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Cyprus has the resources and potential to generate most of its electricity from RES Cyprus has a new president. A new era is starting and that includes energy. Many serious ...

Victory against a backdrop of watered down traditional partisanship and a real abstention rate of 45 per cent Though a close call, Nikos Christodoulides’ win last Sunday came down to a ...

As of Saturday, another law cracking down on the use of plastic came into effect at supermarkets and shops in Cyprus, but it is unlikely to have too much of ...

Turkish Cypriots left reeling after Turkey earthquake deaths The Turkish Cypriot community, and especially Famagustians, are mourning the deaths of 24 of their brightest and most accomplished children along with 11 parents ...

Disillusioned by the election results and the failure to act on suggestions to root out corruption and find a viable solution to the Cyprus problem Last Sunday, the Greek Cypriot ...

Government has earmarked funds to stabilise the landslide that has caused houses to crumble, but there is still no decision over compensating the owners The government is about to pay €33 ...

In his victory speech on Sunday night, president-elect Nicos Christodoulides said his top concern “is the termination of the Turkish occupation and the reunification of the country,” and vowed to “...

THE CANDIDATE our establishment did not endorse, won last Sunday’s run-off election by a relatively comfortable margin of 15,000 votes and in 10 days will be crowned Nikos the Second, to ...

Everything is ready for the Sunday elections that will show the tripartite for the new Paphos bishop, church elections officer Ioannis Charilaou said on Saturday. In total of 52,164 eligible voters ...

The resumption of the negotiations on the Cyprus problem remains a priority for Athens, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview on Saturday. Athens is expecting the new ...

Newly-elected president Nikos Christodoulides started holding high-level meetings and deliberations while he is expected to make personal contacts with those he intends to include in his government next week. The ...

Earthquake victims from Turkey continue to arrive to the north to find refuge in relatives or friends staying in the island, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Saturday. With their house ...

The owner and three managers of the Isias Hotel whose collapse following two earthquakes in Adiyaman killed dozens of people, including 35 members of the Turkish Cypriot volleyball team, have been ...

Honorary distinctions will be awarded to President Nicos Anastasiades in the coming week, a few days before the end of his administration, his office announced on Saturday. He will also ...

Cyprus’ goal is to recycle 70 per cent of construction and demolition waste, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Friday. Speaking at a conference on a robotic method used to separate ...

Two members, so far, will be challenging Averof Neophytou for the leadership of Disy in next month’s election – the party’s deputy leader Harris Georgiades and the party spokesman ...

Excess mortality rates stood at 19 per cent above the expected average in Cyprus for December 2022, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, on Friday. The death ...

One more person has been arrested in Turkey on Friday, for the collapse of the Isias hotel, which collapsed during the devastating earthquakes, killing 35 members of a Turkish Cypriot school ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met primary school student Themia Paparidou at the presidential palace on Friday after she apparently sent him a letter praising his ten-year tenure. Paparidou had written the ...

The row between the attorney general and auditor general heated up on Friday as the two are locked in a fundamental disagreement over their respective roles. A spokesman from the ...

The schedule for this year’s Cyprus-Greece ferry service will be announced by the beginning of March, deputy shipping minister Vasilis Demetriades said on Friday. He said the ferry is ...

Four Covid deaths and 1,516 positive tests in the last week were announced by the health ministry on Friday, which also said 48 patients are currently in hospital. Two men – aged 86 and 90 – ...

Labour unions and politicians on Thursday in the north have decried a proposed year-long ‘government’ tax amounting to salary cuts across the ‘public’ and private sector for earthquake support to ...

Famagusta hoteliers are becoming anxious about the failure of the government to make a decision about the employment of workers from third countries. The Famagusta branch of the Hoteliers Association (...