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Worries also raised about ecosystem near the private facility that would create electricity from natural gas Construction at the first private power station in Cyprus has come to a halt, ...

A criminal investigation into 17.5kg of cocaine hidden in banana crates has turned into a legal wrangle between the British bases (SBAs) and the Republic of Cyprus, in what has ...

By Gina Agapiou and Tom Cleaver More remains to be done towards transparency and restoring the public’s confidence in the institutions such as justice, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

Amid mounting complaints over the cost of living, the government on Thursday said it may bring back electricity and fuel tax subsidies in the near future. Speaking to public broadcaster ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved the first budget of the new government with promises of effective support for the middle class, fiscal responsibility, and achieving EU sponsored goals ...

Coastal authorities were on alert on Tuesday following information that a boat with 95 irregular migrants was the first of an organised wave of hundreds of further arrivals. Interior Minister Constantinos ...

Deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou has resigned from her position, the presidential palace said on Monday. She submitted her resignation in the morning, and it was accepted by the President ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received two refusals from the Turkish Cypriot side and one ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ from Turkey to two proposals related to a joint meeting with the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said he is “on the same line” with the UNSG Antonio Guterres regarding the appointment of a UN envoy to assist in the efforts to ...

State hospital workers are set to go on strike in October after unions and the state health services organisation (Okypy) failed to reach an agreement regarding collective labour and pay ...

‘Gunboat diplomacy and strong-arm tactics belong to the past’ President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday called on his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan to work together to send a message of peace ...

The appointment of a special UN envoy for Cyprus remained at the top of President Nikos Christodoulides’ agenda as he met with EU officials on the sidelines of the 78th ...

The government will withdraw its request for the University of Cyprus to pay overtime to its seconded employee and current deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou and inform the university that ...

Two brown bears are being kept illegally in a Nicosia-based pet store, according to a complaint by animal welfare organisations. The case has been reported to the veterinary services, vice-chair ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday deflected media questions about the inflation and higher interest rates saying the government had a fiscal responsibility to safeguard the viability of the economy so ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Elias Hazou The government on Thursday decided to set up an interdepartmental team as a focal point for drawing up policies to stem the tide of ...

The heat in Cyprus this summer was underlined by the Met Office on Wednesday which said the particularly hot month saw record high temperatures and record high minimum temperatures in ...

A government proposal to stop a 12 per cent deduction for early retirement will be prepared, after a study is completed at the end of September at the labour ministry, Minister ...

The decision to start providing consular services to Russian citizens living in the north was “long overdue”, Russian Ambassador in Cyprus Murat Zyazikov said on Monday. In an interview with ...

Large increases in profits not due to better performance in using the funds of depositors to improve the economy Recent media reports on the performances of the largest Cyprus banks ...

‘The government has no legal or constitutional obligation to help them’ A week after the violent incidents that reaped destruction across Limassol’s migrant community in a racist-fuelled attack, those ...

Attorney-general George Savvides is considering filing a request to have auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides suspended, with the former considering that the latter is operating outside what the constitution of Cpyrus prescribes ...

Authorities continue to be lax in collecting income tax, and as a result the state is losing millions each year, the auditor-general said in parliament on Thursday. Odysseas Michaelides was ...

The government is working to highlight Cyprus as an unattractive destination for migration, ministers told the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Tuesday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said within ...