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It has been a tumultuous week for energy in Cyprus. Its two biggest projects, the import of LNG at Vasilikos and the GSI electrical interconnector, were in the limelight mostly ...

The north’s supreme court on Friday ruled one of the remand orders handed down to the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July to be ...

The European chief public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) on Thursday confirmed that it had launched an investigation into the Great Sea Interconnector project, which has been planned to link the ...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Nicosia is running an investigation into the project for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Vasiliko, on suspicion of procurement ...

Just 13 per cent of Cypriots favour the idea of Turkey joining the European Union, according to data published by the EU’s Eurobarometer survey on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 84 per cent of ...

Like having the state read your letters before you seal the envelope is how one US-based commentator describes the upshot of the Chat Control legislation coming up for a vote ...

Demetris and Maro Philippides, the elderly couple who died in the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district last month, “ignored instructions” given to them by the police, leading to ...

A discarded cigarette caused the devastating wildfires sweeping through Limassol district last month, according to the findings of American investigators released on Thursday. “The cause of the fire was a ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday threatened to scrap his tax reform plans in their entirety if parliament makes too many amendments to the current plans. Speaking after the day’...

The ‘shadow economy’ in Cyprus accounts for about a quarter of Gross Domestic Product, the finance ministry said on Tuesday as it stressed that the upcoming overhaul of the tax ...

Design flaws and structural issues, including relating to unsafe materials, could force a rethink of the LNG import terminal at Vasiliko, taking the project back to square one or even ...

The subject of fast-track citizenship was in the news last week, following questions raised by independent MP Alexandra Attalides. There are three ways of obtaining Cyprus citizenship, two of which – ...

All five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month now face charges of privacy violations, trespassing, and breaching the peace, after appearing at the Trikomo district court ...

More than half of the 81,000 vehicles recalled for faulty Takata airbags have been fitted with new ones, while 33,000 are still pending, the road transport department (TOM) said on Wednesday. TOM ...

Problems in energy supply are due to mistakes of the past, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday, acknowledging the existing grid is getting pushed to its limits. “We had ...

The exact start point of last month’s deadly Limassol fire has been identified by the American experts, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, adding that a comprehensive report ...

The wildfire that broke out on Sunday afternoon between the villages of Tsada and Koili is now close to being brought under control, according to the fire service spokesman Andreas ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday marked the 51st anniversary of the second phase of the 1974 Turkish invasion, pledging to continue efforts for the island’s liberation and reunification. In a ...

A website and Facebook page have been set up under the name ‘fothkia.com – The voice of Cyprus’ burned mountains’, urging people to sign a petition to force change so ...

The 13-year-old boy who disappeared from a shelter in Nicosia six days ago has been found safe in the north, police said on Tuesday. Efforts are now underway through the ...

The ruins of seven monuments – churches and watermills – damaged during last month’s wildfire that swept through mountainous Limassol will be protected, Deputy Minister for Culture Vasiliki Kassianidou said on ...

FEW things in the recent history of the Cyprus problem have been able to generate such explosive language and visceral reactions from the leaders of the island’s two sides ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries kicked in on Thursday, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the cabinet on Wednesday over progress in implementing compensation measures under his ministry’s control to support those affected by the Limassol fire. In a ...