Cyprus has paid for its errors: Christodoulides
Cyprus has been on the right side of history following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday after his speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the ...
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National health scheme must ‘continue and survive’
The national health scheme Gesy must continue and survive, the finance and health ministers said on Tuesday following a meeting to discuss the issue.
“We had a very productive discussion… ...
British High Commissioner ‘acting like a Greek Cypriot’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he condemns the British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq.
Tatar was speaking to Kibris Postasi TV about an interview Siddiq had ...
€150 million upgrades for Polis Chrysochous
Polis Chrysochous is to spend €150 million on upgrades to the town’s infrastructure, Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Tuesday.
Planned upgrades include to the town’s sewerage system, upgrades to ...
Christodoulides in Strasbourg to address the Council of Europe
President Nikos Christodoulides is in Strasbourg on Wednesday ahead of a planned address to the plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Prior to his speech, ...
Turkish Cypriot taxi drivers call govt clampdown racist
Turkish Cypriot taxi drivers on Tuesday denounced the Cyprus government’s planned crackdown on their operations as “racist”.
The government had announced on Friday plans to effectively reduce the burden ...
‘Everything went smoothly’ after hospital power outage
Monday’s power outage at the Nicosia general hospital was caused by a cable being cut during construction work being carried out outside, State Health Services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou ...
Influencer Fidias to stand in European Parliament elections
Influencer and YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou announced on Tuesday he is to stand in June’s European Parliament elections.
Panayiotou, 23, was born in the village of Meniko. He commonly goes by ...
Greek apologises in court for ‘Turks out’ rant
The Greek national arrested in the north for embarking on an anti-Turkish rant apologised in court on Monday for his behaviour.
The man, aged 34, was arrested on Thursday morning on ...
North’s second airport handed over to Turkish army
The law to formally hand over the operations of the north’s Gecitkale (Lefkoniko) airport to the Turkish army was unanimously approved in ‘parliament’ on Monday.
The airport has been ...
North’s stats institute says population below 400k
The north’s statistics institute released its population projection for 2022 on Monday, claiming there are just 399,727 people living in the north.
This projection is a world away from estimates made ...
North paid EAC $19 million last year
The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Electricity Authority of Cyprus $19 million (€17.4m) to cover the north’s energy shortfalls, Kib-Tek employees’ trade union (El-Sen) chairman Ahmet Tugcu said ...
Investigation into arrested Turkish Cypriot’s passport
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances under which arrested Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat managed to obtain a Republic of Cyprus passport while a warrant was out for ...
Third body in 11 days found washed up in Karpasia
The decomposing body of a woman was found washed up on a beach in Karpasia on Friday.
The body was found at around 1pm and has not yet been identified.
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Govt moves to restrict Turkish Cypriot taxis
A new bill to restrict taxi drivers from the north offering their services in the south has been submitted to parliament by the transport ministry.
The bill is set to ...
‘Turkish Cypriots must recognise their homeland is the Republic of Cyprus’
Turkish Cypriots must “recognise that their homeland is the Republic of Cyprus”, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday.
Speaking at an event marking the name day of Cyprus’ first ...
Inmates at Cyprus’ central prison launch hunger strike
Inmates at Cyprus’ central prison have engaged in a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Palestine, according to reports.
The prisoners, rumoured to number as many as 50, have ...
Turkish Cypriot footballer makes history with Omonia debut
17-year-old Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler made history on Thursday night by becoming the first Turkish Cypriot since 1957 to play for the club’s first team.
Ozler, who came through ...
Iranian stripped of residence rights after selling north properties
An Iranian national who held permanent residence in the Republic has been stripped of his residence rights after being found to have been facilitating the sale of Greek Cypriot properties ...
Away fans banned from football matches
Away fans have been banned from all competitive football matches for the rest of the season, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) announced on Friday.
The decision affects games in the ...
‘Houthis do not pose an immediate threat to Cyprus’ (Update 2)
The Houthi movement “do not pose an immediate threat to Cyprus,” British Defence Minister Grant Shapps said on Friday.
Shapps was speaking to journalists outside Cyprus’ Presidential palace following a ...
Flame lit on natural gas found in ‘Kronos 2’
Success was declared during drilling for natural gas in the “Kronos 2” reservoir in block six of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Friday, with the flame above the reservoir having ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou proposed the deployment of armed police on the streets.
Meanwhile, Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was handed a small fine for ...
Two arrested with burglary tools and an electric scooter
Two people were arrested in Paphos on Thursday night after being found in possession of tools which could be used to facilitate a burglary and an electric scooter for which ...