#Cyprus

The newly appointed deputy director of the Central Prisons Haris Philippides said on Wednesday his three priorities were modernising the correctional system, reducing prison overcrowding and tackling corruption. Hosting MPs ...

Government subsidies on electricity and fuel tax will be extended into the spring, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. The extensions to the subsidies were announced among a raft of ...

A top court in the European Union on Wednesday rejected an attempt to drop the protected status of halloumi, staving off a challenge on the prized cheese that is one ...

Greek Shipping Minister Christos Stylianides caused controversy on Tuesday evening when he said, “half of Cyprus is Turkish”. Stylianides, who is originally Cypriot, was speaking in Greece’s parliament regarding ...

Huge gaps in planning and a lack of robust participation by the interior ministry bode ill for Cyprus’ implementation of local government reform, a Berlin-based consultant said on Wednesday. “The ...

Police on Wednesday found a low-powered improvised explosive device in a vehicle owned by a woman in Larnaca. Larnaca police spokesman Spyros Chrysostomou confirmed that the device did not explode, ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver The government’s goal of there being 80,000 electric vehicles in Cyprus by 2030 is “achievable,” Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. Speaking to the ...

MPs on Tuesday hauled the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) over the coals, mounting their pressure on the state-run power utility to drop its request for a six per cent ...

A children’s book in school sparked controversy and homophobic comments on Tuesday, which eventually led to the withdrawal of the book. The book was withdrawn after the mother of ...

Urine tests for the detection of illegal substances in prisoners are carried out daily, the prisons department said on Tuesday. The department issued the statement in response to an article ...

British Defence Minister Grant Shapps revived the idea of a humanitarian aid corridor between Cyprus and Gaza on Tuesday. Speaking in the British Parliament on the matter of humanitarian aid ...

Diplomatic contacts will continue for more active involvement by the EU in the Cyprus issue, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Asked by reporters about the EU’s attempt ...

A case has been filed at the Limassol district court against a 43-year-old man who allegedly threatened and attacked a 47-year-old inside the court building on Monday. The complainant is ...

Although it made front page news in the north, police said they received no information that a group of eight young Turkish Cypriots said on Monday they had been attacked ...

A new tool, launched on Tuesday, will allow players the opportunity to control their betting activity and self-exclude, either temporarily or indefinitely, from all licensed online betting companies in Cyprus. ...

A vehicle parked outside a house in Oroklini was shot at several times on Tuesday, police said. Larnaca CID officer have launched a hunt for the perpetrators since following the ...

Challenges to the implementation of local government reform will be resolved with the help of parliament, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday following a meeting on the issue with ...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella will pay a state visit to Cyprus on February 26 and 27, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Mattarella’s visit marks the first visit by an ...

Legal expert Gabrielle McIntyre, appointed to investigate corruption claims against former president Nicos Anastasiades, will be supported by three Cypriot lawyers with no conflict of interest, the anti-corruption authority announced ...

The new acting prisons director Charis Philippides will have a meeting with the House legal committee on Wednesday, following the official announcement he will be taking on his duties. The ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) on Monday called for transparency on fuel prices, asking the fuel monitoring authority to explain why pre-tax fuel prices from October to December 2023 deviated significantly ...

Interest in the subsidy plans for purchasing electric vehicles has surged since the opening of the application process last Saturday, according to data released by the department of road transport. ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday welcomed the appointment of Gabrielle Louise McIntyre, who is meant to investigate corruption claims against him which were written in a book. The anti-corruption ...

Only two out of eight anaesthesiologists at Makarios hospital are willing to participate in abortions, it emerged on Monday, following a complaint that a woman was forced to endure for ...