Elias Hazou

Parliamentarians on Tuesday accused the administration of the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of “a display of sovereignty” in not approving the issuing of title deeds to refugees living in self-housing ...

A senior government official said Tuesday that three individuals subject to EU sanctions in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hold a Cyprus passport, adding that checks are ongoing, ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday continued discussing three bills aimed at promoting the penetration of renewables in the energy mix, including fast-track licensing through the creation of a one-stop-shop. “We are introducing ...

Lawmakers on Wednesday began discussing a bill that would have individual sports clubs – rather than the local sports governing body – issue ID fan cards. The legislative proposal, tabled by Edek ...

Legislators on Tuesday began discussing a series of bills designed to reduce administrative costs for small and medium-sized businesses by simplifying the way they prepare their annual financial statements. The ...

Police are looking to press charges against a number of individuals who pelted mobile traffic cameras with stones, an official for the force has said. According to Phileleftheros, a number ...

Young people increasingly have no employment whatsoever, while there is a growing sense of pessimism among them about their career prospects, a situation exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, the House ...

The health ministry continues to be plagued by flaws in its way of doing business and keeping accounts, with waste of taxpayer money, the Audit Office has found. In a ...

The government will formally seek approval from the European Commission later this year to transform the successor entity to the failed co-op bank into an asset management company. In parliament ...

The past week has seen a great deal of chatter on the shifting energy map in light of the Ukraine crisis, potentially bringing the fractious eastern Mediterranean gas reserves – along ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law on combatting terrorism, harmonising with a relevant EU directive over which Cyprus had earlier been warned for non-compliance. The bill passed ...

The island’s largest lender said Thursday it has no banking operations in either Russia or Ukraine, having wound down its business there years ago. In a statement released through ...

Diagnostic centres, particularly radiological facilities, effectively operate in a lawless environment, often carrying out unnecessary MRIs or using outdated and potentially hazardous machinery. What’s more, some doctors are shareholders ...

Unvaccinated individuals run the risk of hospitalisation for Covid-19 that is four to 30 times higher than for the vaccinated, the health ministry said on Thursday. The data released runs up ...

Lawmakers have drafted a bill that would see the state compensate refugees for loss of use and enjoyment of their property in the north – almost 50 years after the Turkish invasion ...

The finance ministry has instructed government ministries and departments to tighten the purse strings, advising that they freeze development projects not already underway in a bid to shore up expenses ...

Nicosia has sought guidance from the European Commission on what it should do with Cyprus-flagged ships that bear a seaworthiness certificate from Russia. “We’ve asked the European Commission for ...

Disregarding objections from the government, lawmakers on Monday decided to press ahead with two bills extending the deadline for companies and self-employed persons to submit their tax returns for 2020. As ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has been briefed by his Greek counterpart Kyriacos Mitsotakis about the latter’s weekend meeting with the Turkish president, Nicosia said on Monday, as a former Turkish ...

Parliamentarians heard on Wednesday how an academic who was convicted and jailed has managed to retain his position and will even be returning to teach. Lawmakers were reviewing the disciplinary ...

Cyprus has sent some 150 tonnes of goods as humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. This first dispatch took place on Tuesday, a statement ...

The government posted a higher fiscal surplus this January compared to the same month last year, preliminary data show. In January 2022 the general government’s surplus came to €227.7 million (or 0.9 ...

Parliament on Wednesday began reviewing a government bill that aims to amend evidentiary legislation in a way that would allow debt management companies to use banks’ documentation on borrowers in ...

An 80-year-old man died on Tuesday after being crushed by his tractor. The incident occurred in the village of Ayios Therapon, Limassol district. The victim, Demetris Christodoulou, was operating his ...