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Disy leader Annita Demetriou has withdrawn from the contest for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, leaving Averof Neophytou and George Pamboridis to compete for it. Consultations had begun earlier in ...

Police said a communications law is essential as they the presented the new Directorate for Combatting Organised Crime, which police chief Themistos Arnaoutis said will officially begin operating on Monday, ...

The British father who pleaded guilty to negligence after the fatal fall of his three-year-old son from a Paphos hotel will learn his sentence on October 16, Paphos district court ruled ...

Petrol station owners’ association chairman Christodoulos Christodoulou on Monday warned that prices at the pump will continue to increase this week, with the price of a litre of diesel having ...

Economic success creates a new question for Cyprus. Having repaired the state’s balance sheet, is the island using its financial strength sufficiently to repair structural weaknesses in its economy? ...

Police and the Larnaca district local government organisation (EOA) have confirmed serious and longstanding problems at a Larnaca apartment complex, including complaints over tampered water and electricity meters, illegal occupation ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday insisted that the “window of opportunity” for a solution to the Cyprus problem remains open, saying he was prepared to make concessions in pursuit of ...

The tax on heating oil will be reduced by 5.3 cents per litre from November 1, as part of a €70 million package of measures approved by the cabinet on Wednesday to tackle ...

By Nicolas Netien On July 2 and 3, growers, millers, doctors and researchers from across the olive world met in Lisbon for the second Olive Oil World Congress. The two days produced ...

The question of whether Cyprus will accede to Europe’s border-free Schengen zone is “not on the agenda” of the Council of the European Union’s justice and home affairs (...

The Council of the EU on Monday gave the green light to the first five European Defence Projects of Common Interest, covering drones and counter-drone systems, maritime defence, space, air ...

A bicommunal digital project has documented more than 2,000 words in both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot dialects, while using games and AI to keep the island’s linguistic heritage alive ...

Although the Cypriot economy has proved resilient to external shocks, posting positive growth numbers and low unemployment, it remains vulnerable to latent blind spots, the Fiscal Council said on Thursday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of “hypocrisy of the highest form” as he addressed the United Nations general assembly in New York. “I listened ...

Over 205,400 bone marrow donors are currently registered with the Karaiskakio Foundation, which has to date offered more than 1,000 transplants to patients in 36 countries, the foundation said on Monday to mark ...

Israel sees Cyprus as an increasingly important defence partner and believes there is clear potential for the two countries to deepen cooperation between their defence industries, including through joint projects ...

The price of fuel at the pump is expected to increase further in the coming weeks, petrol station owners’ association chairman Savvas Prokopiou warned on Friday, with recent developments in ...

Cyprus intends to submit a bill to parliament in December setting a minimum age of 15 for access to social media, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou confirmed on Thursday. The bill ...

The Cyprus medical association (CyMA) said on Wednesday it is ready to audit doctors working in unlicensed centres, as police in Larnaca pressed ahead with an investigation into two medical ...

The activist group Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Tuesday appealed to MPs to strengthen environmental efforts and protect wildlife, saying lawmakers should not be “misled” by deceptions designed to ...

Akel accused the state of a “scandal of multiple coverups” on Monday, after the anti-corruption authority announced it had ended its investigation into the spy van affair without publishing its ...

Marcus Edwards has committed to playing for Cyprus at international level, the football association (CFA) announced on Sunday, with the attacking midfielder set to join the national team’s upcoming ...

The House’s special committee on the law mandating public officials to declare their wealth and income (pothen esches) has requested an opinion on whether a criminal offence was committed ...

The government supports implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) but takes seriously the project’s economic viability and its impact on consumers, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday. ...