother should be included on a person’s ID card was re-kindled last week after the interior ministry announced that ...

The long-awaited cabinet reshuffle, which had turned into something of a running joke in the last month, was finally announced on Tuesday evening by President Nikos Christodoulides. All the visits ...

An illustration of the might of unions is the fact that union leaders are well rewarded by their respective employers. And this was not the case exclusively in the public ...

Municipalities staged a three-hour strike on Monday morning. This was not a workers’ strike called by their unions for better pay, but a strike called by the Union of Municipalities ...

To the surprise of absolutely no-one, the two-day visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres produced no substantive results, beyond the possibility of a 5+1 conference in the near future if adequate ...

The education ministry is expected to roll out the integration of AI into teaching from September to “cultivate responsible use” of the technology. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou told Politis Radio ...

Huge development projects – both public and private – are being planned all across Cyprus. In the Polis area, the Cyprus Ports Authority is proposing the expansion of Latchi port, which environmental ...

In the end there were no great surprises from the visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Cyprus. He neither announced a date for a new 5+1 conference, nor anything to ...

At the start of every summer a lot of reassuring words are spoken about Cyprus’ preparedness for fire season. More staff, more equipment, more technology and more millions are poured ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou has called for a ban on third countries from conducting election campaigns in Cyprus after a billboard promoting Israeli prime ministerial candidate and former IDF chief of ...

Every year, at the height of the summer, we face the same problem. The Electricity Authority’s power stations had great difficulty producing enough power to satisfy demand. The antiquated ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said that energy programme was proceeding according to the schedule, and the first natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field was expected by the end of 2030 ...

On Tuesday, on the instructions of the interior minister, trucks, accompanied by police, were sent to the beach front east of Larnaca to remove caravans, tents, picnic tables, barbecues that ...

The Peer Review Committee (PRC) European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) noted the progress made by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) in strengthening supervisory and enforcement practices following ...

In the end, the eagerly awaited World Cup final, between two footballing powers, turned out to be a very disappointing spectacle thanks to Argentina’s unrelenting negativity and spoiling tactics. ...

The number of inspectors at the labour and social insurance ministry, clamping down on illegal or undeclared work will be doubled, said Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas. There were currently eight ...

The Anti-Corruption Authority resorted to the oldest trick in the book in its announcement, responding to the previous week’s media reports about a possible conflict of interest in the ...

Only in Cyprus could the government decide to redesignate an industrial zone in the Dali-Yeri area into a ‘white zone’ which prevents the 50 factories that have been in the area, ...

For the last half-century, every year, on July 15 we hear and read the same narratives about the Greek Junta-inspired coup against President Makarios, which gave Turkey the pretext to invade ...

The way the government greeted the appointment of the European Commission envoy to the Cyprus problem gave the impression that the road to a solution had been opened. The reality, ...

The decision of the Paphos police to arrest the inconsolable and grief-stricken father of the three-year-old boy who fell to his death from a fourth-floor window in a Chlorakas hotel ...

When President Nikos Christodoulides persuaded the European Union to make EU-Turkey relations dependent on progress on the Cyprus problem, this was presented as great achievement. The linking of the two ...

The government has made a big fuss about the defeat of its bill extending the existence of the temporary post of deputy minister of European affairs by another five months. ...