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‘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 ...

An emergency meeting convened by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday acknowledged the police’s failure to contain the far-right racist attacks that erupted in Limassol the previous night. In hours ...

By Andria Kades and Nikolaos Prakas Over two hundred far-right protesters gathered at the Molos area in Limassol for an anti-immigrant rally, which became an almost war-like scene, as things ...

Captains of industry on Thursday called for “fast reflexes and bold decisions” on the part of the government to head off alarming trends in the economy – especially the costly transition ...

Sunbeds and umbrellas will never be accepted on Lara beach, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said while announcing the much-anticipated Akamas local development plan, which was updated with new measures approved ...

After two nights of violence, Iole Damaskinos goes to Chlorakas and speaks to those living in the village Fear, smouldering frustration and disbelief were the key feelings among Chlorakas residents, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday night condemned the violent clashes that took place in Chlorakas, which led to arrests and hospital treatments after a number of migrants were attacked. “Violence ...

More young voices need to be heard at the annual diaspora conference, the World Organisation of Young Overseas Cypriots Nepomak said on Sunday. The 21st World Conference of Diaspora Cypriots ...

A Cypriot mission arrived in Greece on Friday to aid in firefighting efforts in the mount Parnitha area near Athens, as Greece burned for a seventh day. The flames have ...

Visiting US Senator Robert Menendez on Thursday called on the United Nations Security Council to immediately pass a resolution denouncing recent Turkish actions in the buffer zone in Pyla and ...

Police on Wednesday carried out busts against a “criminal organisation involved in the smuggling of irregular migrants to Cyprus”, with five arrests made. The move came as President Nikos Christodoulides ...

High-level discussions regarding the road between the villages of Pyla and Arsos are ongoing, representatives of the United Nations confirmed to the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday. The discussions follow last ...

The government on Monday decided migrants living in an apartment complex in Chlorakas should be kicked out and relocated to Kofinou. Police were instructed to execute the order immediately, after ...

The situation at the buffer zone in Pyla remains calm, Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Sunday morning, two days after a violent altercation against UN peacekeeping forces. “Everything is ...

With clarity expected in September, rumours about the viability of the EuroAsia Interconnector were somewhat inaccurate The EuroAsia Interconnector, what would be the world’s longest subsea energy cable, remains ...

Three treated for minor injuries and multiple vehicles ‘undriveable’ A UN peacekeeper was punched in the face while attempting to block the “unauthorised” construction of a road through the buffer ...

Two Cypriot passport holders were arrested in Singapore as part of a suspected money laundering bust it emerged on Thursday, spurring Cyprus’ interior ministry to assure it would assess the ...

The police have hailed a 38.5 per cent reduction in fatal road collisions this year. Police spokesperson Eleni Constantinou explained on Wednesday that the significant decrease in fatalities is marked from 2022 ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides is investigating a complaint about a last-minute adjustment in the passing-grade of preliminary entrance exams to Greek military schools that allowed dozens of failed candidates to ...

Monday marks the 49th anniversary of the second phase of the Turkish invasion during which Turkish military forces who invaded the island on July 20, 1974, seized more areas of the Republic, ...

But are they finally in a safe harbour? Ports have long been a crucial feature of Cyprus’ economy for obvious reasons, but the recent coating of the island’s coastline ...