#Cyprus

The government will not deviate from its goal to complete the Vasiliko terminal and gain the capacity to bring natural gas to the island, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said ...

Prices of fruit and vegetables at Cyprus’ supermarkets are “unfair both on producers and consumers”, Cyprus Consumers’ Association chairman Marios Drousiotis said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he ...

By Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou My journey into environmental advocacy began long before my appointment as the Commissioner for the Environment on January 10, 2024. My deep passion for the interplay between ...

Cyprus was the EU member state with the second highest percentage of workers who couldn’t afford to go on holiday in 2022, Eurostat data for the European Trade Union Confederation (...

The government on Tuesday kicked off a campaign to promote a new set of rules for the storage of hazardous substances, with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou visiting the Vasiliko cement ...

The International Press Institute had by Tuesday joined the chorus of voices against the contentious fake news bill currently being discussed in Cyprus’ parliament, which has been slammed as a ...

The energy regulator (Cera) said on Tuesday it is “under pressure” to consent to Cypriot consumers paying a fee from now for the Great Sea Interconnector, the mooted subsea electricity ...

The presidential palace coughed up almost €60,000 on catering and restaurants in 2023, according to a report published on Tuesday. Details of the state expenditure were reported in Philenews though it did ...

The government will invite two tenders in a bid to complete the LNG project, one for remaining construction work on the jetty at the land-based facilities at Vasiliko, the other ...

A plan called Nafkratis has been updated for migratory flows in case Cyprus needs to become a safe junction for evacuees due to an explosive situation in Lebanon and the ...

Nicosia can count on Belgrade’s full support when it comes to Cyprus’ national issues, Serbia’s top diplomat assured his Cypriot counterpart on Tuesday. Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Duric ...

There are over 14,000 pending asylum-seeker applications from Syrian nationals, the UNHCR confirmed on Tuesday as the EU Commission said any efforts to return Syrians to their home country must be ...

Turkish Cypriot political leadership figures lined up behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a spat between Erdogan and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Erdogan had on Sunday night warned ...

Three people were arrested in Limassol on Monday night after a fight broke out in the city. The police had been called at around 11pm, with bystanders reporting a mass ...

Speculation spun into overdrive on Monday over which officials in Cyprus might land in hot water over the liquefied natural gas project fiasco amid an ongoing probe into the matter ...

Authorities have acknowledged that a contract for the installation of an ‘anti-drone shield’ has run into trouble, but not aground – at least not yet. The police – as the contracting authority – ...

A 26-year-old man was pulled out of the sea on Monday after diving into it from above the sea caves at Cape Greco. The man was extracted from the sea ...

Cypriot member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou’s hiring of his sister to “help him” in his duties may violate European Union law, it emerged on Monday. While her ...

A man who had been found in a supermarket cafe holding a bloody knife was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after having been arrested the previous day ...

The government has managed to buy time to offer explanations to the EU commission over the LNG project fiasco, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki on Monday issued a warning about the daily risk of sudden closures of clinics and departments at the Famagusta, Larnaca and Paphos general hospitals “due to ...

Τhe government will upgrade sports in Cyprus to the level they should be, President Nikos Christodoulides, said addressing Cypriot Olympic athletes at a reception at the residence of the Ambassador ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested while sitting at a supermarket café with a knife that appeared to have spots of blood. The arrest unfolded on Sunday in Limassol, after members ...

A 36-year-old was remanded in court on Sunday after he was found with a 40kg stash of cannabis in his home, as well as a number of guns and bullets. ...