#Cyprus

Paramedics have postponed their planned refusal to work overtime for two weeks until February 27, pending the approval of a bill to “protect” the profession by cabinet. Cyprus ambulance crew paramedics ...

“It is now possible” to place defibrillators in remote villages, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Sunday. In a social media post hailing the placement of a defibrillator in the ...

Hundreds of saplings were planted in Athienou and the nearby village of Avdellero on Sunday, the municipality said. The saplings were planted by well-meaning members of the public and local ...

Residents of Larnaca district villages on Sunday staged a protest outside the Dhekelia power station, demanding that it be upgraded with “less polluting machinery” so as to be “less harmful” ...

Disabled people in Cyprus are “invisible” and “deprived of their most basic human rights”, Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said on Sunday. Speaking to newspaper Politis, ...

Women should be invited to sit at the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to join the armed forces, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said. She took to ...

Cyprus must “completely rethink” its relationship with the environment if it truly wants to achieve climate neutrality, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Sunday. “If we want to achieve climate ...

An agreement was signed on Saturday at the presential palace for the construction of a new Paediatric Oncology Centre in Nicosia, which is expected to significantly upgrade the services provided. ...

A female diver who went missing at the Zenovia shipwreck in Larnaca was rescused on Saturday in an operation led by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC). She was eventually ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou The Lambousa II vessel was submerged at the Oroklini marine protected area on Saturday to enrich the site with artificial reeds. Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said this ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Cabinet members in President Nikos Christodoulides’ government were ousted from Disy on Saturday after a majority vote among party members. In a party conference to decide Disy’...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Monday will be a “historic day” for the Republic of Cyprus as two “major agreements” to commercialise natural gas in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone will be ...

The rhythms of the carnival have started in Limassol, where the new King of the Carnival will be crowned on Thursday. In a surprise announcement, Rio Carnival’s King and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called for greater international collaboration in the fight against childhood cancer on Friday, emphasising the need for equal access to treatment for all children, regardless of ...

Cyprus and Egypt are set to sign two major agreements on natural gas commercialisation next Monday in Cairo, marking a significant milestone for energy cooperation between the two nations. Cypriot ...

Party leaders were briefed on Friday by President Nikos Christodoulides on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem, following recent meetings held by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs ...

A bill for voluntary conscription of women into the national guard which is to be tabled in parliament after its approval by ministers, was criticised by women’s groups on ...

State officials will receive a taxable one-time gratuity on retirement, instead of a pension and a one-off bonus payout as is the case now, under legislation submitted by the government ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Thursday urged pharmacies to carry out their duties properly, following the discovery of new irregularities in the filling of prescriptions. This reminder comes after ...

The debate over tighter regulations for electric scooters has intensified after new data revealed a significant number of violations and accidents involving the popular personal mobility devices. At a meeting ...

Allowing children of mothers who are registered as displaced persons to vote for MPs-in-exile from the Famagusta and Kyrenia districts may disrupt parliament’s balance, the interior ministry spokesman Menelaos ...

The transport ministry is examining the possibility of issuing a decree to regulate charges imposed by some companies linked to replacing defective Takata airbags. This was revealed by Energy Minister ...

A series of measures to strengthen fire protection to limit the spread of wildfires will be introduced together with mountains commissioner Charalambos Christophinis, the forestry department announced on Thursday. Both ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara. The meeting was the latest ...