Elias Hazou

The finance ministry on Monday signalled that it was drafting a second supplementary budget for this year, even as it awaited the green light from MPs for the first such ...

‘Promises come and go and nothing happens. And our authorities carry on doing it’ When it comes to gas development Cyprus definitely talks the talk – but can it walk the ...

A 69-year-old man was arrested late on Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder, after he told police he had shot his son with a shotgun. Police said the man turned ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating the case of a stillborn baby at a private Limassol clinic. According to the police, the pregnant woman in question visited the clinic ...

In a first ruling of its kind for Cyprus, an appeals court has set aside a decision by a family court which earlier had found against a father who wanted ...

A political party leader in the north has been ordered to pay a bond of 50,000 Turkish lira (or €3,000) after a court there ordered she face trial for charges pressed against ...

Exploratory drilling for natural gas in waters off Cyprus is currently underway, the government said on Monday. The well is being drilled by the Tungsten Explorer rig on behalf of ...

Lawmakers on Monday pushed back against the government’s request for an additional €102 million in spending – mostly on ongoing coronavirus-related measures – and asked for more details before releasing the funds. ...

The European Commission has given the nod to a Cypriot scheme to support cheesemakers affected by the coronavirus-related restrictions. In a press release, the commission said it approved a €890,000 scheme ...

By Elias Hazou and Nick Theodoulou Nicosia on Thursday strongly condemned the clearing of a new stretch of the beachfront at Varosha – the fenced-off part of Famagusta – vowing to alert ...

Cyprus and Jordan on Thursday committed to further enhancing bilateral relations on all levels, 60 years after the two states initiated diplomatic ties. President Nicos Anastasiades received at the palace the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday thanked Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis for the latter’s highlighting of the Cyprus issue during his recent working visit to the United States. The ...

Lawmakers on Thursday voiced reservations over a government bill that aims to fast-track so-called ‘strategic developments’, pointing out that the legislation itself omits to spell out which investments are deemed ...

Presidential hopeful Nikos Christodoulides has let go of one of his spin doctors after it turned out that several of his talking points bore an uncanny similarity or were identical ...

Bank employees’ union Etyk has issued a rallying cry, calling on all its members to show up and vote for strike action to deter Hellenic Bank from going ahead with ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has convened a meeting of ministers for Friday to explore ways of providing relief to people amid the rising cost of living. Announcing the meeting on Monday, ...

Disy, Akel vitriol over Nikos Christodoulides’ candidacy No sooner had ex-foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides thrown his hat in the 2023 presidential race than he took a drubbing from almost all sides ...

Lawmakers on Thursday appealed to the public to give blood for thalassaemia sufferers needing regular blood transfusions. The matter was discussed at the House health committee, reviewing the National Strategy ...

The House on Thursday enacted a law creating a Commercial Court and a Maritime Court – a move that is hoped will alleviate the caseload on district courts which typically take ...

The Green Party on Tuesday said its worst fears about the anti-corruption authority had come true, piggybacking on media reports that one of the authority’s members has a questionable ...

The situation at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers is extremely volatile, both for those staying at the facility and for the neighbouring communities, MPs heard on Tuesday. The ...

Nicosia will drive a hard bargain to shield its economy from any fallout from the sixth package of sanctions against Russia planned by the European Commission, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides ...

Years after its sale to Vodafone, the poorly run CyTA Hellas – the Greek subsidiary of the Cypriot state telecom – continues to haunt public finances. In a just-released special report on ...

Diseases of the circulatory system remained the top cause of death in 2020, while Covid-19 accounted for two per cent of all recorded fatalities, according to data just released by the ...