Nicosia residents to pay new rainwater tax
Residents of the Nicosia district are to pay a new rainwater tax, district governor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Wednesday, describing the tax as “necessary”.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...
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Supreme Court rules state can catch paedophiles using IP addresses
The Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal for the authorities to use specialised software to identify the IP addresses of people who distribute images of child sexual abuse ...
Almost €3m given to fire-affected farmers so far
The agriculture ministry on Wednesday said it has already granted almost €3 million worth of financial assistance to farmers and livestock breeders who were impacted by the wildfire which tore through ...
Talat on arrests of Greek Cypriots: I’ve only seen three-month remands for murders
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who served in post between 2005 and 2010, on Tuesday expressed surprise at the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the ...
Tatar to Stewart: Your job description does not allow you to make such a statement
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday told outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart that “your job description does not allow you to make such a statement”.
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Mandatory call for unexplained nursery absences bill passed again
Parliament for the second time passed a set of bills which will make it mandatory for nursery schools to call children’s parents or guardians in the event that they ...
Police chief: We have no evidence deadly Limassol fire was arson
Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis on Tuesday said he has “no evidence” that the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month was started “maliciously”.
Addressing ...
Parliament accepts some of Christodoulides’ changes to multiple pensions law
Parliament on Tuesday accepted some of the amendments President Nikos Christodoulides had made to new bills regulating the pensions of future state officials.
Christodoulides had sent six of the bills, ...
Bus drivers reject labour ministry’s offer, strike to go on
Bus drivers in Larnaca on Tuesday evening rejected a proposal of new terms presented to them by the labour ministry, with their indefinite strike as such set to continue.
Drivers ...
‘No tolerance for arbitrary detentions’, Metsola’s spokesman says
There can be “no tolerance for arbitrary detentions”, European parliament president Roberta Metsola’s spokesman Juri Laas said on Monday in response to the arrest and continued remand of five ...
Morphou mayor-in-exile fumes over Troodos road plans
Morphou’s Greek Cypriot mayor-in-exile Victor Hadjiavraam on Tuesday said he felt “obliged to express my deepest indignation” at the government’s decision to build the new road connecting Nicosia ...
Fire chief: I could not go above cabinet’s heads
Fire chief Nikos Longinos on Tuesday defended his actions during the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month, saying he could not go above ...
Cyprus solution ‘not for the UN to impose’
Outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Tuesday said a solution to the Cyprus problem is “not for the United Nations to impose”.
Speaking after a farewell ...
Disy tells Christodoulides to explain why closing crossing points is ‘detrimental’
Disy on Monday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to “explain to society why it is impossible and detrimental to the nation to talk about closing crossing points” after some had ...
‘Do not allow the law to be used as a political tool’
Two Turkish Cypriots accused of aiding and abetting the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north last month on suspicion of espionage and remain in custody were on Monday brought ...
Stewart: You have to be willing to listen to the other side
Outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Monday said both sides of the island “have to listen to the other”.
“You have to be willing to listen ...
Christodoulides raises issue of arrested Greek Cypriots in final Stewart meeting
President Nikos Christodoulides raised the issue of the five Greek Cypriots who remain in custody in the north after having been arrested last month during his final meeting with outgoing ...
Yiannaki trial postponed again, court tells both sides to hurry up
The trial of former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who stands accused of having forged a high school diploma, a university degree, and a letter of recommendation, was postponed again on ...
Lawsuit threatened over ‘attacks’ on defence witness in Greek Cypriots’ case
Lawsuits were threatened in the north over the weekend over an alleged “campaign aimed at discrediting” a man who stood as a defence witness in the case of the five ...
Child who fell nine metres out of window in ‘serious but stable’ condition
The child who fell nine metres out of a window in the early hours of Sunday morning is in a “serious but stable” condition, paediatric surgeon at Nicosia’s Makarios ...
Green Kiosk opened in Polemi
A ‘Green Kiosk’ was opened in the Paphos district village of Polemi, the village’s council said.
The council explained that the kiosk is “a small sorting centre for recyclable ...
Tatar furious at Stewart’s parting remarks
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night expressed his fury at outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart’s interviews given to news outlets, in which he ...
Greek Cypriots arrested in north to remain in custody for 13 more days
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month in the early hours of Saturday morning learned that they will remain in custody ...
Arrested Greek Cypriots in north spend more than ten hours in military court
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month spent more than ten hours in a military court in northern Nicosia on Friday.
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