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The government is aiming for a comprehensive reform of the pensions system to come into force by January of next year, labour minister Marinos Moushiouttas announced on Thursday. Speaking on ...

A bill was tabled in parliament on Thursday aiming to make the independent social support body more transparent by obliging it to publish the names of donors along with the ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Thursday expressed disappointment over the lack of progress achieved at Wednesday’s tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem, while the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin ...

The new Polis Chrysochous hospital will be completed and ready to operate by September 2028, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Thursday, following a meeting at the presidential palace with the Polis ...

Pafos FC chairman Roman Dubov on Thursday promised that his team will “come back stronger” after they were eliminated from the Champions League on goal difference on Wednesday night. “Our ...

Members of the Kurdish community in Cyprus marched through central Nicosia on Thursday, protesting the situation in Syria’s Kurdish-held Rojava region, as parliament passed a resolution calling on the ...

Disy’s Limassol branch issued a firm defence of the presumption of innocence regarding MP Nikos Sykas after his exclusion from the election ballot over an allegation of domestic violence. ...

The forestry department announced on Thursday it is preparing amendments to modernise the framework regarding the leasing of state forest land, following scrutiny triggered by a critical audit report. In ...

Pakistan “has broken the silent process” of the United Nations security council’s renewal of the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “...

The next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem will take place “when conditions are ripe”, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said. Speaking after a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio ...

Business owners operating out of Turkish Cypriot properties expressed growing anger on Wednesday over steep rent increases imposed under amended legislation governing Turkish Cypriot properties, according to the small shopkeeper’...

Three of Cyprus’ six members of the European parliament said they would attend a same-sex wedding if invited. Disy’s Loucas Fourlas, Diko’s Costas Mavrides, and independent Fidias Panayiotou ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday called for the European Union to maintain a “forward-looking cooperation and a constructive dialogue” with the United States. “This longstanding partnership must be preserved ...

The north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler has been reported to the police over allegations that he coerced university officials to award degree certificates to his political allies under false ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “seriously disturbed” by the lack of progress achieved on the Cyprus problem since last month’s tripartite meeting involving his envoy Maria Angela Holguin, ...

Deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos was on Wednesday ordered by Archbishop Georgios to leave the bishopric flat and hand over the keys to the bishopric by 10am on Thursday. The order ...

Police officers will be outfitted with portable cameras on uniforms and tactical gear if a bill on criminality, urgently discussed by the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday, is passed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday hailed the trade deal agreed between the European Union and India, describing it as a “landmark” agreement. He wrote in a post on social media ...

A bill modernising the legislative framework for adoptions was discussed on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee, with MPs saying it was about time the law safeguarded children’s ...

The tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem involving United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ended without any agreements being reached, with ...

Five men were sent to trial before the Larnaca permanent criminal court on Wednesday over a violent clash involving gunfire in the city centre earlier this month, while police continue ...

The water development department has failed to implement proper plans to tackle water scarcity in the Larnaca district, Larnaca district governor Angelos Hadjicharalambous said on Wednesday, appealing to residents for ...

Former energy minister George Lakkotrypis is under investigation by the tax office following revelations linked to the videogate affair, raising questions over undeclared income, post ministerial employment breaches and potential ...

The three-month-old baby hospitalised with shaken baby syndrome on Tuesday remains in critical condition at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital, Okypy spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. Examinations carried out at ...