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Confidence-building measures across Cyprus’ divide “need to be implemented” so as to “create trust and demonstrate with facts the actual political will” for rapprochement, United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria ...

The European Council on Friday night offered its support for Cyprus’ Amalthea humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, calling on the State of Israel to “allow immediate, unimpeded access and sustained ...

The Cyprus problem was “all caused by Turkey” and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, United States Senator Rick Scott said on Friday, as he paid a visit to the island ...

Pesticide residues exceeded EU limits in 13.1 per cent of plant food samples tested in Cyprus last year, according to the state general laboratory report published on Friday. Of 466 samples, 61 were ...

The board of tenders has rejected both bids for the Paphos to Polis Chrysochous Road, Transport Minister Evi Tsolaki confirmed on Friday. Tsolaki informed the House finance committee the decision ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Friday called for energy sanctions levied by the European Union on Russia to be lifted in light of rising energy prices in Cyprus and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday called on the European Union to show more solidarity with Gulf states amid an escalating conflict between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and its Iranian-backed Houthi ...

President Nikos Christodoulides late on Thursday night called for the European Union’s multiannual financial framework, the bloc’s long-term budget, to be reduced from its customary seven-year period to ...

Women managed just 6.5 per cent of Cyprus’ utilised agricultural area in 2023, well below the EU average of 17.5 per cent, according to figures published by Eurostat on Thursday. The figures place ...

The European Union’s next multiannual financial framework, its budget for the period covering the years between 2028 and 2034, may be more than 10 per cent smaller than the initial proposal submitted ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was on Thursday one of 17 European heads of government to sign a letter calling for an end to the European Union’s budgetary rebate system, in which ...

Unions told MPs on Thursday that hiring nurses from third countries will not resolve understaffing in hospitals, whilst the health ministry presented the plan as a “temporary solution” until efforts ...

The amended bill on pension reforms is expected to be delivered to the social partners on Friday, with Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas hoping that the government will be able to ...

The European Union must “demonstrate greater flexibility” so as to stem the rise of consumer energy bills, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, as he arrived at the day’s ...

The final phase of the Iris 2026 military exercise took place on Thursday at Kalo Chorio – the first time with drones included – with Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas saying that maintaining a ...

Cyprus Public Transport on Thursday dismissed a report into its service released by the audit office a day prior which said that 63 per cent of survey participants would not choose ...

The anti-obesity drug Mounjaro will be covered by Gesy for Type II diabetes and obesity in adults from Thursday, the health insurance organisation has announced. Coverage of tirzepatide, the drug’...

Low pressure is expected to bring cloudy skies, local rain and isolated thunderstorms on Thursday, with conditions gradually improving as the day progresses, according to the Department of Meteorology. On ...

Natural gas public company (Defa) chairman George Pistentis on Wednesday promised that issues which arose in the past related to efforts to build a natural gas liquefaction terminal in Vasiliko ...

Heavy rain hit the island on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday. Police urged ...

The public audit oversight board is taking action over allegations that Deloitte Cyprus helped conceal billions in assets belonging to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich through backdated documents. “The authority has ...

Odysseas Michaelides’ Alma party is in discussions with Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy movement over a possible joint candidate for the 2028 presidential election, although no official decision has been taken ...

Heavy rain hit Paphos on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday. Police urged drivers ...

The justice ministry is expanding training for prison guards, with 44 newly recruited officers undertaking a 13-week programme developed with the University of Cyprus. Justice Minister Costas Fitiris announced the upgrade ...