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Political parties in Cyprus on Friday exchanged sharp words in response to Thursday’s controversial debate on foreclosures. After a fiery debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday, the ...

After a fiery debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday, showcasing vastly divergent ideas about the relationship between debtors and banks, the plenum voted down two bills which the ...

By Nicholas Theodoulou and Nikolaos Prakas Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the attorney-general’s office in Nicosia on Wednesday night as they decried a “corrupt government [and] corrupt attorney general” ...

President Nikos Christodoulides accepted Michalis Hadjiyiannis’ resignation from the post of deputy culture minister, which was immediately reappointed to academic Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou. The president thanked Hadjiyiannis for the work ...

It is permissible to fuel up from the north only “occasionally” for personal use, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Monday night, urging the public to seek out earlier statements by ...

And the church’s role in schools ensures it will stay that way By Fahri Zihni My late mother was born in the village of Tera, Paphos in 1924 to a ...

‘In the past two years, I have sold more tobacco sticks than I could ever have imagined’ They have long been promoted as a way to help smokers stop, but ...

City of Dreams Mediterranean spoke out on Friday calling the planned union protests outside the casino resort slated for Tuesday “unfounded and poorly timed” as the labour minister has stepped ...

Two men aged 22 and 30 pled not guilty on Thursday over the beating of a Turkish Cypriot woman in Ayia Napa last month. During the hearing, the defence requested to review ...

Foreclosures have been suspended until the end of October, while a special judicial procedure will be created to deal with non-performing loans (NPLs), cabinet decided on Wednesday. Primary properties valued ...

Important step forward would be agreement on a UN envoy The leaders of the two sides should promote more contact and cooperation as well as the opening of more crossing ...

By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko Opposition parties on Monday kept up the pressure on the government over its unpopular decision to scrap subsidies on electricity and on fuel, while ...

Wealth inequality is much more severe than income inequality There are many reasons why high and increasing economic inequality is a worrying phenomenon. It can be a problem in itself, ...

With a generous state subsidy ‘a lot more women than we realise choose to freeze their eggs’ Cypriot women are increasingly “shutting their ears to outdated ideas” and moving to ...

The highly polluting Dhekelia power plant must be upgraded because it is “very important” for the state, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou said on Friday. His statements are in line with ...

David Hunter suffocating his wife was an act of love and mercy, his defence told court on Thursday, while the prosecution sought to tear down the argument, saying Hunter had ...

Following the attorney-general’s announcement that no evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, his mother Andriana said they ...

With tankers blocking central roads in Nicosia, the outraged association of petrol station owners on Tuesday protested unfair competition from illegal imports of fuel from the north as the finance ...

The government is due to announce stricter controls at crossings to clamp down on abuses related to the purchase of fuel from the north, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...

Lifeguards’ scheduled work stoppage over staffing and equipment issues has been cancelled this week, following a meeting with Paphos district officer Mary Lambrou. A delegation of lifeguards working in Paphos ...

As Israel looks to expand its energy capacity by turning to renewables, Cyprus has pitched itself as a potential provider of such power through a subsea electricity interconnector between the ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari ordered an immediate investigation on Friday after a patient complained they were wrongly diagnosed with metastatic cancer and told they have six months to live. “This ...

Cyprus does not currently have the capacity to absorb the full amount of the renewable energy it produces, meaning that the excess amount could be transported to Israel – according to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday announced an upcoming plan to address the housing crisis, that moves are underway to improve bicommunal ties, and a mechanism towards greater government accountability will ...