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Cyprus aims to make a “substantial contribution” towards the achievement of the 2030 UN sustainable development goals through the organisation of the 9th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference, Agriculture Minister Costas ...

In an unprecedented move, the ministries of transport and finance issued a joint statement announcing they would terminate negotiations about expansion work with Hermes, the company running the airports. It ...

Cyprus’ first crematorium is set to begin operations by 2024, eight years after the relevant law was first passed, it emerged on Wednesday. The environment department approved the application for the ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has confirmed to MPs that some of those leasing Turkish Cypriot properties from the state were then illegally subletting them and profiteering. He detailed that since 2017 ...

A giant piano fountain, bingo, great food, a wedding, and dozens of African migrants daily chanting ‘Anna Queen of the Prison’ prompted filmmaker Raphael Rowe of Netflix’s Inside the ...

Police are to carry out a risk assessment on security issues to his person, raised by state medical examiner Panicos Stavrianos in connection with the death of national guardsman Thanasis ...

It is possible for people and turtles to co-exist By Panagiotis Georgiou Lady’s Mile is a 5km long beach with exceptional ecological value, that supports a plethora of plants ...

After the two-hour strike on Saturday evening at Paphos airport, which inconvenienced the passengers of eight flights, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos felt obliged to reassure ground staff workers taking part ...

The four independent presidential candidates will get together again on Wednesday for more talks on forging a possible alliance that might garner enough support to push them into the second ...

The government said on Tuesday it would cease talks with the Hermes consortium over expansion works at the two airports due to the toxic climate in the country caused by ...

All signs are pointing towards a return to normality within the tourism industry, president of the Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe), Haris Loizides said on Tuesday, marked internationally as World Tourism ...

The Council of Europe’s ruling to end supervision of a Greek Cypriot refugee’s individual application against Turkey gives Turkey an alibi to not abide by ECHR decisions, Famagusta ...

Imprisoned in the north over the use of walkie talkies and taking photographs of a military area, Andreas Soudjis will be released on October 7, a military court decided on Tuesday. ...

Nobel prize laureate Christopher Pissarides has strongly criticised presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides and called on him to step down following a series of recent leaks – with further damaging allegations emerging ...

Business owners on Tuesday called on the government to take swift action to remedy the energy cost crisis, deploring the high fines imposed by the EU and passed on to ...

Commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said there is a need for EU member states to promptly agree on regulations for agricultural pesticide use. Speaking on Monday in ...

The auditor-general as well as opposition lawmakers hauled the government over the coals on Monday, when it emerged that a confidential communication between him and the transport ministry was leaked ...

The government has been hailing the visit by Assistant Secretary-General Rosemary Di Carlo as if some great victory had been achieved. It has been its main talking point since Friday, ...

In an apparent jurisdictional spat, a British Bases court has rejected Cypriot authorities’ request that they put on trial two people arrested in the summer after Sovereign Base Areas police ...

Tourism is currently playing a key role in helping the island’s economy overcome a difficult period, president of the Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) Haris Loizides said on Monday. In ...

A fifth Covid vaccine dose could be available by the end of October, while the cabinet just under two weeks ago approved the new bivalent jabs for fourth shots. Medical ...

The mother of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, found dead under the Alassa bridge in 2005, has made a new appeal for authorities to bring those whose actions led to his death, ...

The roadmap to resolve the dispute with Israel is welcome but Europe is still phasing out gas The news this week that the energy ministers of Cyprus and Israel agreed ...

The efforts made by the government to protect and further promote the rights of LGBTI+ people, have moved from words to deeds, Justice Minister Stephie Drakou said on Sunday in ...