#Cyprus

A bill which would ban the use of mobile phones in schools by law will be voted on in parliament within the next fortnight, House education committee chairman and Diko ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday addressed the 79th United Nations General Assembly, focusing on Cyprus’ role in promoting peace in the Eastern Mediterranean, condemning ongoing conflicts, and highlighting the persistent ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday discussed a bill which would allow parliament to force ministers, deputy ministers and other officials to appear before house committees. However, a legal service ...

Cyprus’ cooperation with Armenia is “excellent”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday. Palmas was speaking after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan in the country’s capital ...

A man is suing a doctor and the hospital at which he was treated after undergoing an operation on his left knee when he had intended to undergo an operation ...

By Theodoros Zachariadis Climate change seems to proceed faster than predicted and is developing into a global crisis, as evidenced by prolonged heat waves with extremely high temperatures, large-scale fires, ...

The federal model for a solution to the Cyprus problem has “completely lost its validity”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday rejected Turkey’s appeal against its ruling that the country had violated the human rights of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Tuesday met deputy auditor-general Kyriacos Kyriacou to discuss ‘the philosophy’ of government bills aimed at reforming the Audit Office. Hartsiotis described it as a “fruitful ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ popularity has dipped so low that it currently fares worse than that of Demetris Christofias in the aftermath of the 2011 Mari naval disaster, a new survey has ...

House President Annita Demetriou is set to table the issue of who will fill her shoes when she is temporarily away before party leaders at the House, she said on ...

Three times the average rainfall for the month of September fell in just four hours in Nicosia on Monday, the met office said on Tuesday. As such, Monday’s rainfall ...

Political parties on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of new Auditor-General Andreas Papaconstantinou’s although they warned about the circumstances he would have to work under. After a tumultuous couple of ...

A 42-year-old man on Tuesday admitted to the pre-meditated murder of Demetris Andronikou, also known as Demetroui in a gangland shooting in April. The defendant, a Syrian national, made the ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Tuesday said the previous night he had spent in a new university hall of residence in the town had gone positively. “The night went very ...

The number of migrants arriving in Cyprus by unconventional means has fallen dramatically by more than half, it was reported on Monday. The number of migrants arriving in Cyprus through ...

People living near the Dhekelia power plant expressed their frustration on Monday at the pollution spewed out by the outdated facility, but energy officials said there is no way to ...

Media on Monday speculated on the career prospects of Odysseas Michaelides after his sacking from the post of auditor-general, with one newspaper suggesting he might author a book on the ‘...

Key talks were underway on Monday between the respective energy regulators of Cyprus and Greece and the project promoter for the electricity connector linking the two countries, while a senior ...

The police and the fire brigade had to intervene after rain brought Nicosia’s traffic to a standstill on Monday afternoon. Heavy rain hit the capital shortly after 2pm, with ...

Economist Stelios Platis was the forerunner for Cyprus’ new auditor-general that Diko MP Zacharias Koulias had planned to appoint this week, when he would have free rein as acting President ...

EU member states share common goals of achieving climate neutrality and ensuring a sustainable, secure and affordable energy future, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday at the opening of ...

A 60-year-old resident of Lakatamia was killed in a fatal traffic accident on Monday morning, police said. The victim was identified as Lambros Mavrommatis. The incident happened at around 6am ...

Police in Limassol have identified four more individuals captured on CCTV illegally entering the Alphamega stadium on September 15 during the Apollon–AEL match, which was later abandoned. Arrest warrants have ...