#Cyprus

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that a surge in hard-line rhetoric on both sides has led to increased rigidity while the prospects for a mutually-agreeable settlement continue ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Tuesday that the children’s accident and emergency (A&E) department at Nicosia General is expected to start operating later this month. In ...

A meeting between all sides has been set for next week in a bid to clinch some arrangement staving off strike action threatened by trade unions of the Electricity Authority, ...

Four people were remanded for two days by Paphos district court on Tuesday, in connection with a shoot out that killed a dog. Officers are searching for another 22-year-old suspect. ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has accused the finance ministry outright of criminal offences by committing to spending taxpayer money without first securing parliamentary approval for the funds, it emerged on Tuesday. ...

Famagusta police have seized a total of 42kg of cannabis washed up on the beach in several packages, as another 75kg were found on beaches of the area in the ...

Cypriot fintech Ask Wire on Tuesday published a report documenting the Nicosia properties that are endangered by a possible overflowing of the Pedieos river. The company noted that the river ...

Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents president Marinos Kineyirou said that the organisation took significant steps to address critical issues concerning both real estate agents and the general public ...

Advisory and consulting firm PwC Cyprus on Monday published its tax guide for 2023, providing a valuable source of information on the current tax system of Cyprus, which the company made ...

Only Averof Neophytou has what it takes to handle any future talks on Cyprus, his election campaign team asserted Monday, while lambasting main rival Nikos Christodoulides for mixed messaging. In ...

Authorities in the north of the island have reportedly seized several packets containing 75 kilograms of cannabis that washed up on the beach, in what could be related to similar incidents ...

By Gina Agapiou and Nick Theodoulou “No reason for concern so far” regarding the surge in China Covid cases, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Monday, as some nations began ...

Transparency Commissioner Haris Poyadjis on Monday said that the allegations of corruption against President Nicos Anastasiades made in books written by one of his former advisers Makarios Droushiotis will be ...

Independent presidential candidate Marios Eliades has pulled out of the running for the country’s top post, 14 months after announcing his candidacy. In an announcement on Monday, he said he ...

In a “scandalous and extremely illegal act”, the former Cooperative (Coop) bank overcharged a private loan by €28,686.96 in interest rates, financial ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou said on Monday. Ioannou said his ...

Electricity authority (EAC) unions are hoping to meet with Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos within the week, to resolve the ongoing demands of the workers, who are threatening measures if a ...

One of Cyprus’ largest reforms has been implemented starting this year with the national minimum wage now in force, Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Monday. Though heralding the progress, ...

A suspect facing 48 charges including rape and abducting a minor has been released on bail by the supreme court after apparent policing errors. The supreme court reversed a lower court ...

A young mother was killed on Saturday night in a car accident that occurred after 10pm on the Akrotiri – Kolossi road near the village of Trachoni. The deceased has been ...

2022 in review: more migrants are coming than are being processed or sent back and authorities can’t keep up Migration is a polarising topic, although it’s probably fair to ...

Time seems to be passing so quickly that it’s almost hard to believe that three years have gone by since the world was plunged into panic over a pandemic ...

And it’s time it published audited accounts The election result of the first round of the ecclesiastical elections was significant in that the voter turnout was striking low at 30 ...

2022 in review: progress of sorts in the case of Thanasis Nicolaou 2022 was the year in which the case of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a ...

Violence that broke out in Larnaca in the early hours of Sunday left a 26-year-old man with two of his fingers amputated and multiple fractures to the skull, while a 29...