#Cyprus

Main opposition Akel will decide in June which candidate it will field or back for the 2023 presidential elections, the party’s leader said on Monday. Speaking at an Easter-related function, ...

Cypriots are getting better at managing household waste, particularly when it comes to recycling, but there is room for improvement, waste management company Green Dot said on Monday. The NGO, ...

A Greek Cypriot barrister has broken the glass ceiling by becoming the first professional discipline barrister in the UK to achieve silk status. Marios Lambis, the son of Cypriot immigrants ...

The international youth event Youth 4 HEALTH took place in the village of Agros shortly before Easter. Organised by the group Youth Dynamics, the event was attended by 68 young people from ...

An explosive device went off outside a Paphos bank branch causing extensive damages, local police said on Monday. Spokesman Kyriacos Nicolaou said that the incident took place outside a bank ...

Paphos police on Monday reported a fourth injury that took place in the district on Saturday night. The victim was a 56-year-old man who was injured at his holiday house ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has congratulated Emmanuel Macron for his re-election to the French presidency. In a message on social media on Sunday, Anastasiades wished Macron “every success in his duties”. “...

In today’s episode, Hellenic Bank will submit a restructuring plan to the Labour Ministry that will include up to 350 compulsory redundancies this year, its CEO Oliver Gatzke has said, ...

It’s a well-known but terrible shame that to foment social change in Cyprus there has to be a long line of victims before anyone is prompted to bring it ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday joined the first and current directors of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) in Nicosia, Lefkos Middleton and Leonidas Phylaktou, to highlight ...

No SafePass will be required at outdoor venues while the limit on the number of people at gatherings in homes is expected to be lifted by the end of the ...

A final decision on introducing a minimum national wage will be made in May, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Tuesday. She was speaking after a session of the Labour ...

The government does not intend to raise taxes, but will rather pursue a policy of stimulating growth and attracting new investment in response to the coming economic slump, Finance Minister ...

A change to the outdated blood donation eligibility requirements for gay men caused an uproar on social media on Tuesday as it still bans the specific group from donating blood ...

The Cyprus Bar Association on Tuesday unveiled its Justice For All initiative to offer legal help to those facing financial difficulties. Bar Association president Christos Clerides said as a first ...

The proper staffing of the Gregorios clinic, which receives up to 15 new patients with HIV/AIDS per month, is a top priority, the state health services organisation said Tuesday. The ...

Authorities in the north have extended the visiting hours to the fenced-off area of Varosha, it emerged on Tuesday. As of Wednesday, people will be able to visit the fenced-off ...

The health ministry announced on Tuesday that the fourth coronavirus vaccine dose – the second booster shot – is to be made available to all healthcare workers, regardless of their age. The ...

The list of hotels participating in the government’s subsidised summer holidays programme that starts on May 1 has been posted online, the deputy ministry of tourism said on Tuesday. Open ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday accused main opposition party Akel of obstructing the government as it tries to reform education. “Ever since Akel has been a minority in parliament, ...

A section of Tseri avenue will close to traffic on Wednesday for about five months to allow for construction works of the Nicosia ringroad, the public works department announced Monday. ...

The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) on Monday highlighted the need for patients to take part in the decision-making process as far as public health concerned during a meeting ...

The president of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou will meet President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday to discuss an issue concerning around €150 million that has reportedly not yet been ...

In today’s episode, long-time chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem, Andreas Mavroyiannis, has resigned from his post. In other news, Cyprus and Israel are kick-starting intergovernmental meetings aimed at ...