#Cyprus

A 24-year-old man currently serving a seven-year jail term after he was found with over 10kg of cannabis and 476g of cocaine, saw his sentence increased to 10 years at the ...

The north has been steadily increasing its demand for electricity from the Republic over the past three years, as the power needs of the north are not being met by ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Disy deputy party leader, he said in an announcement on Wednesday. The final day to enter the running ...

MPs will discuss the proposal for the abolition of the twice-yearly exams next week, a move that satisfied the demands of teachers, parents and students who resisted the new evaluation ...

The interior ministry on Wednesday rejected suggestions it had been well aware of rampant abuse at the online appointment system of the migration department for months, but wilfully chose to ...

Patient surveys at hospitals will be used to evaluate how much funding each one will receive from the national health scheme (Gesy) at the end of the year, the health ...

Defendants on trial will be electronically monitored at home instead of being remanded in prison based on two law proposals aimed at reducing central prison overcrowding. This means that people ...

A reprieve for Akamas, but what of the wider countryside and common species? By Martin Hellicar The latest in a long series of ‘save Akamas’ campaigns staves off the worst ...

Twenty Greek and Turkish Cypriot entrepreneurs from bicommunal groups were on Tuesday awarded cash prizes as the winners of the 13th Stelios Bicommunal Awards for Business Cooperation. Each of the ...

Akel on Tuesday described as “reheated food” allegations that back in 2016 they had been lobbied by a pro-Russia group to introduce a motion in parliament calling for the lifting of ...

The government will spend €100 million over ten years to fix the problems at refugee apartment buildings, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. Speaking at a House refugee committee meeting, ...

Trade union SEK on Tuesday said its main priorities were the full restoration of CoLA, extending collective agreements, and addressing the employment of third-country nationals. Speaking after a meeting of ...

Paphos district court on Tuesday renewed the remand of the 31-year-old suspect in the case of Lesya Bykova’s death for three more days, pending the outcome of a second ...

Over 50 fake travel documents have been found by authorities since the beginning of the year, police reported on Tuesday, while numbers over the last three years have drastically increased. People ...

Over 200 special police officers recruited to monitor the Green Line started their training on Tuesday even though the initial number expected was 300. On Monday, 221 people were sworn in to patrol ...

The biobank.cy centre on Tuesday stressed it was autonomous as it sought to clarify the position of Andrea Christofidou, who became embroiled in the row between the auditor general ...

The banking system in Cyprus is resilient and will continue to support the real economy, the Central Bank assured President Nicos Christodoulides on Monday. Christodoulides and Central Bank chief Constantinos ...

A total of 109 companies based in Cyprus are among those sanctioned by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, including gambling company Parimatch. “This is an egregious mistake. We hope it will be ...

The head of the bar association on Monday declined to comment on reports that they have discovered prima facie evidence of wrongdoing by the former law firm of ex-president Nicos ...

Members of the Kurdish cultural organisation “Theophilos” staged a demonstration in the front of the justice ministry on Monday to protest the ongoing trial of Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz. Ayaz, ...

State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lambasted state health services organisation (Okypy) in a scathing statement issued on Monday calling for targeted action to ensure the viability of public hospitals. The union ...

New online tax payment system Tax For All will launch on March 27, replacing Taxisnet, the tax department said on Monday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC on Monday, Tax Commissioner Sotiris ...

A disciplinary investigation will be launched into the incident of an elderly woman left naked and uncovered at the Limassol General Hospital last month, state health services organisation (Okypy) said ...

Cyprus is getting closer to obtaining its own gas supplies from a number of possible sources. But how much gas does it actually need and how can it ensure security ...