#Interior Ministry

The interior minister on Monday revealed a set of ambitious goals for next year, including making housing affordable and slashing red tape. Constantinos Ioannou was speaking in parliament during a ...

The interior ministry has dismissed allegations that it had mishandled Turkish Cypriot property in Lefkara, saying that on the contrary it showed “zero tolerance for the illegal appropriation of Turkish ...

Forestry department head Savvas Iezekiel on Thursday warned of possible “adverse and irreversible effects” of the government’s decision to transfer control of forest firefighting duties to the interior ministry. ...

Ministry renamed to Interior and Civil Protection All crisis management services in Cyprus will be brought under the interior ministry, which will be renamed the interior and civil protection ministry, ...

A Public Warning System, alerting members of the public to emergencies like fires, should be deployed within the first half of next year, the government said on Tuesday. The interior ...

Parliament on Thursday wrapped up its review of new regulations governing the assignment and use of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, promising a fairer and more equitable system for ...

The interior ministry and the House interior committee are pushing forward with a series of legislative amendments regulating the management of hazardous buildings, it was announced on Wednesday, a day ...

Voters over a hundred years old will be removed from the voting registry if they are not receiving a pension, the interior ministry said on Friday, explaining that an amendment ...

As part of the sweeping local government reform, the role of traditional mukhtars – loosely translated as community leaders – has come under scrutiny, with the interior ministry working to modernise regulations. ...

The interior ministry offered €7,000 worth of vouchers to support vulnerable families over the holidays, it was announced on Wednesday. The vouchers, were provided by the staff of various departments and ...

Around 90 deputy mayors are getting paid on the taxpayer’s dime even though they have no official duties, the interior minister acknowledged in parliament on Monday. Constantinos Ioannou was at ...

‘Trapped buyers’ with unauthorised constructions who are eligible for the building amnesty will be able to apply from next week, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. Details of the ...

The government on Tuesday promised to tweak the criteria governing housing assistance schemes for refugees and displaced persons, with MPs hearing that 25 per cent of applications have been denied in ...

Claims and counterclaims over jurisdiction of Green Line, but why now? It has now been over a month that a group dubbed the ‘buffer zone migrants’ have been stranded within ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou hit out against the UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) on Monday over the dozens of migrants stranded in the buffer zone for weeks. The migrants from countries ...

The interior ministry rejected an appeal by the Famagusta Constantia bishopric to build a monastery on environmentally protected land in Cape Greco, it emerged on Thursday. As a result, the ...

The interior ministry on Friday announced a new set of criteria for people who wish to be naturalised as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus. Those wishing to be naturalised ...

While proficiency tests for naturalisation are still being ironed out, all new applications are on hold Cyprus has recently undergone significant revisions to its citizenship requirements, with language tests now ...

The Court of Appeal has voided a prior ruling by the administrative court that had granted an asylum seeker applicant access to classified documents, it emerged on Monday. In a ...

Cyprus on Friday described as “an unpleasant development” the decision by Russia barring entry into its territory to three Cypriot officials connected with the deportation from the island of a ...

The land developer’s association on Tuesday heralded the interior ministry’s decision to speed up issuing title deeds to three months. Describing it as a significant development provided it ...

The government announced on Friday it had audited a total of 1,000 lease contracts for Turkish Cypriot properties being used for commercial purposes during the month of November. The audits carried ...

The interior ministry on Monday presented the House finance committee with a budget more than 10 per cent higher than the year before, with its main focuses on housing policies, dealing ...

Audit office spokesman Marios Petrides on Friday accused the interior ministry of “flouting” the recommendations of the audit office, amid discussions on the latter’s report on the golden visa ...