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Government services were back online on Tuesday evening after shutting down throughout the day, following a flooding incident in the room they are hosted in on Monday evening. The government ...

AS THE issue of title deeds for trapped buyers drags on, one British expat living in Xylofagou is desperately trying to be issued his almost a decade since applying for ...

With the launch of ChatGPT late last year speculation on its impact on the labour force has been largely negative but those in Cyprus see it could boost productivity, and ...

Nicosia will not be giving Ukraine weapons, only humanitarian aid, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis clarified on Friday, commenting on a meeting between Cypriot Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas and his Ukrainian ...

The House on Thursday passed a law making some 1,000 former bank employees eligible for unemployment benefit, in what some commentators earlier called a scandalous arrangement. The government bill, amending the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said his two-day visit to Egypt has both a symbolic and substantial meaning, as it reflects a clear political will to build on the strategic ...

Spain stands by Cyprus in its search for a just and viable solution to the island’s political problem, while its prime minister on Tuesday said it would take the ...

The Audit service and the Attorney General engaged in a war of words on Monday after the latter accused the former of lying about a European Commission communique that sided ...

Over €22 million will be allocated to the wine sector by the end of 2027, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Sunday. The current financial instrument for the implementation of the wine ...

The recently-appointed energy minister George Papanastasiou seems to have injected a sense of purpose Construction of a €300 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Vasilikos, plagued by a series ...

The justice ministry, police and other key players on Friday agreed on a memorandum of understanding in tackling hooliganism, which will be binding on all parties in terms of be ...

During the first National Council session held under his administration, President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday briefed party leaders on his proposal for the appointment of an EU envoy to support ...

Sports fans will be subjected to random alcohol and drugs tests on entry to sports venues while a permanent police team will be established to cover high-risk matches, according to ...

Fans need to behave otherwise all sporting matches will be held without spectators, President Nikos Christodoulides warned on Tuesday following violent clashes at a basketball semi-final at the weekend. “This ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday said he has issued ‘strong advice’ to commercial banks to focus on loan restructuring for distressed borrowers, as well as to increase deposit rates ...

Former interior minister Nicos Nouris weighed in on criticism from opposition on sweeping the issue of the refugee apartment buildings under the rug, as the his successor Constantinos Ioannou is ...

Banks have been criticised for being slow in responding to the recent ECB interest rates hike Cyprus’ main banks are set to increase interest rates on deposits this year after ...

The 31-year-old partner of 28-year-old Lesya Bykova who was found dead near Aphrodite’s Rock earlier this month was on Friday released from custody as a second autopsy showed no ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday he hoped to ‘break the deadlock’ in the Cyprus peace process, also pitching to the United Nations Secretary-General his proposal for a more active ...

A reprieve for Akamas, but what of the wider countryside and common species? By Martin Hellicar The latest in a long series of ‘save Akamas’ campaigns staves off the worst ...

The banking system in Cyprus is resilient and will continue to support the real economy, the Central Bank assured President Nicos Christodoulides on Monday. Christodoulides and Central Bank chief Constantinos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides begins his contacts in Brussels this coming week, aiming among other things to promote his proposal for a more active involvement of the European Union in the ...

A court decision vindicating a 78-year-old man for refusing to pay cemetery tax to Oroklini council, may put other municipalities in Cyprus between a rock and a hard place, the ...

The House on Thursday passed legislation that bars all semi-governmental bodies from paying into private health insurance, since employees in these organisations already benefit from the national health system or ...