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Gesy contributions will need to go up by 20 to 30 per cent unless procedures change Sparks flew in parliament on Thursday during a debate on the state of Gesy – the national ...

Amid an escalating row over the cost of living, the government on Thursday accused main opposition party Akel of unfounded criticism and insisted that inflation in Cyprus remains manageable. It ...

Around two thirds of all coronavirus patients currently hospitalised have no history of vaccination against Covid-19, health ministry data showed on Thursday. The data on current hospitalisations was published as ...

The Republic will press ahead in its attempt to secure confidence building measures (CBMs) with the Turkish Cypriots, with the foreign minister seeking EU support for the proposals. A recent ...

Tests for all – regardless of vaccination status – at areas deemed at high risk of Covid-19 transmission may be in the pipeline as the health ministry seeks to overhaul the SafePass. ...

The EU will help finance a waste management project in Cyprus aiming to improve the infrastructure and collection systems for recyclable and biodegradable waste. The green light was given by ...

Cyprus has been named as one possible ‘Plan B’ location where migrants and asylum seekers entering the UK in small boats via the Channel would be taken to the British ...

Four additional UK Typhoon jets have landed in RAF Akrotiri as part of Britain’s Nato contribution amid the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The four fighter jets will ...

Cyprus has made slow progress in easing dependence on fossil fuels for its energy needs, according to 2020 figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday. These show that fossil fuels accounts for 89 ...

British permanent residents of Cyprus, understandably, were angered by the Cyprus government’s decision to take away their voting rights after Britain left the EU. Those whose names were on ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Thursday condemned what appears to be racist violent attacks against food delivery drivers, saying they are “offensive to the culture and values” of locals and called ...

The Cyprus Consumers’ Association (CCA) appears to have misunderstood its role. It is not a price monitoring service that decides whether price increases are acceptable or not, as the association ...

The administrative court has ruled in favour of two plaintiffs who filed cases of administrative negligence against the state after having to wait for years for a response to their ...

More European aid will be funnelled to Cyprus to deal with increasing migrant flows, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday as figures showed the numbers arriving in January this ...

The health ministry announced seven deaths and 2,549 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The deaths were of three men aged 59, 63 and 87 and four women aged 50, 85, 92 and 99, bringing the total death ...

The first application by a Turkish Cypriot company to the Bureau Veritas to export halloumi to the European market was filed last week, it emerged on Wednesday. The European Commission ...

The bodyguards of murdered Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who were arrested earlier this week, were remanded for a further eight days on Wednesday. Police have reportedly interrogated close to 100 ...

This week’s shift in the government’s stance towards the unvaccinated – lifting a total ban on their entry to many areas – has irked some, while others have criticised increased ...

An “important development” has been made in the investigation centered on the Al Jazeera expose, which implicated top Cypriot politicians in corruption within the controversial citizenship by investment programme. The ...

Police on Wednesday were investigating whether human traffickers assisted the entry to the Republic of two unaccompanied three-year-old twin girls, one of whom was found wandering alone in the buffer ...

Larnaca’s archaeological museum reopened on Thursday, with new exhibits discovered at recent excavations enriching an already impressive collection showcasing the history of the district. Speaking at the ceremony, Transport ...

The Council of Ministers has decided that the new action plan for the smooth operation of flights and airports will enter into force from February 21, instead of March 1 as initially ...

By Martin Clark What do we mean when we talk about ‘sustainability’? A straightforward definition: “sustainability is about managing and protecting Earth’s natural resources, ecosystems, climate and atmosphere so ...

Cyprus is one of the countries worldwide with the lowest levels of pharmaceutical contamination in its rivers, a study of the Global Monitoring of Pharmaceuticals project showed on Tuesday. The ...