Jean Christou

After the success halloumi registration as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product, the government is already preparing an official request to register the island’s second most important agricultural ...

Kindergarten teachers on Sunday blasted the education ministry for ignoring a number of issues they say has made the start of the new school year very difficult. “Despite the input ...

The Royal Bank of Scotland (Natwest UK) has given the Turkish Cypriot ‘finance ministry’ until September 15 to return its property in Kyrenia which includes the well-known Jasmine Court Hotel, media ...

MPs began discussions on Wednesday on the reform of family law which involves eight new bills in total that will see among others, the marriage age raised from 16 to 18. Justice ...

A Greek Cypriot man who was arrested in the north as a suspected spy because he was using a walkie-talkie to stay in communication with friends, has been detained for ...

A Paphos company engaged in limestone extraction has been fined €23,000 for failure to implement safety and health regulations in the workplace leading to the death of an employee and the ...

A Scottish team of urban explorers has posted a video and a plea online to save the contents of an empty mansion belonging to the late Cypriot tycoon, hotelier, Sir ...

Dozens of students of at the Petrakis Kyprianou high school in Larnaca were suspended on Wednesday, the first day of the new academic year, for having “inappropriate haircuts”. The incident ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a one-off subsidy of €50 to €80 per child for children aged between 4 and 18, it said. The measure concerns those registered in the child benefit register. She ...

A correction was issued on Wednesday to an earlier Reuters report quoting Italian gas giant Eni’s chief operating officer (COO) as saying that the EastMed pipeline would be fully ...

The positions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership make it difficult to try to restart Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelou was quoted as saying on Sunday. In ...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will be in Cyprus on Friday to discuss the latest gas find in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) among other issues during a ...

President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, will be in Cyprus next month. This will be her second visit to the island this year. This time the President ...

In a rare instance of criticism among their own, European Council President Charles Michel has said the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen has been late in responding ...

Police said on Sunday that a speedboat carrying 12 irregular migrants was spotted 14 nautical miles south-west of cape Greco on Saturday. According to police the boat travelling at high speed, showed ...

Limassol police on Saturday night found two dummy explosive devices attached to two cars owned by an Israeli couple, permanent residents of Cyprus. According to police, the dummies were found ...

The body of a young British permanent resident of Cyprus was recovered from the sea in Cape Greco the early hours of Saturday authorities said. According to the search and ...

Immigration is developing into Cyprus’ “second national problem”, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Monday. Speaking after a meeting with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, Neophytou, who has ...

Two groups, the Union of United Parents and the teachers branch of the Cyprus Equality Union, said on Monday they would stage a protest outside the presidential palace on Wednesday ...

Part of a ‘top secret’ plan on how to settle the north of the island in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion was published in Turkish Cypriot media on Wednesday. ...

Several independent presidential candidates on Wednesday jumped on the bandwagon to slam the government over the findings of the auditor office report on the citizenship by investment scheme, which was ...

The Larnaca tourism board is to place dozens of clay amphorae along the natural reef next to the sunken vessel LEF1, which lies one kilometre off the coast at Voroklini ...

The aim is to support responsible lending and responsible borrowing Cyprus’ only credit agency believes that the inclusion of data from the widest range of categories is the only way ...

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) said on Friday it had received and unanimously rejected “unequivocally” three unsolicited, conditional, non-binding proposals from Lone Star relating to a possible cash offer for the ...