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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 ...

A 32-year-old man on Wednesday was handed a three-year jail sentence by Limassol district court after being found guilty of causing a triple fatal car accident in 2017 that ended the ...

Apple sought to block Apella Games from registering name and logo in the EU Cyprus-based indie gaming company Apella Games has won a major battle against tech giant Apple Inc., ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis announced on Monday that their governments will institutionalise a coordination body, as a new chapter in Athens and Nicosia relations. “This ...

A Paphos holiday timeshare resort is closing at the end of the month with owners who invested thousands losing out Hundreds of disgruntled timeshare owners at Paradise Kings Club in ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Saturday made history as the first woman to be elected as leader of the Disy party since its founding in 1976 by former president Glafcos Clerides. ...

Deputy government spokeswoman ‘has no intention’ of foregoing second job Deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou said on Friday that she has no intention of resigning from her position at the ...

By Elias Hazou and Andria Kades The House on Thursday voted against another extension to a freeze on property repossessions, the majority of MPs deciding to give the new government ...

Electricity prices must come down, as expensive energy is sapping people’s disposable income and also raising the cost of production for businesses, new Energy Minister George Papanastasiou stressed on ...

A large crowd gathered at the church in Avgorou, Famagusta on Monday morning as the funeral was held for one of the Cypriot victims of the fatal train crash in ...

The remains of two Cypriots who died in Greece’s tragic train crash returned to Cyprus on Sunday evening. An Aegean flight from Thessaloniki arrived to Larnaca airport carrying the ...

Covid does not explain more people dying each year The week-by-week mortality figures – all-cause deaths – supplied to Eurostat for 2022 are now complete, though it’s important to note that the ...