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President Nicos Anastasiades instructed the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Friday to introduce effective mechanisms to prevent abuses of the general health system that pushes up costs and undermine the ...

Metal gates are going up across a swathe of farmland along the Green Line, bolstering barbed wire barriers installed last year. According to government plans to combat illegal entries, a ...

The cost of cooking oils, meat, veg, and a slew of other goods have risen across the board – with tomatoes up by 60 per cent and whole chickens by 16.5 per cent, ...

While the number of new coronavirus cases remains high, there has been a significant improvement in epidemiological indices in the past fortnight, according to the latest national report released by ...

The breakaway regime in the north has inked a deal for economic and fiscal cooperation with Turkey, the latter pledging to the former some 4.25 billion Turkish lira (€270 million) for this ...

Does President Anastasiades ever tire of repeating the same platitudes about the Cyprus problem whenever he meets a foreign dignitary? For whose benefit are these platitudes uttered? His visitors who ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has pledged to hold fast amid mounting calls for an increase in government handouts, warning that otherwise the public debt may spiral out of control. Appearing ...

Authorities on Thursday announced four more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while testing came up with 1,421 new positives to the virus. The latest fatalities were: a man aged 58 who passed away ...

By Elias Hazou and Jonathan Shkurko Members of the House transport committee on Thursday called on the government to work on regulating the use of personal mobility vehicles in Cyprus, ...

Eleven underage, unaccompanied minors are missing, some for up to three years, MPs heard on Thursday as elected officials decried double standards. The report was made available by the deputy ...

The status of Cyprus’ Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations have improved, the health minister said on Thursday amid reports that the last remaining restrictions could be scrapped from May 1. Asked about ...

Cyprus continues to press ahead with efforts to distance itself from “tacky tourism”, as the deputy tourism ministry announced a further funding boost for authentic hospitality venues. The €8m will ...

The east Mediterranean is critical for energy security, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Laura Lochman has told CNA, pointing out that through potential interconnections between Israel, Cyprus ...

The education ministry must work on forming a more cohesive legal framework for private dance and music schools, the House education committee agreed on Wednesday while discussing a variety of ...

Some weeks back, when the effects of inflation were starting to be felt and the government, parroting the EU line, was still insisting it was transitory, this column argued that ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday attended an event hosted by Unficyp at Nicosia Airport, under the aegis of Special Representative and Head of the ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 1,414 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The new deaths were of two women, aged 82 and 83, bringing the total death toll to 984. There are 183 ...

Health, the economy, the rising cost of living and immigration are the four most important issues facing Cyprus according to EU’s latest barometer, released on Wednesday. Of those asked ...

MPs must vote through bills on judicial reform tabled by the justice ministry or risk a total collapse of the judicial system, officials said on Wednesday as the House legal ...

The presidential palace in Nicosia is to have an energy makeover and will be included in a list of emblematic buildings around Europe that will receive such upgrades in the ...

The Diko-Akel “divorce” has fanned the flames of speculation ahead of next February’s presidential elections, amid reports that a key wing within Diko wishes to support former foreign minister ...

Cyprus’ cyber security response unit on Wednesday warned that cyberattacks and cybercrime were becoming more common, and the public needed to become more aware of how to protect their online ...

The fact that tourism appears to be facing some kind of crisis every year in recent times has put the sector on alert and made Cyprus work harder towards diversifying ...

Eating out is going to become a lot more expensive as restaurant owners and catering establishments are finding it increasingly difficult to absorb the rising cost of oil, gas, electricity ...