#Cyprus

MPs said on Monday they hope to soon pass legislation setting up a more effective framework for the submission of wealth declarations by certain state officials and Politically Exposed Persons. ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday extolled the virtues of Cyprus’ migrant returns policy. Ioannou was speaking an inter-ministerial meeting regarding asylum and migration attended by the European Union’s 27 ...

The 82-year-old who was jailed for shooting a cable thief in March has been handed a presidential pardon and is a free man, presidential press officer Victor Papadopoulos said on ...

Olive oil has gone up a whopping 105.9 per cent since last Easter, the Consumer Protection Service said on Monday reporting on “significant price increases” for essential Easter items. The service’...

The cost of the top ten most expensive property sales transactions completed in March amounted to €48.1 million, with the most expensive transaction being an office building in Potamos Germasogeia in ...

Monday marks exactly 20 years since the European Union’s Green Line regulation, which regulates the movement of people and goods between Cyprus’ two sides, was adopted. The regulation was adopted ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The EU has evolved relatively slowly and gradually over time, from a trade agreement between a small number of states in the 1950s, to ...

The finance ministry has “achieved all of its goals” since the current government came to power in February last year, Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday. Evaluating the first year ...

All ten people who were arrested on Sunday after being involved in a scuffle with police during a protest in Limassol were released on Monday. The ten, six men and ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki expressed concerns on Monday regarding the finances of state health services organisation Okypy. They said that while the extension of government grants to cover Okypy’s ...

Seven people were remanded for eight days in the attempted murder of a 34-year-old, while another three were released it emerged on Sunday. The murder attempt took place last Tuesday ...

Over a hundred migrants were sent back, police said on Sunday, after the individuals were found to be residing in Cyprus illegally. According to police 181 people were returned to their ...

In a feat that had Cyprus cheering from the sidelines, Ilya Khazov, known as the ‘Lion of Limassol’, recently set a Guinness World Record with a display of sheer strength ...

The Turkish Cypriot side on Sunday denied claims that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for either a trilateral or multilateral meeting on the Cyprus problem. They also denied that ...

Hundreds of tonnes of aid for Gaza have reached the port of Ashdod in Israel after departing Larnaca two days ago, the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. ...

A new exhibition marks 50 years since the Turkish invasion with very personal memories of a Karpasia artist Toula Liasi’s personal story is testament to the lives of those few ...

Is it too soon to get into the festival spirit? It seems not as dozens of annual – and new – festivals are already filling up May’s calendar. From seasonal village ...

First in a series of articles by retired ambassador and former permanent secretary of the foreign ministry, Andreas Pirishis who looks at the Cyprus problem from the viewpoint of a ...

Police scuffled with a group of protesters outside the Limassol station, it emerged on Sunday, after ten individuals were arrested and one officer ended up in hospital. The ten individuals ...

Cyprus is an important EU member state for its geographic position and its deep knowledge of the Middle East, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday. In ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou will outline the need to increase migrant returns at an EU ministerial meeting on Monday. According to a ministry statement, Ioannou departs for Ghent, Belgium later ...

Temperatures are set to rise over the next few days, as dust is expected to remain in high concentration on Sunday, the met office said. According to the met office, ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting April 22: Former Cyprus Airways CEO Paul Sies has joined travel-tech company Journey Mentor as president and chief executive ...

Cyprus’ accession to the European Union was “the culmination of a titanic effort” on the part of the Cypriot and Greek governments, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at ...