#Cyprus

A proposal to nationalise the electricity authority’s (EAC) grid and its operation is being considered, it was reported on Wednesday. The idea, presented to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou and ...

More than 2,000 people, citizens of 20 different countries, have now arrived in Cyprus as part of assisted departures to remove people from Lebanon as the political situation continues to deteriorate, government ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved the purchase of 100,000 digital identity cards, Research Deputy Minister Nikodemos Damianou said. He said the first 30,000 identity cards will be made available free of charge to ...

Trade union Pasydy on Wednesday said civil servants are “under attack” as the debate regarding a planned pay rise rumbles on. They said the agreement they had reached with the ...

The public works department have got the go-ahead to proclaim an architectural competition for the new courts in Nicosia, replacing the existing building near the buffer zone, at a cost ...

Making agreements with Lebanon to stem the tide of would-be refugees is misguided, Associate International Law and Human Rights’ professor Aristotelis Constantinides said on Wednesday. The UCy expert made the ...

The digital platform e-kalathi (e-basket), designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare prices on a daily basis, is expected to be operational ...

The betting sector represents 3.72 per cent of Cyprus’ GDP, director general of the finance ministry George Panteli said on Tuesday addressing the 7th Safe Gaming Conference. The conference marked the ...

The Republic of Cyprus was on Tuesday ordered to pay around €50,000 in damages to two asylum seekers for degrading treatment and pushback as they sought refuge in Cyprus from Lebanon, ...

Corporations that failed to disclose their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) within the prescribed deadline, and which got slapped with heavy fines as a result, will see these fines scrubbed and ...

DND Homes and its subsidiary DND Cyprus, based in Famagusta, currently advertising 622 luxury homes in the north, are being investigated for the usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties. Disy MP Nikos ...

Police arrested a third person on Tuesday, aged 22, in connection with an assault on two food delivery drivers on Saturday night in Limassol. The suspect appears to be one of ...

A total of 1,550 people, primarily from third countries, had left Lebanon via Cyprus by Tuesday since the start of assisted departures on September 27, foreign ministry spokesperson Theodoros Gotsis said. The ...

The finance ministry on Tuesday denied reports the government has proposed or intends to propose a salary increase for the President of the Republic and government ministers. In a statement, ...

The first West Nile virus case this year has been detected in Cyprus, after authorities confirmed on Tuesday that an elderly man from Mammari village had been infected and was ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis has appointed a new investigator for the case of the escaped convict, to avoid possible issues over transparency, police said on Tuesday. According to the force’...

A 29-year-old man wanted in connection with an attempted murder case was located and arrested by police on Monday afternoon under a court warrant. The incident occurred on Saturday at ...

A government bill proposing an across-the-board pay rise for public-sector workers got more pushback from opposition MPs on Monday, with the Disy party in particular looking determined to veto the ...

Limassol district court issued five-day remand orders against two people, aged 21 and 19, who were arrested in connection with the attack and robbery on Saturday evening against two delivery drivers in ...

The use of tools to find or pick mushrooms is prohibited, the forestry department said on Monday ahead of the mushroom picking season. Those caught using tools to find or ...

Resigning in the wake of a convicted murderer’s escape under police guard would be a cowardly move that would only satisfy populism, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday. ...

The government aims to bring a bill to reform pensions before cabinet by the end of 2025, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Monday. Speaking after a meeting with the labour ...

Cyprus airspace is safe and passengers do not need to fear travelling to the island, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said. The Republic is strictly enforcing any updates it receives from ...

The hearing of the golden passport criminal case involving Al Jazeera news report, for which three people are facing charges, has been postponed for January 13, 2025. Former House president Demetris Syllouris, ...