#Cyprus

Lawmakers on Tuesday complained that the Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) is being mismanaged and operates with subpar transparency, as the organisation sought parliament’s nod for its 2024 budget. The 2024 ...

The House labour committee on Tuesday discussed the need for the government to set up a labour compensation fund. “We have sent a request to the labour minister, to determine ...

The Nicosia military court acquitted the sole defendant in the case concerning the accident that saw 27-year-old Corporal Natali Neophytou die while on military duty, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

The Famagusta Tourism Board (Etap) and businesspeople of the district were at the “ITB BERLIN 2024” international tourism exhibition, held last week, in an effort to promote bookings in Germany. Giorgos ...

Microplastics, including bottle caps and a Halloween toy, were found in the stomachs of 135 loggerhead turtles washed up or killed on the shores of northern Cyprus, research showed on Tuesday. ...

The Cyprus economy has showcased its strong resilience, in a particularly difficult period recording, “comparatively one of the highest growth rates in the European Union,” said Dr Giorgos Mountis, CEO ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Holguin on Saturday, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. The meeting follows one that ...

Finance minister Makis Keravnos expressed satisfaction with the eurozone’s fiscal policy orientation for 2025, as Cyprus’ conservative fiscal approach was already in line with it. He added that the joint ...

Eurozone finance ministers decided to gradually phase out energy support measures in 2024 in favour of fiscal prudence, aimed at reducing government deficits. The gradual abolition of energy support measures was ...

Wildfire management decisions were made on Tuesday during a high level meeting at the presidential palace ahead of the summer season, when fires increase. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the ...

A teen has contracted measles and is in hospital at Limassol general, it emerged on Tuesday, hours after two toddlers with the disease were released after completing treatment. According to ...

Elam and an ex-police chief were linked to the ongoing church scandal involving suspected money extortion and sex between monks at the Osios Avakoum monastery on Tuesday. It emerged that ...

A man was punched in the face in the early hours of Monday morning after driving with headlights which were “too bright”. The man, aged 33, had been driving on the ...

Cyprus saw a significant reduction in its trade deficit, which stood at €566.5 million in January 2024, according to the Cyprus Statistics Service Cystat. This was a marked decline compared to €1.419.9m ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides is the most popular individual of all independent institutions, with 71 per cent of the public having a positive view of him, it emerged on Monday. The findings ...

The Deputy Minister of Shipping, Marina Hadjimanoli said Cyprus was committed to attracting young people to the maritime profession as well as more women as part of its effort to ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin said “a lot of ideas” had been raised at her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. Holguin held the meeting as ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos is in Brussels for the Eurogroup meeting at which ministers are set to discuss macroeconomic developments and prospects in the Eurozone. Their focus will be on ...

The dark side of religious tourism and an extensive miracles racket operating out of the Saint Avakoum monastery in Fterikoudes were exposed on Monday, adding to the slew of scandals ...

A bomb exploded in a barbershop in Nicosia on Sunday evening causing extensive damage to the property. Police spokesman Christos Andreou confirmed on Monday that the explosion resulted from an ...

The interior ministry on Monday urged would-be voters to “submit timely applications” to be registered on the electoral roll, as the deadline of April 2 for June’s elections near. The ...

As information emerged on Monday that the idea for a humanitarian aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza was first mooted by Benjamin Netanyahu, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said it had ...

A new major television production filmed in Cyprus is set to air on the UK’s Channel 5 on Monday evening. The series will run for four consecutive nights. The production ...

A 20-year-old man, named as Demetris Michael, died on Sunday night when the vehicle he was driving crashed off a cliff in Limassol. Police are investigating the circumstances of the ...