A quarter of sports clubs may be tax evaders, MPs hear
As many as one in four sports clubs – such as martial arts clubs – are tax evaders and potentially susceptible to money-laundering activities, MPs heard on Thursday.
The reveal was made ...
Scholz: Germany fully supports a solution to the Cyprus problem (Updated)
It will take great courage to break the impasse on the Cyprus problem negotiations, German chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, questioning whether all sides have enough willpower to do ...
Cyprus football association denounces “offensive” allegations
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Thursday has strongly denied what it called “offensive claims” moved by the former chairman of the sports ethics committee Andreas Papacharalambous during the House ...
Bases take part in RoC multi-national firefighting exercise
Bases firefighters participated in multi-national exercise ‘Pyrsos’, lead by the Republic’s fire service on Wednesday, as part of the annual joint fire safety training.
The exercise, which took place ...
TC property mismanagement leads to threats and arrest (update)
Serious administrative mistakes were made by the Turkish Cypriot property management service which handed over a home to a non-eligible 46-year-old in Paphos, Chairman of the house refugee committee Nikos ...
‘Sports tourism one of the fastest growing sectors in Cyprus’
Sports tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of tourism, the President of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (Koa) Andreas Michaelides said on Wednesday at the 3rd Sports Tourism conference ...
Three out of ten households report a decrease in their income
Three out of ten households reported a decrease in income, according to the data of the major market survey, which has been conducted for the Cyprus Consumers & Quality of ...
Army officer hospitalised after vehicle falls off a bridge
A national guardsman is in serious condition after the army vehicle he was driving fell off a bridge on the Nicosia Larnaca highway, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
According ...
Fisheries department again calls on public not to harass turtles
The Cyprus fisheries department on Wednesday reminded the public of the importance of protecting the island’s turtles as more are expected to visit beaches in the coming months, warning ...
Ill health postpones Kurdish activist’s deportation (updated)
Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz’s extradition to Germany on terrorism charges has been postponed because of his ill health, the Kurdish-Cypriot solidarity association Theophilos said on Wednesday.
Ayaz was arrested ...
Anti-corruption authority to prioritise audit service complaints
The island’s independent anti-corruption authority on Wednesday decided to prioritise the investigation of audit office complaints that concern two very important institutions.
Following an extraordinary meeting held in light ...
Cyprus antiquities returned from Australia
A total of 36 Cyprus antiquities have been repatriated from Australia to the island, it was announced on Wednesday.
The move follows an initiative carried out by Australian government in cooperation ...
Over a third of Cyprus tourists visit in July and August
Around a third of tourist nights spent in Cyprus, and the EU, in 2022 were recorded in July and August, data released by Eurostat on Wednesday showed.
On an EU wide ...
Large number of Turkish Cypriot properties used by non refugees
A large number of Turkish Cypriot properties on the island are currently mismanaged, the audit service said in a special report on Wednesday.
The report, available on the audit service’...
‘Cyprus needs more crossing points’
The island needs more checkpoints with easier access for both drivers and pedestrians, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties and commercial organisations said on Wednesday.
“The current crossing points ...
Cyprus-UK complete military training exercise (video)
Military personnel from the UK and Cyprus have concluded a joint an air defence exercise on the island, the National Guard announced on Wednesday.
The purpose of the exercise – Aphrodite ...
Pensioner found guilty of starting ‘worst fire in history of island’ (updated)
A 67-year-old man was on Wednesday found guilty of causing the catastrophic fires of July 2021 which left four dead and forced the evacuation of ten villages.
Limassol criminal court found ...
Amendment to conversion therapies bill sees Church onboard (updated)
The church has agreed with the bill banning conversion therapies after changes were inserted, chairman of the House legal committee Nikos Tornaritis said on Wednesday.
The ongoing debate on the ...
Finance minister, unions insist on need for more civil servants (updated)
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and trade unions reiterated on Wednesday the need to hire more civil servants after the House finance committee this week refused to approve over 1,800 positions.
The ...
Hiring almost 2,000 civil servants would be ‘a step backwards’
Hiring almost 2,000 employees to the civil service would be a step backward, opposition Disy MP and former finance minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday, a day after the House finance ...
20 refugee complexes in immediate danger of collapse
Twenty complexes in refugee housing estates have critical stability issues and will need to be evacuated immediately, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
He was speaking at a press ...
Starlink to be available in Cyprus later this year
SpaceX’s Starlink is ‘coming soon’ to Cyprus with works starting in Q3 of 2023, meaning the public will have even greater market choice in how it accesses the internet.
Cyprus ...
Two women jailed for receiving drugs
A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday after she was found guilty of importing almost 13kg of cannabis resin, as a second woman aged 42, was jailed ...
‘Gender determined by body’s physiology’
Gender is determined by the body’s physiology, the Holy Synod said on Tuesday, calling on MPs to vote against a bill aiming to put an end to conversion therapies ...