#Cyprus

A former chief fire officer has backed the current fire chief’s efforts during the recent devastating wildfire, saying he did his best with the personnel available, and instead blamed ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki was on Wednesday acquitted of five of the eight charges he faced regarding the forgery of a high school diploma, a university degree and a ...

The electricity authority (EAC) on Wednesday called on trade unions to act responsibly after facing criticism the previous day regarding its plans to upgrade Cyprus’ electricity network. Unions had said ...

Residents of the Nicosia district are to pay a new rainwater tax, district governor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Wednesday, describing the tax as “necessary”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the cabinet on Wednesday over progress in implementing compensation measures under his ministry’s control to support those affected by the Limassol fire. In a ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal for the authorities to use specialised software to identify the IP addresses of people who distribute images of child sexual abuse ...

A sense of very cautious optimism is returning to Cyprus as authorities move swiftly to strengthen the island’s wildfire response mechanisms. Following a deadly blaze that swept through a ...

Public bus services in Larnaca remained at a standstill for an eighth consecutive day on Wednesday, as drivers employed by Larnaca Public Transport continue their strike during the peak of ...

The cabinet has approved a new bill that sets strict rules for how scanning centres operate in Cyprus. The new draft law aims to ensure that all imaging services, including ...

Cyprus remains dangerously unprepared for wildfires, Charalambos Theopemptou, chair of the House environment committee warned on Wednesday. Speaking after Tuesday’s high-level parliamentary session, Theopemptou said the country had failed ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an application by Monk Nectarios to cancel a court order that allowed authorities to seize evidence from the Monastery of Saint Abvakoum. The order, ...

Two Cypriot antiquities returned by the Art of Eternity Gallery in New York to be repatriated to the island were handed over to the government at a ceremony at the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he was satisfied with what he has seen so far in terms of implementing decisions taken to support those affected by the Limassol fires. ...

By Mary Michaelides When my garden began transitioning into a succulent haven, I decided to remove the automatic watering system. I wanted the flexibility to water the succulents less frequently ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who served in post between 2005 and 2010, on Tuesday expressed surprise at the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday told outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart that “your job description does not allow you to make such a statement”. ...

Parliament for the second time passed a set of bills which will make it mandatory for nursery schools to call children’s parents or guardians in the event that they ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis on Tuesday said he has “no evidence” that the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month was started “maliciously”. Addressing ...

Parliament on Tuesday accepted some of the amendments President Nikos Christodoulides had made to new bills regulating the pensions of future state officials. Christodoulides had sent six of the bills, ...

Bus drivers in Larnaca on Tuesday evening rejected a proposal of new terms presented to them by the labour ministry, with their indefinite strike as such set to continue. Drivers ...

There can be “no tolerance for arbitrary detentions”, European parliament president Roberta Metsola’s spokesman Juri Laas said on Monday in response to the arrest and continued remand of five ...

A specialised US federal team will arrive in Cyprus on Wednesday night to assist in the investigation and evaluation of the deadly wildfires that ravaged mountainous Limassol last month, assistant ...

The forestry department on Tuesday sought to downplay revelations of official documents showing that it took the finance ministry six months to respond to an urgent plea for hiring forest ...

Outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Tuesday said a solution to the Cyprus problem is “not for the United Nations to impose”. Speaking after a farewell ...