VAT cut on basic goods has reduced prices
A VAT cut on seven basic goods has led to cheaper prices and been greeted positively by consumers, especially families, the Consumer Protection Association said on Monday.
The association said ...
Wooing Gulf tourism an uphill battle for Cyprus
Cyprus is attempting to lure more tourists from the Middle East but it’s proving to be an uphill battle, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis says.
He also says ...
EU has tools to push Turkey back to talks, president says
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, in reviewing his first 100 days, that from the start of his presidency, his immediate priority was to initiate actions to seek a leading role ...
Error leaves airport police ‘homeless’ at north’s new terminal
New Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz was due to arrive in the north on Sunday evening to inspect the work at the new terminal at Tymbou (Ercan) airport, which reports ...
Nicosia police warn of traffic disruptions on Monday due to farmers’ protest
In view of the farmers’ protest in Nicosia on Monday, police have announced some road closures in the capital.
Around 10.30am tomorrow the demonstrators in their tractors will move along ...
Shocking record: Cyprus’ high number of kidney failures
Cyprus has double the number of new patients starting dialysis each year
Cyprus records one of the highest numbers in terms of its population in new patients requiring kidney dialysis ...
Political incumbents defying the odds
Despite earthquakes, trainwrecks, inflation and a pandemic, political leaderships in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus remain basically unchanged
Kyriakos Mitsotakis triumphed in the first round of the Greek elections on May 21, ...
Turkey putting resumption of Cyprus talks at risk, EP president says
Turkey’s direct interventions in the north of Cyprus are putting at risk the prospects for the resumption of Cyprus talks, European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola was quoted as ...
Father and son try to catch knife-wielding burglar, son injured
A father and son aged 56 and 27 respectively chased down and tried to apprehend a burglar they spotted on CCTV after he broke into their Paphos shop that sells eyeglasses but ...
All you need is love, say LGBTQ+ activists on divided Cyprus
Separated by politics but united in pride, members of LGBTQ+ communities came together in celebration late on Saturday in the no-man’s-land that splits Cyprus in two.
Setting off from ...
Cyprus Business Now: weekly wrap-up
Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting June 12:
Cyprus-based investor Alexey Gubarev has recently become the owner of the land where Sodap’s wine factory ...
How a surprise EU agreement on asylum overhaul will impact Cyprus
‘An imperfect system that works will be better than a bad one that doesn’t’
Migration has become the albatross around the EU’s neck, but a recent agreement aims ...
Mixed marriages group protests outside parliament
A group calling itself the Uncredentialeds, which demands equal citizenship rights for children of mixed marriages, marched from the north to parliament on Saturday afternoon to highlight the problems they ...
Gas to power gives Cyprus-Israel gas plan momentum
There is grounds for an underwater natural gas pipeline from Israel to Cyprus to produce electricity both for domestic needs and to channel through the EuroAsia Interconnector, the Cyprus News ...
Cypriot assailants sentenced in Greece
Three men who beat up three Cypriots holidaying in Thessaloniki more than five years ago have been sentenced to 36 months in jail, suspended for three years, Greek media reported on ...
Military exercise shows readiness of National Guard says chief (video)
The large-scale tactical National Guard exercise Nikitis-Dimitra 2023 which took place in the land, sea, and air space of Cyprus showed the preparation and effectiveness of the units, leading officers said ...
Local authorities to get support to provide better services
Local authorities should play a leading role in the development of their communities and the government will support this effort, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.
He was speaking at ...
Cyprus ‘ready’ to address search and rescue incident at sea
Cyprus is ready to address in time any Search and Rescue (SAR) incident of any scale at sea and to activate supporting means and the rescue process for any shipwreck, ...
President to address his first 100 days
President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a press conference on Tuesday on the first 100 days of his administration, following underwhelming comments about his term so far by experts and the public.
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President seeks Cyprus problem meeting with Tatar, UNSG
President Nikos Christodoulides is seeking a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, he said on Saturday.
The president was commenting two days after ...
Economic growth projection for Cyprus upped
International rating agency Fitch has affirmed Cyprus’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at BBB, assigning a Stable Outlook, assuming that fiscal surpluses will continue despite economic slowdown, whereas the ...
‘State should cover waste management costs, not the public’
The state should bear the cost of waste management rather than the public, deputies from the House environment and audit committees concluded on Friday, after a joint visit at the ...
Nicosia expects London to play its part on the Cyprus issue
Nicosia is expecting London to exert pressures that can pave the way for a resumption of talks on the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday after a ...
EU Parliament calls on Cyprus to curb spyware licenses
In a resolution adopted Thursday, the European Parliament called on Cyprus to repeal all spyware export licenses as well as to declassify a report on the Israeli ‘spy van’.
The ...