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THERE will be 72 candidates contesting the six seats allocated to Cyprus in next Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. There are 13 parties or

ANOTHER prosecution case brought by the attorney-general’s office collapsed this week, with the criminal court ruling there was no prima facie evidence for a trial,

THE GOVERNMENT raised a big fuss about the comments made by Britain’s minister for Europe Sir Alan Duncan, about planned Turkish drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ.

THE WEEK dedicated to promoting the Cyprus breakfast has become an annual fixture for hotels, even after the demise of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation. The

CYPRUS celebrated Europe Day on Thursday, with a modest event in Nicosia. In his address at the event foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides, said he considered

THE BILL that would allow the police to carry out phone surveillance of suspects, after approval has been secured from a judge, has once again

THE PUBLIC and the political parties were on Thursday given the resignation they were calling for over the serial killer fiasco. Justice minister Ionas Nicolaou

It is truly astonishing to hear police and their defenders partly blame the force’s apathy in investigating cases of foreign women reported missing on the

IN JULY 2016 consultants from Ernst & Young presented their study for the unified development of Larnaca port and marina. Reporting at the time, the

THE news that the antiquities department is going to work with the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles partly to look at ways of improving

A LITTLE over a month is left for the introduction of the first phase of the much-trumpeted national health scheme, but there seems no end

THE CAMPAIGN to stop the construction of an asphalt plant in the Pyrga/Kornos area, near Stavrovouni monastery, went to the presidential palace on Sunday to

AS FAR AS absurd ideas go, the one approved by the Union of Municipalities’ extraordinary general meeting, which was discussing the interior ministry’s proposals for

EVERY so often, figures are released showing a high percentage of youth unemployment. As we have written in the past, one explanation for this is

CYPRUS football suffered another embarrassment this week when the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) decided to suspend the second division championship because of fears of rampant

WITH less than two months left for the introduction of Gesy everything still seems to be up in the air. The only thing that the

THE AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou is perfectly entitled to complain about the illegality of the appointment of negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis as the Republic’s permanent representative

THE MEMBERS of the Church hierarchy have been accustomed to getting their way. The politicians always defer to them while ordinary people rarely go against

THE STRONG performance of the economy, in the last couple of years, with budget surpluses and high growth rates has caused complacency in the government,