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Two individuals are seeking damages of up to €2 million from the state in a lawsuit where they claim their right to presumption of innocence was violated, it emerged on Monday. ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Andria Kades Opposition Akel shot down the government’s comments on local government reform, saying on Monday they were mistimed, unnecessary and damaging to the initiative. ...

A Mexican standoff: that probably best describes the ongoing escalating dispute between the government and the Chinese-led consortium with the contract the build the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. And ...

Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat was released pending a trial on Friday, with his trial set to begin on February 29. In a hearing at the Nicosia District court, he was ...

Farmers protested on Thursday in Nicosia and Paphos, following suit with many of their European counterparts that have taken to the streets to air their concerns over EU Green policies. ...

“None of the above” was the most popular option selected by voters in an opinion poll of voting intention for the next parliamentary elections conducted by Red Wolf. Twenty per ...

The government on Tuesday hinted it may extend some of the relief measures it introduced last November – such as subsidising electricity bills – beyond the end of the month. Taking journalists’ ...

Terminal at Vasiliko started under a cloud of suspicion and has just got worse The writing was on the wall even before the contract for the liquified national gas (LNG) ...

Cypriot farmers plan to hit the streets in solidarity with their European counterparts, on Saturday in Paphos, and next Thursday in Nicosia, they warned on Friday. Farmers in Belgium, France, ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou In a strongly worded statement, Attorney-General George Savvides said he would be referring lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou to the bar association for potential disciplinary offences, ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday sought to ease concerns of a multi-million euro arbitration cost the government may be forced to pay out, amid a halt in the construction ...

The most important thing is to listen, not just to leaders, but to society, the UN secretary general’s personal envoy to Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin said on Tuesday following ...

President announces digital app among more than 80 policies President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. The ...

The batch of measures announced last week by the police to tackle organised crime and football violence either don’t go far enough or will fall flat, an ex-cop tells ...

The block on Turkish Cypriots of mixed marriages, wherein one of their parents is a citizen of the Republic of Turkey, will now have their applications for Republic of Cyprus ...

A five-year old girl died at the Makarios hospital on Thursday morning after having been rescued alongside over 60 others aboard a small boat off the coast of Cyprus on Wednesday. ...

House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday that lifetime benefits for the president and the House speaker need to be abolished. “I have the personal opinion that these lifetime benefits ...

Cyprus has been on the right side of history following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday after his speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the ...

Suggestion comes after damning Audit Office report on endless delays The project team for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko has recommended that Cyprus halt further payments to ...

Arrest of Turkish Cypriot lawyer shakes up sales of Greek Cypriot properties in north The arrest of a Turkish Cypriot lawyer in Italy over exploitation of dispossessed Greek Cypriot property ...

Approval just takes too long, developers tell buyers seeking competitive loans from the Housing Finance Corporation The state-owned Housing Finance Corporation (HFC, better known in Greek as Οργανισμός Χρηματοδοτήσεως Στέγης) was seen as ...

The audit office said on Friday it was going to report Cyprus’ long-delayed project for the creation of a liquefied natural gas arrival terminal at Vasiliko to the European Prosecutor’...

In response to the surge of criminal activities throughout Cyprus in recent weeks, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou has proposed the deployment of armed patrols in the streets, it was announced ...

Attorney-general George Savvides strongly condemned Tuesday night’s attack on a public prosecutor’s car, which also prompted her colleagues to go on a work stoppage on Wednesday. The incident ...