#Cyprus

The government has been paying €6,000 a month for the past four years for facilities intended for people with autism which do not yet exist, the House health committee heard on ...

Concrete manufacturers and traders went on strike on Thursday, demanding to be paid for overtime worked and a return to their pre-2013 collective labour agreement conditions. The workers gathered at ...

French company Nexans is conducting a seabed survey as construction of the Great Sea Interconnector cable continues, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency ...

The Athienou municipality on Thursday demanded a crossing point be opened in the nearby village of Pyroi, ahead of a planned meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. A delegation of seven ...

A memorial service and inauguration of a memorial bench will take place on Sunday in remembrance of the seven foreign women and girls who were murdered by serial killer, Nikos ...

The state health services (Okypy) is carrying out a disciplinary investigation over its CEO for the Larnaca-Famagusta directorate after allegations of inappropriate conduct, it was reported on Thursday.There is ...

Cyprus Public Transport on Wednesday night announced its intention to cancel school buses on some routes in Larnaca and Nicosia because buses are being continuously vandalised. The company said it ...

Costas Kadis, Cyprus’ commissioner-designate, sailed through Wednesday’s confirmation hearing at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee (PECH) in the European Parliament in Brussels and secured its backing for the job, ...

The National Observatory of Cyprus, known as the Troodos observatory, has won the Civic Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival 2024 in Singapore. The observatory, designed by ...

Perks that former presidents receive – including a limousine and a €3,000 monthly secretary stipend – will be for life and cannot be scrapped even if the law changes, the House ethics committee ...

The formal inauguration of Phase A of the Nicosia ring road – due to ease massive traffic congestion – was marked on Wednesday, in a ceremony attended by officials from Cyprus, Greece ...

Measures to promote the country’s demographic recovery are being implemented as a top priority, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Reiterating President Nikos Christodoulides’ TV announcement on the ...

Record compensation has been awarded by the Nicosia District Court in a case involving medical negligence during the delivery of a child 12 years ago, it was reported on Wednesday. The ...

The absence of proper infrastructure in Cyprus makes home births too risky, the nurses and midwives association (Pasynm) warned on Tuesday, as it urged the public to report concerning instances ...

In 2025 the state will spend about €9 million on the salaries of clerics, based on an agreement between the government and the church dating to the early 1970s. The finance ministry ...

The possibility of creating a UN office in Cyprus, as an incentive for reaching a solution to the island’s national problem and to facilitate peace and security in the ...

Thousands of cars in Cyprus may have defective airbags, it was heard in parliament on Tuesday. The matter was raised during a discussion about recalls at the House commerce committee, ...

Women had a higher life expectancy compared to men in all EU regions in 2022, including Cyprus, according to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday. In 2022, life expectancy at birth in ...

Construction works are well underway for a multi-use heliport at the site of Mari naval base, reports said on Tuesday. Taking part in the earthworks and soil removal is the ...

The government’s Ktizo plan, which aims at improving living conditions in refugee estates, is progressing according to schedule, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday visiting a construction site ...

Decent living standards and the problems faced by pensioners in mountainous and other areas were the focus of discussions on Tuesday at a preparatory meeting for the 25th session of ...

Local authority reform must succeed for the good of municipalities and their residents, Disy leader Annita Demetriou and Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos agreed on Tuesday. They discussed challenges surrounding local ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Tuesday condemned the indefinite strike by workers in the concrete industry. The strike started ...

Hundreds of babies laid to rest at Dhekelia military cemetery, who died in the 1950s and 60s, now have Winston to look over them. A statue of Winston the bear ...