#Cyprus

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 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced a €50 million tranche of measures aimed at tackling the “national challenge” Cyprus is facing with its ‘alarming demographic problem’, where fertility rates have dropped ...

An action plan to ensure state health services (Okypy) are autonomous by 2026 will be submitted to Cabinet imminently, aiming to increase Okypy’s income and reduce its expenses. The projected ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos expressed his concern on Monday over the risks of an oligopoly in the health sector, as private hospitals are being bought up by a limited number ...

The Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) on Monday called for an end to the annual Radiomarathon fundraiser for children with special needs, saying its “paternalistic” messaging is “stuck in ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday said she hopes to complete the government’s recording of damage caused by Saturday evening’s storms by the end of the day. Speaking ...

For months, some of the most lowly paid members of society have been forced to make a difficult choice: go out to work for peanuts and risk getting beaten up; ...

Hunters have expressed their “disappointment” over a lack of huntable animals present in Cyprus on the first Sunday of the hunting season, Paphos district hunting federation chairman Giorgos Theodosiou said ...

The Paphos general hospital, which flooded during heavy rain on Saturday night, was “built with a lot of shoddy work”, the town’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday. “No ...

Large swathes of Cyprus were battered by storms on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, with strong winds felling trees and heavy rain sending water cascading down roads across the island. ...

The Radiomarathon is “evolving”, first lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at an event being held to coincide with the commencement of the Radiomarathon’s annual programme of ...

“Concrete developments” related to the development of relations between Cyprus and the United States are expected very soon, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking to Greek newspaper Ta Nea, ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Saturday insisted that the government is “illegally withholding” his pension and other financial benefits he believes he is due on account of his time spent ...

Gunes Toymuradov, the mother of 20-day-old Mihrimah Toymuradov, who died after being fed ethanol while being treated on the neonatal intensive care ward in northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, on ...

Parliament’s decision to raise the threshold of driving licence penalty points required for a temporary driving ban from 12 to 16 “sets the wrong example” to society, Volt MP Alexandra Attalides ...

The education ministry’s proposed budget for 2025 amounts to €1.55 billion, reflecting a 6 per cent increase from 2024. Presenting the budget to the House finance committee on Friday, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou ...

Residents of Limassol’s Amathounda area were set to protest on Friday against a children’s shelter they say will impact their quality of life. In response, the deputy welfare ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he fears that the United States may “step back” from its role in the international community after its forthcoming presidential election, in an interview published on ...

A campaign was launched on Thursday to have the traditional Cypriot koupa added to the European Union’s Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register. The Larnaca chamber of commerce (Evel) and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed his “profound sadness” over the flooding disaster which has killed more than 150 people in Spain’s Valencia. “Cyprus stands in solidarity with Spain. Our ...