70 per cent increase in asylum seekers over last year
A total of 10,868 asylum applications had been submitted in Cyprus from the beginning of the year until the first week of November, the interior...
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Agreement appears near for municipal reform
Both the government and political parties on Thursday sounded an upbeat note that the key hurdles in the way of local government reform have been...
Anastasiades to chair meeting on migrant flows
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Saturday President Nicos Anastasiades will chair a meeting in the coming week to discuss migrant flows. The meeting has...
Nouris urges action after 800 migrants cross Green Line in 10 days
Cyprus is “forced” to adopt drastic measures to curb illegal migration through the Green Line, from where some 800 irregular migrants crossed to the government-controlled...
MPs hear of efforts underway to tackle illegal migration
Great efforts are being undertaken to tackle illegal migration, MPs heard during Parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics and migration on Tuesday while concerns were...
Nouris, MED5 colleagues to propose measures on border management
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said that Cyprus and the other four members of the MED5 group (Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain) will raise their concerns...
Cyprus to push for fair allocation of migrants at upcoming EU meet
Nicosia hopes the EU can soon agree a new common migration and asylum pact, relieving the island of some of the pressure from migrant flows,...
All pending golden passports applications have been reviewed
The government has finished examining all pending applications filed under the – now defunct – citizenship-by-investment programme, and has duly briefed the European Union, Interior...
Interior minister brushes off calls for asylum seeker to be reunited with family
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday waved off demands made a day earlier for a Syrian asylum seeker to be reunited with her family, saying...
European ministers offer migrant support for Cyprus
Cyprus’ ongoing migration issues were outlined by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris in Slovenia on Friday during a meeting with several of his European counterparts. During...
Minister says response to fire was immediate
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday the response to the deadly fire over the weekend had been immediate, with authorities using all available means...
Nouris joins EU teleconference on migrants
The increased flow of migrants and asylum seekers into Europe, which has become an issue especially relevant for Cyprus, was discussed by the bloc’s interior...
Interior minister visits refugee camp during trip to Greece
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris visited a migrant and refugee camp Samos on Tuesday, during his two-day visit in Greece. The minister was accompanied by Asylum...
Move against local government reform will lead to ‘chaos’
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris warned on Tuesday that allowing referendums on the mergers of municipalities and local communities would tank the drive to reform local...
Mayors, parties continue to resist local authority reform
Peyia Mayor Marinos Lambrou said Tuesday he opposed merging with other communities in the area as part of a plan to reform local authorities and...
Nouris testifies in front of committee looking into passports
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday gave a sworn testimony to the investigative committee on citizenships by investment after being summoned to clarify some points...
Interior minister backs attorney general in passports spat
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday deferred to the attorney-general when asked whether he thought the Audit Office is hampering a panel investigating passports granted...
Sham marriages on the rise says interior ministry
There has been a sharp increase in sham marriages over the past two years, Interior Minister Nikos Nouris said on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting...
We want to limit number of economic migrants says minister
The aim of the new immigration policy is to limit the large flows of economic migrants, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. He said...
New ministers pledge to carry on the work of predecessors
New Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday he was happy he was assuming the portfolio under better conditions than his predecessor some seven years...
