Cyprus Business Now
The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) this week announced that its business mission, led by Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis, departed on Tuesday for the city of ...
‘Fake facts’ on the EU’s Nature Restoration Law
EU effort to bring in an ambitious plan to restore natural systems has taken a battering in Cyprus and elsewhere in the bloc
Nature restoration makes total good sense. We ...
Calls to extend objection period for Akamas plan
The Polis Chrysochous mayor on Tuesday called for an extension of the four-month objection window for the local Akamas plan.
The deadline is set for June 24 and in a letter ...
Psychiatric department under strain at prisons
Understaffing and a lack of interest have left the prisons psychiatric department without fulltime employees for the past year, the justice ministry said on Tuesday, after the subject surfaced at ...
Seven million for sheep and goat farmers
The European Commission on Tuesday announced the allocation of €7 million for Cypriot sheep and goat farmers.
The allocation of funds is aimed at ameliorating the financial losses faced by farmers ...
MPs rush to prepare law for remote work
Deputies were on Tuesday trying to rush through a bill to regulate remote work in the private sector, hoping to have it voted into law before parliament goes into recess ...
Four buses charred after fire (Update)
Four buses were destroyed in a fire on Tuesday evening, that plunged Aglandjia in a plume of smoke.
The flames were under control shortly before 10pm, around an hour and ...
MPs sound alarm over funding for Maronite projects
MPs on Tuesday sounded the alarm over the possible discontinuation of the Kormakitis Centre for Cooperation, but also the EU potentially halting all funding to Maronite community projects in Cyprus ...
Residents object to hosting of AfroBanana festival
Outraged residents of Dali on Tuesday complained the planned hosting of the AfroBanana festival in the nearby forest will damage local wildlife.
The Commission of Residents and Friends of Dali ...
Increasing refugee figures ‘tragic’
Increasing figures of forced displacement are a tragic reality for humanity, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Tuesday, in light of World Refugee Day.
She stressed the importance of more solidarity ...
EU delegation checking sanctions on the island
An EU Commission delegation was in Cyprus for two days to carry out meetings over the island’s sanctions implementation and enforcement, it emerged on Tuesday.
The purpose of the ...
Cyprus signs letter of intent to buy French missiles
Cyprus on Tuesday along with Belgium, France, Estonia, and Hungary signed a letter of intent to jointly procure Mistral anti-aircraft missiles.
The letter was signed by defence ministry permanent secretary ...
VAT-free products go up in price
The prices of VAT-free products have increased “more than expected”, the Cyprus Consumers’ Association said on Tuesday.
A total of 92% of VAT-free products have seen price increases, with the association ...
Cyprus links to Russian money back in limelight
Our establishment is currently carrying out an investigation into this report and as a result the article has been retracted.
Cyprus makes ‘some progress’ stamping out money laundering
Cyprus has made “some progress” in implementing anti-money laundering measures, but it still needs to improve on certain aspects, a Moneyval report released on Tuesday said.
In its annual report ...
Opposition roasts president over 100 days review
Nikos Christodoulides’ first 100 days in power presentation on Tuesday drew a mixed reaction from parliamentary parties with opposition Akel saying major changes are needed, and Dipa saying it is a ...
More than €2 billion owed in taxes
More than €2 billion in taxes are owed to the state, of which €668 million is at risk of never being received, the Audit Office said in a report released Tuesday.
In ...
Cyprus changes tack with plan for Mediterranean gas link to Israel
Cyprus wants shorter gas pipeline to Israel
By Michele Kambas
Cyprus hopes to develop plans for a pipeline linking it to Israel’s east Mediterranean gas fields during talks which ...
Cyprus arrivals up one third in May
One third more visitors arrived in Cyprus this May than last year, official statistics showed on Tuesday after 420,076 people arrived.
During the same month last year 315,018 tourists arrived.
From January ...
Controversial MP wades in as sex ed row rumbles on
Independent and somewhat controversial MP Andreas Themistocleous has launched another complaint against the head of the Foni children’s rights NGO Anastasia Papadopoulou saying that people, who believe that she ...
Cyprus banking sector resilient but challenges remain, CBC governor says
Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou on Tuesday addressed the annual general meeting of the Association of Cyprus Banks, touching on domestic economic developments, the resilience of the ...
Economic stability linked to welfare of households and small businesses, minister says
The Association of Cyprus Banks has always played a “creative and productive part” in the island’s banking sector developments, particularly amidst the challenges of the past few years, Finance ...
Cypriot teenager positive after Grand Prix of Road America
Teenage Cypriot race car driver Evagoras Papasavvas said he will focus on the positive aspects of his experience at the Grand Prix of Road America, despite only finishing eighth and 19...
Christodoulides promises improvements in first 100 days review (updated)
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday announced an upcoming plan to address the housing crisis, that moves are underway to improve bicommunal ties, and a mechanism towards greater government accountability will ...