James Morphakis

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Thursday that conditions for a new 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem have not yet been met. Speaking after talks with President Nikos Christodoulides, ...

Two Nicosia municipalities called on Thursday for the immediate revocation of the government’s decision to locate the new central prisons in Ayios Sozomenos, arguing the site was chosen without ...

A school bus route serving villages in the Larnaca district was suspended on Thursday after incidents of vandalism and disorder left seats broken and damaged, the transport ministry confirmed. Public ...

Areas of Nicosia and Larnaca were left without electricity on Thursday after cables were severed in separate incidents the electricity authority (EAC) confirmed. Crews from the authority were dispatched to ...

The anti-corruption authority is reportedly preparing to launch a renewed investigation into the black surveillance van case, examining aspects of the affair not covered by the original criminal inquiry. Approached ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that new proposals put forward by the Greek Cypriot side during his latest meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman could lead to “positive ...

Christodoulides ‘fully prepared’ for expanded Cyprus talks By James Morphakis President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman met on Thursday, holding what the UN called “a good discussion ...

Homeowners will be able to construct an additional floor or extension to their existing property to house children or grandchildren under a new government scheme, the interior ministry confirmed on ...

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a retired colonel who has been located in the occupied north, as part of a reopened investigation into the death of a ...

The law firm of former president Nicos Anastasiades has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals against the anti-corruption authority, demanding access to the complete report compiled by its ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday night the establishment of a national sports council tasked with drafting a proposal for a deputy sports ministry, along with a doubling of state ...

Gunmen on motorcycle open fire at Limassol business building Two men opened fire on a building housing several companies in the Linopetra area of Limassol late on Wednesday night, smashing ...

Disy deputy chairman Efthimios Diplaros and vice-chairman Yiannis Karousos have exchanged accusations of party disloyalty, after Karousos told an online leadership meeting that Diplaros had attended a gathering ‘supporting President ...

MPs pressed the government on Wednesday over some 21 appointments to semi-state organisation boards made outside the recommendations of an advisory council set up to vet such candidates. Committee chairman and ...

The trial over alleged fraud at the Avakoum monastery continued on Wednesday, as defence lawyers challenged a former monk’s claims that he was mistreated. The witness has testified that ...

The Cyprus medical association (CyMA) said on Wednesday it is ready to audit doctors working in unlicensed centres, as police in Larnaca pressed ahead with an investigation into two medical ...

Microplastics have been detected for the first time in the urine of primary school children in Cyprus, according to a study published on Wednesday. In a jointly released statement, researchers ...

A criminal organisation case involving four defendants was adjourned to November 23 by the Larnaca permanent criminal court on Wednesday, after prosecutors made a substantial change to the indictment. Three of ...

A 30-year-old man facing a single charge of car theft in connection with the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous had his sentencing reserved for September 23, the Limassol criminal court heard ...

Defence lawyers in the central prisons’ documents trial accused a prosecution lawyer of a conflict of interest on Wednesday, as the Nicosia permanent criminal court heard clarifications over classified material ...

MPs clashed on Wednesday over the conduct of anti-poaching activists, with accusations that the House environment committee was being used to persecute such groups while refusing them the chance to ...

Microchipping hunting dogs and the capture of strays were the focus of talks between Environment Commissioner Elias Myrianthos and the game and fauna service on Wednesday. The meeting was attended ...

A 24-hour strike by more than 11,000 hourly paid government workers, due to begin on Thursday morning, was called off on Wednesday after union leaders met President Nikos Christodoulides. The meeting, ...

The number of unaccompanied children evacuated to Greece between 1974 and 1979 may have exceeded 5,000, more than double the 2,000 officially recorded, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday. Head of the Children ...