#Cyprus

The government has gone back to the drawing board to tweak its bills regarding multiple pensions given to certain state officials, MPs heard on Monday. An official with the finance ...

The prospect of setting up a coordinating body to monitor the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings for cases concerning the Republic of Cyprus was discussed on ...

Cyprus Post has issued a set of special edition stamps celebrating four vintage motorcycles on display at the Cyprus Museum of Classical Motorcycles in Nicosia, which this year is celebrating ...

Trade unions on Monday warned about potential power blackouts following curtailments in photovoltaic energy production. In the statement, unions representing the Cyprus electricity authority (EAC) – including the organisation of EAC ...

A neurosurgeon will be paying €170,000 in compensation to a patient for medical negligence, after the doctor’s appeal was thrown out by the Supreme Court last week, it was announced ...

Fire service authorities on Monday raised concerns that some of the recent fires in Larnaca and Paphos may have been deliberately set, according to fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis. Speaking ...

Limassol’s municipal council on Monday rejected a €43,000 security fee requested by the police for this year’s carnival parade, igniting a larger conversation about how policing for public events ...

Reports by environmentalists of illegal refreshment stands springing up in Akamas need to be verified, the interior ministry said on Monday. “The Paphos district administration will visit the spots where ...

A damaged section of the pedestrian walkway on Piale Pasha street on Larnaca seafront will be completely repaired, the municipality said on Monday. The damage has been caused by constant ...

THE Frequent solar power curtailments and delayed renewable energy projects threaten to worsen the nation’s energy crisis has led to mounting frustration from the public and lawmakers. At the ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is “the only option”, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a televised address to the nation on Saturday evening. “I would like ...

Hunters on Saturday took to the streets across the island with a list of demands which they say would allow for the practice of hunting in Cyprus to be better ...

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn engaged in an evisceration of the country’s military bases in Cyprus, asking “what is the purpose, the point ...

A total of seven people have been held responsible for the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005, according to reports on Saturday. Newspaper Phileleftheros wrote that the report into the ...

The autopsy of a nine-month-old infant who was found dead in its mother’s car on Friday will be carried out by forensic pathologist Angeliki Papetta on Saturday. The autopsy ...

Supporting children with genetic diseases is “crucial”, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event held to mark World rare disease day, he said the event “highlights ...

The 25th rendition of the “Love Route”, a motorcycle ride to five districts across Cyprus, began its Nicosia leg on Saturday morning. The ride is organised once a year by ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis met with senior officers on Friday to set the police force on course for a major overhaul as authorities push forward with a plan to modernise ...

The restructuring of local government hit another snag on Friday as municipalities threatened to halt payments if their budgets are not approved by the end of the month. The interior ...

The Cypriot government is ramping up efforts to tackle the housing crisis, with nearly 1,900 new residential units expected under the “Build to Rent” scheme, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on ...

A 12-year-old boy diagnosed with Influenza B died on Friday at the Makarios hospital. The child had been hospitalised and was on Thursday admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at ...

A call for items linked to the history and culture of Paphos was made by the town’s municipal authorities on Friday as the creation of municipal museums was announced. ...

New illegal refreshment kiosks have sprung up in Akamas within the Natura 2000 Network area, NGO Terra Cypria said on Friday. “We have reported the violations in detail and now it ...

Concerns over the future of two of Cyprus’ most important wetlands intensified on Friday, with environmental groups warning of mounting threats to their survival. The federation of environmental organisations of ...