Daughter of Tasos Isaac wins appeal for expropriated land
The daughter of Tasos Isaac has won an appeal against the Paralimni municipality, which failed to return the unused land from an expropriated plot belonging to her father, who had ...
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Government has other options for CoLA, says president
The employers’ decision to reject the government proposal for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) was “not positive”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, pointing out that there were more options, which ...
Neither Turkey nor EU will govern Cyprus, says Kallas
It is neither Turkey nor the EU that will govern the island of Cyprus in the future, but the people themselves, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ...
Roadworks on four motorways announced
Roadworks will be underway on the Lakatamia-Pera Chorio, Nicosia-Akaki, Ayia Napa-Larnaca and Larnaca-Ayia Napa motorways, some to last into December, the department of public works announced on Thursday.
Resurfacing works ...
Fire damages electric bus motor in Paphos prompting immobilisations
A fire broke out in the motor area of an electric bus in Paphos early Thursday, damaging the motor.
Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis, later on Thursday, announced that all buses ...
Car fire causes heavy traffic on motorway
A car caught fire on Thursday morning and was emitting thick smoke on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway near the exit for Kornos, causing heavy traffic.
The police urged drivers to be ...
Fires in three abandoned houses in Paphos
Fires broke out in three abandoned houses in Paphos in the early hours of Thursday.
The police said the fires started at around 1.40am, 2.25am and 4.10am.
There have been ...
Cloudy skies and fine dust, rain later in the day
Thursday starts off overcast with fine dust in the atmosphere.
As clouds gather during the day, isolated showers and thunderstorms with hail can be expected, mainly in the mountains.
Winds ...
Employers call for equality for work from home
Employers’ organisation OEV has pointed out that private sector employers are obliged to abide by a strict framework for allowing their staff to work from home, while a bill being ...
Funerary art to be highlighted at Episkopi presentation
Funerary art in ancient Hellenistic and Roman Paphos takes centre stage on Saturday, when it will be presented to an audience at the Episkopi Environmental Information Centre.
The presentation titled ‘...
Teachers take final evaluation decisions on Thursday
Teachers’ unions will be taking their final decisions on the new evaluation system on Thursday, as the debate on the new bill reforming the way teachers are assessed has come ...
Kombos pleased with EU report berating Turkey
Turkey’s EU course passes through European Council decisions and “Turkey has absolutely no other choice,” Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos pointed out on Wednesday, commenting on the EU progress report ...
Cyprus should capitalise on geopolitical upgrading says Palmas
Cyprus’ geopolitical upgrading, coupled with its geographic location, has created a new environment for the country which should be put to use, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday.
Speaking ...
Law Office finds no ‘special relationship’ in first lady’s charity fund
The Law Office has found no ‘special relationship’ regarding the student support fund that is chaired by the first lady and driven by private donations, accountant general Andreas Antoniades – who ...
Dangerous chemicals passed off as ‘legal’ cannabis
Products labelled as ‘legal cannabis’ may not be as legal as they claim, the National Addictions Authority warned on Wednesday, adding that on the contrary, they are potentially dangerous.
The ...
Items dropping out of digital basket ‘worrying’
The continuous reduction of the number of items included on e-kalathi digital platform, informing buyers of prices and availability of basic products, is a cause for concern, the consumers’ association ...
Seven arrested in Limassol in massive fraud probe
Seven people have already been arrested in an ongoing Europol probe into money laundering and online fraud it was made known on Monday.
According to the European Union Agency for ...
Legal service reform demands ‘cautious and wise’ handling
The imminent reform of the legal service is “possibly the biggest yet” and as such “demands very cautious and wise handling”, attorney-general George Savvides said on Monday, calling on MPs ...
Western Nicosia still relying on boreholes, says EOA
It is “unthinkable” that communities in the western Nicosia district still depend on boreholes and small reservoirs for their water supply, the Nicosia district organisation (EOA) said on Monday.
It ...
Christodoulides says Turkey acting an ‘imperialist’
The government will continue working for positive developments in the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, pointing out that the Greek Cypriots were not to blame for any ...
Employers see long way ahead before CoLA deal
Employers’ organisations OEV and Keve came out of a meeting with the ministers of labour and finance on Wednesday “reservedly optimistic”, but cautioning there was still a long way to ...
Police load visitor into prisoner van by mistake
The police on Wednesday loaded a visitor into the prisoner van at the central prisons and took him to court only to discover the mistake on arrival during the headcount.
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Interior ministry dismisses mishandling of TC property claims
The interior ministry has dismissed allegations that it had mishandled Turkish Cypriot property in Lefkara, saying that on the contrary it showed “zero tolerance for the illegal appropriation of Turkish ...
Nineteen foreigners arrested in Larnaca for working illegally
Nineteen people were arrested in Larnaca on Wednesday during a joint operation against illegal employment, illegal work and undeclared work, carried out by the police and the labour ministry’s ...