Jean Christou

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved a Cypriot traditional food product, Tertziellouthkia, a type of local pasta, for inclusion on the registry of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI). ...

Since the traffic camera system became fully operational, reports on Wednesday indicated that around 1,700 drivers are being caught daily for various offenses, which could become unmanageable in terms of issuing ...

A much-touted cabinet decision to ban mobile phones in secondary schools has fallen at its first hurdle – a discussion in parliament – with the result that it has been put off ...

Significant increases were seen in the price of fresh meat, seafood, vegetables, oil and eggs during the month of May compared with April, the latest price observatory report showed on ...

Pensioners said on Friday they would organise a huge protest against the government if their issues were not resolved by the autumn. In a statement, the pensioners’ union Ekysy said ...

Almost 14 per cent in Cyprus used alcohol for the first time when they were under the age of 12 and over 24 per cent tried it out between the ages of 13 and 14, ...

Highly respected environmentalist and journalist Martin Abbas Hellicar died on Saturday, aged 56. He passed away in hospital where he was being treated after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident ...

Using computer modelling, the met office’s three-month forecast is predicting normal seasonal temperatures until the end of August but the model failed to predict higher-than-normal temperatures that occurred in ...

Cyprus is in danger of creating a “digital divide” that leaves less tech-savvy groups such as the elderly and disabled behind in the race toward e-government services, the Commissioner for ...

Drone footage from Paphos appears to show that the fire which devasted the Polemi area earlier in the week could have started at an illegal landfill, raising concerns that rampant ...

This is the first time real planning has gone into the long-standing promise of successive governments to install air conditioning in schools, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. An ...

The occupancy rate of the aircraft arriving in Cyprus last month reached around 85 per cent and is on the rise as peak season approaches, Hermes Airports said on Friday. Director ...

University lecturer Nicholas A. Ioannides was on Friday appointed deputy minister of migration and international protection. A statement from government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the appointment, the first-ever such position ...

British bases environmental experts have called on the public to be vigilant when using beaches within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) as they look to safeguard 107 recorded turtle nests so ...

Works are set to commence to replace potentially hazardous asbestos pipes in three sections of the critical Nicosia sewerage network known as ‘Trunk E’, the European Commission announced on Thursday. ...

A Greek Cypriot refugee from Famagusta sent a handwritten note pleading with UN secretary-general to help resolve the Cyprus issue after he spotted him three rows up on a flight ...

The children of convicts at the Nicosia central prisons were allowed extended visits to the facility over three days this week to spend time with their parents. The events were ...

The vast majority of private preschools and kindergartens will remain open on Friday despite high temperatures that will force state education to close early, the association representing the private sector ...

The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) on Thursday said it was raising its concerns with the government of Cyprus over the “growing humanitarian situation” they are facing inside the ...

The labour inspection department on Thursday ordered that all outdoor heavy to moderate work must cease between midday and 4pm due to extremely high temperatures. A general amber warning is ...

Complaints to the financial ombudsman’s office rose by 20 per cent last year to 1,121, Financial Commissioner Valentina Georgiadou said on Friday. The office is the single body for out-of-court resolution ...

Neither the legal service nor the police were found to have leaked information to local and foreign media in connection with a criminal case brought against a leading property developer ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court has upheld an appeals-court ruling that the second-term appointment of the former Commissioner for the Protection of Competition Loukia Christodoulou was legal, the legal service said. ...

Cyprus has handled over 2,500 complaints and imposed more than €1.5 million in administrative fines in the six years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, Commissioner for Personal ...