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The House education committee said on Wednesday they believe to have found the compromise for compulsory pre-primary education, even as teachers union Poed held a strike outside the presidential palace ...

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Wednesday he was pessimistic about achieving a collective agreement on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), after meeting with trade union Deok. He called on all ...

Deputies on Wednesday were discussing a mechanism aimed at protecting – and preventing – trapped buyers, after Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides submitted a bill to the House legal committee. The aim is ...

The 300 contract officers’ posts for the policing of the buffer zone to stem illegal migration have not been filled yet and the deadline has been extended, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

People with disabilities in Cyprus are not treated with dignity but instead ignored and looked upon with pity, Cyprus’ confederation of organisations of the disabled (Kysoa) said on Wednesday, announcing ...

The finance ministry denounced Wednesday’s 12-hour strike by electricity authority workers which kept customer service centres closed resulting in “unnecessary inconvenience”. Despite efforts by the EAC board of directors ...

And companies need to do more about packaging By Charalampos Theopemptou Among the business world, I often hear the discussions and worries about the new Environment, Sustainability, Governance (ESG) criteria ...

Six out of the 12 serving bishops of the Cyprus Orthodox Church submitted candidacies on Tuesday for the post of archbishop. It is an excessive number of candidates but, presumably, this ...

Lawmakers said on Tuesday that legislation introducing a ‘household basket’ – a weekly list of lower-priced staple goods – would be delayed to next year as stakeholders hammer out the details of ...

The government clarified on Tuesday it will impose a special levy on suppliers and producers of electricity, but will tax them in a rational way that does not disincentivise the ...

“Dangerous medicine” is not being practiced at Paphos general hospital, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday after criticisms were levelled against it. “We categorically do not accept statements ...

The tourism sector showed ‘tangible growth’ in 2022, which was on Tuesday put down to increased air connectivity and policies introduced by the government over the last 10 years at the annual ...

Cyprus does not have enough trained professionals specialising in elderly care and treatment, the health ministry’s technical committee on old age said on Tuesday after submitting a draft of ...

Six bishops on Tuesday registered themselves as candidates to become the new archbishop. Commissioner for the archbishopric elections Ioannis Charilaou said that there are officially six candidates. The candidates that ...

It is reassuring to hear a senior politician talk honestly about the irresponsible political exploitation of the foreclosures law by the political parties. In an interview published in Monday’s ...

A little over a third of the interior ministry’s budget for 2023 will go to development projects, as the administration works to push through a number of reforms, including in ...

Former Turkish rear admiral Cihat Yauci has recommended banning Turkish Cypriot unions which he said support Greek Cypriot interests and proposed measures to promote Ankara’s role in the north. ...

England got their World Cup campaign off to a flying start as they rattled in the goals past a shell-shocked Iran and cruised to an impressive 6-2 Group B victory ...

Covid-19 vaccinations will be available for babies and toddlers beginning Tuesday, the health ministry said on Monday. The ministry said that babies over the age of six months and toddlers ...

Low-cost airline Ryanair announced on Monday five new routes departing from Paphos airport starting next summer, as well as an increase in the airport-based fleet from two to four aircrafts. ...

Conditions at Paphos general hospital are “tragic, appalling and utterly shameful”, Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Monday. Citing examples he had witnessed himself, Phedonos said that both the management ...

Making sure they don’t have new partners living with them Government services seem to be taking an almost Orwellian approach when choosing to scrutinise the eligibility of single parents ...

As the proud owner of a whopping 7/288ths of an olive grove, Nick Theodoulou decided it was high time he went picking   I’ve struck oil on our ancestral land ...

Since the beginning of the year, the Animal Police investigated 57 criminal cases, head of the department Vyron Vyronos said on Sunday. He said the number of cases of animal cruelty ...