Our View: Incorporation of RES into grid was bungled
In an article in the Monday issue of the Cyprus Mail, energy expert Charles Ellinas exposed the scandalous failure of successive governments, but particularly the current one, to take the ...
Cypriot sommelier competing in international contest
Cypriot sommelier Sotiris Neophytidis will represent the island at the Best Sommelier of World contest in Paris, taking place from Tuesday to Sunday.
The contest is organised by the Association ...
Construction costs and high demand push house prices upwards
House prices in Cyprus continued to rise during the third quarter of 2022, primarily due to elevated construction costs and increased demand from both foreign and local buyers, according to a ...
Cyprus Business Now
Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades met with Japanese ambassador Yoshio Yamawaki on Monday, where both sides reiterated that Cyprus and Japan continue to strengthen their bilateral cooperation, particularly in ...
Paphos chamber of commerce pleased with economic performance in 2022
Paphos’ economy performed well during 2022, both in terms of its tourism sector and real estate and market, according to Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evep) secretary and director Marinos ...
Personality of candidates played decisive role in election
The personalities of the two presidential candidates facing off next Sunday for the island’s top job played a decisive role in their campaigns, elections expert Yiannis Mavris said on ...
Mavroyiannis’ surprise success was not so much of a shock
The ‘surprise’ of Sunday’s first round presidential election – Andreas Mavroyiannis making it to the second round, leapfrogging Averof Neophytou – should not really come as a surprise, one commentator told ...
Anastasiades pushed for support of his choice before final count was in
President Nicos Anastasiades began applying pressure on the Disy leadership to back the candidacy of Nikos Christodoulides even before the counting of the votes of Sunday’s presidential election had ...
High maximum and minimum daily temperatures seen in January
Average temperatures recorded in January were unusually high, both in terms of daily maximum and minimum in comparison to previous years, the meteorological service said on Monday.
The average daily ...
Cyprus and the US run joint military exercise until February 24
Cyprus and the US are set to carry out a series of joint military exercises between February 6 and 24 in various locations on the island, the foreign ministry announced on Monday.
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Disy to make decision who to back tomorrow (update 5)
Disy leader Averof Neophytou met the two remaining candidates on Monday as the party continued to deliberate on its course in the presidential election following Neophytou’s exclusion from the ...
Disy has some serious thinking to do
The future of Disy remains to be seen as to how the party will handle the exclusion of its party leader Averof Neophytou from the final round of presidential elections, ...
Just over 72 per cent voted in elections
Just over 72 per cent of people voted in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, while close to 30 per cent of people abstained, a trend that has been steadily ...
Voter preferences for presidential elections by district
Nikos Christodoulides was the clear favourite across the districts in Cyprus, leading in three of them, while his runoff opponent Andreas Mavroyiannis lead in one district and abroad, results showed ...
Greek Cypriot farmer alleges soldiers in north shot him
A Greek Cypriot farmer was allegedly shot by Turkish military officials in the north police said on Sunday, only to have the claim quickly refuted by the authorities in the ...
Cypriot diaspora in UK vote for change
The Cyprus issue and the economy were at the top of London-based Cypriots’ agendas as they went to the polling stations to vote for the first round of the presidential ...
Mavroyiannis to battle Christodoulides in second round (Update 3)
The number of presidential hopefuls was whittled down to two on Sunday leaving Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis to battle it out in the runoff next week.
The results are ...
Is corruption embedded in our DNA?
Corruption has been a major election issue but tackling it will take far more than cliched statements
Veteran politician Christos Pourgourides has called on the public going into the elections ...
Some voters taking photos of their votes
A slippery voter may have committed a crime as he allegedly tried to take a photograph of his ballot paper on Sunday.
The incident took place at a Paphos voting ...
Cyprus tourism revenue nears pre-pandemic levels
Cyprus’ tourism revenues for the period between January and November 2022 are estimated to have amounted to €2.3 billion, coming close to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released this week by ...
Cyprus’ energy debacle: RES action needed ASAP
By Charles Ellinas
Following a joint-letter by the Distribution System Operator (DSO) and Transmission System Operator (TSO) on January 20 requesting suspension of licensing of new residential photovoltaic (PV) installations until ...
3,700 new cancer cases each year in Cyprus
Cyprus discovers an average of 3,700 cancer cases per year, the health ministry said on Saturday, marking World Cancer Day.
With the slogan ‘Close the Gap in Cancer Care’, the aim ...
Agreement for bicommunal PV park in buffer zone
Cyprus and the north have agreed to work together for a study that could pave the way to create a photovoltaic park in the buffer zone, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos ...
Cypriot airline targets French, German, Italian markets
German company AVIAREPS announced on Friday that it has been appointed to be the General Sales Agent (GSA) for Cypriot airline TUS Airways, representing the company in its key European ...