#Cyprus

By Ioanna Achilleos Zavitsanaki We so often hear the Cyprus issue being expressed in terms of a status quo, with the implication that we are faced with a static situation. ...

The Turkey-Libya MoU increasing tensions with Greece After a quiet year in 2021, perhaps as a result of Covid-19, we are back to the perennial problem of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) ...

Mystery still surrounds the 1960s’ baby deaths at Dhekelia, but one woman is determined not to forget them Hundreds of “sleeping babies” at the Dhekelia British military cemetery have been ...

Some have been fighting for years The construction of a crematorium in Paphos to offer an alternative to traditional -and expensive- burial services has been widely welcomed after years of ...

Praise for the candidates who supported the proposal to combat corruption On many occasions recently, I have heard politicians say that we must regain our credibility to find an exodus ...

Attempting to record and increase awareness of Cyprus’ biodiversity, an atlas has been created by the Open University of Cyprus and the Herpetological Society of Cyprus (HSC) aimed at recording ...

Government says it has been in the dark about how rally money was spent The Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA) have vowed to set the record straight about their alleged mismanagement ...

Gaps in the legislation and lack of sufficient checks in nursing homes allow for many cases of old people abuse and neglect according to the director of the Third Age ...

Supporters of the mother of Thanasis Nicolaou, the conscript whose death 17 years ago was this year linked to murder, gathered outside the legal service on Saturday afternoon to demand the ...

Cancer patients protested outside the Astrasol shoe-sole factory on Saturday morning following a ruling that found no causal link between the company’s operation and the cancer cases detected nearby. ...

Three doctors are being investigated for medical negligence in relation to the death of a 15-year-old girl last March at the Makarios hospital. Media reported on Saturday that Health Minister ...

Enhanced surveillance of the EU’s external borders with a special provision for the Green Line in Cyprus was the focus of the joint declaration of the MED5 summit of ...

Vassiliko Cement Works donated four plots of land, amounting to an area of around 45,000 square metres, to environmental NGO Terra Cypria on Friday. The land, which falls within a Natura 2000 ...

The need for the EU to act in such a way as to send a clear message to Turkey that its behaviour is unacceptable was emphasised on Friday by President ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan implied on Friday that a military base like the drone base in Lefkoniko could be established in Karpasia, reports from the north said. Asked about a ...

The Astrasol Cancer Patients Committee said on Friday they will be protesting a Supreme Court ruling that the factory had no bearing on the high number of cancer cases seen ...

A Greek Cypriot who had been held for over a month in the north for possession of walkie-talkies and photos allegedly showing military installations, was finally released on Friday morning. ...

Only public transport, delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, and shop owners and residents will be able to drive down Makarios Avenue in Nicosia as of October 20, as had been the original ...

The UN confirmed on Friday it has received a request from the Turkish Cypriot side for its peace keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to reach an agreement with the breakaway ...

Five people died from coronavirus between September 30 and October 6 while another 2,789 new infections were detected, the health ministry announced on Friday. The deaths concerned three men and two women aged ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday suggested the government take financial control and management of the annual Cyprus Rally, amid claims that the current event organisers are leeching off the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday told Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan the Cyprus problem needs to be solved and efforts made to revive stalled peace talks. The two chatted briefly on ...

The health ministry on Thursday signed a joint declaration of intent with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional office for Europe for the establishment of an office in Larnaca. “...

Personal doctors (GPs) and patients have hit out against the trimming of the number of referrals to specialists within the healthcare system, following changes made earlier this year to crackdown ...