#Cyprus

Every single employee at the Presidential palace will have their overtime payments examined by the audit service, following on from recent controversies surrounding payments made to deputy government spokesperson Doxa ...

Police “should not hide” while carrying out speed checks, according to spokesman Christos Andreou. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday, he said “the instructions are clear. They ...

The Nicosia district court on Thursday issued bans from sports venues and financial guarantees to six individuals who were arrested on September 17 prior to the start of a football match ...

Central Asian countries were warned against accepting the north as an observer member of the Organisation of Turkic states (OTS) at a conference in Brussels on Wednesday, according to reports. ...

Close to 20 hotels were fined nearly €50,000 for employing workers illegally, the labour ministry announced on Thursday following an investigation in July. According to the ministry, targeted inspections conducted at hotel ...

Five Israeli nationals accused of raping a British tourist in Ayia Napa will remain in custody until their trial begins, the Famagusta District decided on Thursday. The decision on whether ...

Workers conducting excavation work at the Ayios Nikolaos cemetery in Limassol on Thursday discovered a loaded pistol along with 45 fully loaded firearm cartridges underneath a burial plaque. Limassol police was ...

Larnaca and Nicosia have been included in the top 20 European cities with the highest number of castles, according to German website Ubuy. Larnaca, with five castles, was listed joint 12th ...

The Larnaca sewerage board has commenced work aimed at protecting the town from flooding, with works expected to be completed within the year, the director announced on Thursday. Angelos Hadjicharalambous, ...

An ongoing dispute between attorney-general George Savvides and auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides continued Thursday when the latter said that he did not publicly slam the proposed plan for a new attorney-general’...

Greece and Cyprus are in absolute coordination, President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated, after their meeting on Wednesday and in the wake of the latter’s ...

Ports in the north are set to be privatised, according to ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli, reports on Thursday said. Speaking to local television on Wednesday evening, he said the work ...

An inquest into the death of Colour Sergeant Anthony Oxley, a British Army officer who died in a road collision in June 2016 at the RAF Akrotiri base, is set to ...

A criminal case has been opened in military court following the death of 27-year-old contracted soldier Natalie Neophytou in May last year. Neophytou died during a training exercise when a ...

Concerns about the channelling of the millions of euros secured for research programmes by the public universities of Cyprus were expressed at Wednesday’s meeting of the house education committee, ...

The exploitation of the Aphrodite natural gas remains a priority President Nikos Christodoulides and the head of Chevron international Clay Neff, and other team members said on Wednesday. From the ...

Trade unions and civil organisations on Wednesday expressed their alarm and strong dissatisfaction with the seemingly ineffective measures taken thus far to address inflation and the cost of living. Trade ...

Further details emerged on Wednesday of the overtime request filed by deputy government spokesperson Doxa Komodromou, including three hours one evening for attending a charity football event for children with ...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday sought to set the record straight after auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides slammed the proposed plan for a new legal service building. Earlier in the day, daily ...

The interior ministry on Wednesday presented plans to revitalise old Nicosia, including grants to boost business activity, student accommodation grants, town planning incentives and housing arrangements, and home ownership grants. ...

Politicians on opposite sides of the divide in Cyprus on Wednesday found themselves on either side of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Greek Cypriots expressing their support for Armenia, and ...

Opposition party Disy is to table a bill which seeks to ban face coverings at demonstrations and large gatherings, claiming that “disruptive elements” infiltrate such events by becoming unrecognisable. Disy ...

Football referees will return to the pitch this weekend, they announced on Wednesday following a meeting with the Cyprus Football Association and internal meetings. Earlier this week, they had called ...

The 17 people arrested during the incidents in Chlorakas in late August appeared before Paphos district court on Wednesday, with their case rescheduled for October 5. The eight Greek Cypriots, eight Syrians ...