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In the race to go green, the public could end up facing long-term debt and restrictions on their freedom of movement By Jean Christou From Wednesday Cyprus will have a ...

The inauguration ceremony for the eighth president of the republic will take place on Tuesday morning at the legislature, after which Nikos Christodoulides will head to the presidential palace where ...

DISAPPOINTED that the Disy leadership election will not be contested by the good, the bad and the ugly, as had been widely expected, the bad and the ugly having decided ...

By Les Manison In his campaign to become President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides promised that his government would be one of “broad social acceptance” and would represent ...

Candidate for the leadership of Disy, Demetris Demetriou on Saturday said he would wait to see the intentions and choices of president-elect Nikos Christodoulides before shaping the party’s strategy ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Saturday said that the Anastasiades administration’s highest priority was the steady development of rural areas and improving the standard of living for those with ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘labour minister’ Hasan Taçoy on Saturday said that 3,800 earthquake victims from Turkey have found refuge in the north since the beginning of the month. Citing data from ...

Limassol municipality said on Saturday it will take part in the city’s big carnival parade with three floats satirising the recent election battle, the glacial progress of the country’...

Police on Saturday said the remaining three people arrested as part of investigations into the homophobic attack at a Tepak LGBTI event are set to be released later in the ...

For the last few months President Anastasiades has been engaging in frenzied legacy-building. He has visited every district, laying foundation stones, cutting ribbons, visiting projects in progress, constantly telling people ...

Just days before the end of the Anastasiades administration, two of his ministers publicly disagreed Friday on the compensatory measures for landowners connected to the Akamas local plan with Agriculture ...

By Gina Agapiou and Nikolaos Prakas Left-wing Akel said on Friday it stands by the families of the victims of the deadly earthquakes in Turkey, general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou said during ...

The Hala Sultan Tekke Bronze Age city in Larnaca must have been much larger and more dispersed than once thought, a pilot study has shown. Since 2021 the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ...

Outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades again condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on its one-year “dark anniversary”. “February 24 marks the dark anniversary of the unprovoked attack on one independent country by ...

The family of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a bridge in Alassa back in 2005, spoke of their disappointment on Friday when leaving the offices of ...

Five people were arrested in connection with the LGBTI-related attack at Cyprus’ university of technology (Tepak) in Limassol, police said on Friday. Aged 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, they were arrested at various times ...

Limassol police uncovered an old weapons cache containing up to 50 guns, including ammunition and hand grenades. Officers found the items on Thursday following a tip-off and subsequently visited a warehouse ...

Christakis Meleties, community leader of Kokkinotrimithia, on Thursday called for the Pournara migrant reception to be relocated – “we’re done”. “We want Pournara to close – we’ve reached our limits – ...

A year ago today, Russia sent 200,000 troops into Ukraine in the belief that they would take control of Kyiv within a week or two, overthrow the elected government and install ...

Trade unions have condemned the new regulations concerning the employment of third country nationals, while employers have said they do not go far enough. Labour Minister Kyriakos Koushos on Wednesday ...

While Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Thursday expressed pride over finalising the Akamas local plan, Greens MP Charalambos Theopemtou warned its implementation may be a whole other story. According to ...

Police late on Thursday issued arrest warrants for five individuals linked to Wednesday’s incident at the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) when hooded figures barged into a lecture hall ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday he did not hear anything he didn’t expect to from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar after the two met earlier in the day. ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of an online platform, Cypriots of the diaspora, a project that has been in the works for two years. According to an announcement, ...