#Cyprus

The House plenary on Thursday evening passed the 2025 budget for the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) with lawmakers grasping the opportunity to rail against the high cost of energy. The ...

Parliamentarians on Thursday gave the nod to the 2025 budget of the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) but not before engaging in a massive row over the status of the ports at ...

Cypriot startups are set to receive a significant boost with €26 million in funding secured by venture capital firm 33East in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF). The fund aims ...

Decisions regarding the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous motorway were the best possible solution, the Public Works Department (PWD) said on Thursday, adding that it would not engage in further discussions with former ...

The European investment bank (EIB) has signed a new financing agreement with Cyprus, providing €72 million for the construction of the country’s new archaeological museum in Nicosia, it was reported ...

The headteacher of The English School, Stuart Walker, has accused members of the school’s board of governors of attempting to intimidate him into admitting a student who had failed ...

Cyprus’ political parties issued mixed responses to tax reform plans announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. Disy, Cyprus’ largest party, said the plans contain “elements which satisfy us” but ...

An increase in bird trapping has been recorded, highlighting the failure of the police anti-poaching unit to tackle organised trapping groups, BirdLife Cyprus said in its autumn 2024 trapping report. “Some 620,000 ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday that Abu Dhabi’s National Energy Company (Taqa) is interested in investing in and supporting the delivery of an electricity connection project that ...

The committee to exclude economic operators from public procurement procedures has been inactive since August, when two of its three members resigned, a former member told the House ethics committee ...

Lawyers and MPs expressed reservations on Wednesday over proposed legislation to restrict the right to protest, however the police and state bodies said it was a good idea, while masqueraded ...

MPs on Wednesday pointed to possible violations of the law regarding Opap grants, saying that Opap may be “filtering” the applications before sending them to the finance ministry. The House ...

Union of municipalities has urged chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis to immediately withdraw the decision to charge Limassol municipality €43,000 for policing this year’s carnival parade on Sunday. The move ...

Police carried out coordinated operations on Wednesday in Nicosia’s old town, inspecting three apartment buildings as part of ongoing efforts to improve public safety. The raids led to the ...

Cyprus’ tax-free income threshold is set to rise to €20,500 per year, following the announcement of a set of sweeping tax reform plans by President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday. The plans ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Wednesday the names of the members of the committee that will investigate vehicle recalls linked to defective Takata airbags. Speaking in parliament, Vafeades confirmed ...

The appeal court has unanimously rejected the attorney-general’s appeal against the acquittal of ten defendants in the high-profile cooperative bank case, it was reported on Wednesday. The ruling confirms ...

A scandal erupted on Wednesday over a power plant allowed to operate illegally with the tacit approval of authorities, following the release of an Audit Service report on the matter. ...

For the first time, Cyprus police have issued an invoice on Wednesday for the cost of policing the Limassol carnival parade, a move that has raised concerns among local authorities. ...

People living near the Dhekelia power station should be exempt from pollution fees on their electricity bills, MPs proposed on Tuesday. Residents of Ormideia and Xylofagou villages again gathered at ...

The anti-corruption authority has examined seven complaints against district court judges but found the evidence provided was insufficient to demonstrate corruption, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Politis, the ...

More than two dozen unaccompanied minors remain stranded at the Pournara reception centre despite all procedures for their transfer being completed, human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Tuesday. She ...

The “biggest professional wrestling event in Cyprus history” is to go ahead in May, wrestling company Pro Wrestling Cyprus announced on Tuesday. The event is set to take place on ...

An ancient bible dating back to 1795 AD was handed to the antiquities department by the customs department on Tuesday following a ruling by Nicosia district court. The book was seized ...