#pensioner

A 76-year-old Briton died after being hit by a car, while crossing the street in Peyia, police said on Thursday. The man, Paul Lownder from England, was hit by a ...

Pensioners protested in the capital on Tuesday as they accused the government of not doing enough to protect them amid inflation and other cost of living challenges. The Nicosia branch ...

Painkillers, vitamins and other pharmaceutical products needed by a lot of patients should be covered under the national health scheme (Gesy), the Union of Cypriot Pensioners (Ekysy) said on Friday. ...

75-year-old overseas Cypriot Loucas Georgiou was found floating unconscious on Thursday in the sea of Oroklini, Larnaca, police announced on Friday. According to police, he was found unconscious and taken ...

The 84-year-old man who allegedly killed his 82-year-old wife Giorgoulla Charalambous by striking her over the head with a hammer has been referred directly to trial at the Limassol criminal ...

A 74-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Wednesday after he admitted to stabbing a 34-year-old multiple times in Paphos the previous evening. Both were taken to hospital, the ...

Among the 160,746 pensioners in Cyprus as of 2020, there are wide variations in the amount people receive, some getting up to €2,487 while others were granted €710. With a total cost to the ...

Pensioners are asking for podiatrists to be covered by the general health system (Gesy) and want simplified procedures for hearing aids. They are also concerned about the sums they have ...

A pensioner is being sought for willfully causing bodily harm to another person, police said on Sunday. According to assistant Paphos police chief Michalis Ioannou, the crimes of causing grievous ...

The government recognises that low-income pensioners are a vulnerable group whose purchasing power is being eroded by inflation, deputy minister for welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Thursday as she outlined ...

Low-income pensioners will be able to use public transport for free thanks to a new initiative announced on Monday by the social welfare deputy ministry and the transport ministry. Bus ...

Police on Friday announced the death of a man, 75, who was hospitalised in critical condition after he was assaulted about two months ago, while a 39-year-old murder attempt suspect remains ...

Police on Wednesday launched an investigation into Polis Chrysochous hospital for possible medical negligence after a pensioner who visited the facility died in a taxi on his way to Paphos ...

Paphos lifeguards spotted and rescued a pensioner who was drowning early on Saturday. According to the Kinyras lifeguard club, a lifeguard who was patrolling the coastal road spotted a 70-year-old ...

Parliamentary spokesman of Akel Giorgos Loucaides wrote to the finance minister on Tuesday asking to know whether the government had any plans to submit a bill for regulating the issue ...

The union of pensioners (Ekysy) said on Friday it plans to hold protests and conferences in a bid to pressure the government into resolving long-standing problems faced by the elderly. ...

Cabinet has approved a new holiday scheme for low-income pensioners for the period of September 1 to December 22 covering accommodation and full board at premises in the mountain resorts and in ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy has called on the government to subsidise drugs for which they now must pay full price, and for lower Gesy contributions for the elderly. The union said ...