#Cyprus

The labour market in 2024 is “the best” of the last 15 years in terms of new job creation, the employment rate and salaries, the government claimed on Tuesday. Labour Minister Yiannis ...

Efforts to tackle prison overpopulation are ongoing, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday at the opening of a new high-security wing at the Central Prisons. The project transformed an existing ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that talks to resolve the Cyprus problem “must continue within the United Nations’ framework”. Speaking ...

Singer Peter Andre “may” retire in Cyprus, he revealed on Tuesday. In British gossip magazine OK, he pointed out that the United Kingdom’s Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday told United Nations special representative Colin Stewart he is “ready” to discuss the opening of new crossing points with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. Government ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki on Tuesday asked judge Nicole Gregoriou to recuse herself from his forgery case, claiming she is biased. During the hearing at Nicosia District Court, Yiannaki ...

The cabinet is due to approve reform of the state audit office following extensive dialogue, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking after receiving the annual report of the audit ...

Three people were handed life sentences on Tuesday for their parts in the murder of 34-year-old Demetris Andronikou. The trio, 30-year-old Omar Suleyman, 28-year-old Mohammad Al Agka, and 26-year-old Mohammad ...

The government “has no policy that comprehensively addresses the elderly’s issues”, Disy MP Rita Superman said on Tuesday. Speaking on the second day of the parliamentary debate on the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and his British counterpart David Lammy had an “extremely productive” meeting in London on Tuesday, as they worked to strengthen bilateral relations. Speaking after the early-morning ...

A new record high number of passengers passing through the Republic of Cyprus’ airports has been set this year, with it projected that more than 12 million people will have taken ...

Health authorities on Tuesday assured that the risk to Cyprus regarding monkeypox (Mpox) remains low, following the report of the first monkeypox case of the year over the weekend. The ...

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday announce its decision regarding the cause of the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005. The Limassol district court had ruled in May that Nicolaou ...

The three-day debate on the 2025 state budget got underway on Monday, with the proceedings set to wrap up on Wednesday evening with the vote at the House plenum. The first ...

The EU must immediately appoint a special envoy to Syria, as well as use frozen assets of the former Assad government for reconstruction in the war-torn country, according to a ...

The European Commission on Monday launched infringement proceedings against Cyprus after failing to correctly transpose an EU directive for four years. In a statement, the commission said both Cyprus and ...

The European Commission on Monday announced it had sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus for failing to apply directives over landfills and waste treatment. In December 2021 the commission sent a ...

A red flag analysis over the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project has dampened prospects for its viability, as it questions whether it can actually lower energy costs for consumers. “It ...

The government is “committed” to strengthening Cyprus’ public health system, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. Damianos was speaking at a formal signing ceremony of a new memorandum of ...

The ‘golden passports’ trial linked to the Al Jazeera documentary will begin on January 13, Nicosia criminal court said on Monday after a request for another delay was rejected. Prosecution requested ...

Recent actions by the government of Cyprus regarding “harm the delicate balance and the neutrality policy”, Turkish Defence Minister said on Sunday. “The recent increased activity on the island of ...

Immediate and drastic measures must be taken to better equip the island’s police force, the police association (Sak) said on Monday after a spate of incidents involving youngsters erupted ...

By Euripides L Evriviades The recent visit of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) marks a critical juncture in the bilateral relations between the ...

The multilateral meeting for the Cyprus problem may take place in the first three months of the next year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, he specified ...