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The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) approved on Friday Eurobank’s bid to acquire Hellenic Bank’s share capital. The decision was taken with a majority vote in ...

Hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) general director Philokypros Rousounides said on Friday that “the myth of cheap labour from abroad has to end”. His comments came as the debate regarding a relaxation ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday lauded his own commitment to gender equality two weeks after being slammed for reducing women’s participation in the cabinet as part of a government ...

The audit office on Friday hit out on the issue of multiple pensions for state officials, saying the attorney-general (AG) did not have the power to unilaterally declare something constitutional ...

Cypriot farmers plan to hit the streets in solidarity with their European counterparts, on Saturday in Paphos, and next Thursday in Nicosia, they warned on Friday. Farmers in Belgium, France, ...

Cabinet failed to decide on Friday whether or not Cyprus will participate in the Great Sea Interconnector, with a final decision now expected next week. A decision had been initially ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday that several EU countries had responded positively to his initiative aimed at designating parts of Syria as safe. During a session at the ...

The draft law prepared by the government, to deal with crowd violence, and sent to the legislature marked ‘urgent’ is unlikely to progress. Parties at the House legal affairs committee ...

The Treasury said Thursday it will resume paying the pensions of currently serving state officials, following legal advice it received from the attorney-general’s office. In a statement, Accountant-General Andreas ...

The Chinese-led consortium with the contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko is claiming €200 million from Cyprus in arbitration proceedings, MPs heard on Thursday, as the ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades raised eyebrows on Thursday after he issued a statement amid a political firestorm in his own Disy party, calling on members to leave aside “personal grudges” ...

By Andria Kades and Elias Hazou In a strongly worded statement, Attorney-General George Savvides said he would be referring lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou to the bar association for potential disciplinary offences, ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) has begun its comparison of doctors’ salaries from 2022 and the second half of 2023 when quality criteria and performance indicators were introduced, it emerged on Thursday. ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday she had given instructions for immediate compensation to potato producers in the Famagusta region who had suffered immense damage from last week’s ...

A decision on whether the Republic will participate as shareholder in the Great Sea Interconnector project is expected to be taken on Thursday, state officials have announced. Finance Minister Makis ...

Every president of the Republic, once he has left office goes home and keeps a relatively low profile. Nicos Anastasiades is proving the grand exception to this convention, as he ...

Socio-economic inequalities in Cyprus risk “further estrangement” between both sides, the UN Security Council cautioned in its latest resolution renewing the mandate for the UN’s peacekeeping force (Unficyp) for ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday sought to ease concerns of a multi-million euro arbitration cost the government may be forced to pay out, amid a halt in the construction ...

Members of the Cyprus Bar Association “will not be allowed” to partake in the sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, the association’s chairman Michael Vorkas said on ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has struck off the doctor found guilty of indecent assault from Gesy, it emerged on Wednesday. Sources at the health ministry confirmed the development to ...

Nicosia on Wednesday welcomed the UN Security Council’s unanimous adoption of a resolution extending the peacekeeping (Unficyp) force in Cyprus, which also urged both sides to work towards returning ...

According to the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Wednesday, Cyprus ranks 49 out of 180 countries, showing a concerning trend towards higher corruption levels. The index offers ...

The state scholarships foundation should publish its announcements and application forms in English and Turkish as well as Greek, the ombudswoman recommended on Tuesday. The announcement came after a complaint ...

Wrapping up his televised presentation of the government’s plans for this year, President Nikos Christodoulides said he had announced more than 80 policies and actions that would be implemented in 2024 “...