#Cyprus

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 ...

Drugs and other prohibited items including mobile phones are being smuggled into prison from court, reports said on Monday. According to Phileleftheros, the drugs and prohibited items come into prisoners’ ...

One of the rarest marine mammals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal, has been breeding steadily in Cyprus in recent years with two born in the latest season, researchers ...

Consumers are saving approximately €7.50 on around €95 of purchases following the introduction of zero VAT rate on 11 products, the consumer protection service said on Monday. According to the service, consumers, depending ...

Abuses of the national health scheme (Gesy) are the biggest problem affecting the health sector, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Damianos said that the ...

A 51-year-old man had to be rescued by police after crashing his vehicle into a ravine on Sunday. The authorities were initially alerted around 6pm, when the man was reported ...

Leaving aside the issues of how the doomed LNG project was awarded, the key issue is to recover and complete it Much has been said and written about the debacle ...

Officials would do better to stop blaming misinformation, apologise for clearly illiberal measures during the pandemic, and try to reassure us that the vaccine situation is being monitored Covid vaccines ...

Every effort is being made to upgrade the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday. Speaking at the 1st Mandarin Festival in Arakapas, she said ...

A family ignored the sneers of friends and escaped the noise, haste and cost of Limassol to friendly, peaceful, affordable Ypsonas. But now the city is following them By John ...

While Senora Holguin is “off island”, may I put into the written word a moment of reflection that may impact her future conduct. The previous president who pulled out of ...

The status quo in Cyprus cannot be the island’s future, President Nikos Christodoulides reiterated on Sunday. The island is at a critical juncture in its history, he said. “With ...

Dear Ms Holguin Welcome to Cyprus! While I appreciate that as a foreigner in Cyprus I should hold my counsel on all things Cypriot, my many years of residence in ...

Unrest broke out in the early hours of Sunday when a man pulled out a gun outside a baker in Nicosia to break up an incident with youngsters. According to ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 12: In a recent development, Cyprus’ Research and Innovation Foundation on Monday announced that it is joining forces ...

Nothing exemplifies the amateurishness and superficiality of our state services as well as the country’s energy policies of the last 15 years. Policies – if you could describe the catalogue of ...

University after university accused of issuing fake degrees, misconduct and embezzlement A new fake diplomas and fraud scandal at a university in the northern part of Cyprus has reignited the ...

Limassol District Officer Marios Alexandrou said on Saturday that houses in Yermasoyia, damaged in a tornado earlier in the week, were badly built and people were ignoring the authorities’ calls ...

Cyprus has been notably absent in congratulating Greece on passing the same-sex marriage law, failing to be one of 28 countries with embassies in Athens to congratulate them. Greece passed the ...