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The Anti-Corruption Authority resorted to the oldest trick in the book in its announcement, responding to the previous week’s media reports about a possible conflict of interest in the ...

Only in Cyprus could the government decide to redesignate an industrial zone in the Dali-Yeri area into a ‘white zone’ which prevents the 50 factories that have been in the area, ...

For the last half-century, every year, on July 15 we hear and read the same narratives about the Greek Junta-inspired coup against President Makarios, which gave Turkey the pretext to invade ...

The way the government greeted the appointment of the European Commission envoy to the Cyprus problem gave the impression that the road to a solution had been opened. The reality, ...

The decision of the Paphos police to arrest the inconsolable and grief-stricken father of the three-year-old boy who fell to his death from a fourth-floor window in a Chlorakas hotel ...

When President Nikos Christodoulides persuaded the European Union to make EU-Turkey relations dependent on progress on the Cyprus problem, this was presented as great achievement. The linking of the two ...

The government has made a big fuss about the defeat of its bill extending the existence of the temporary post of deputy minister of European affairs by another five months. ...

Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou outlined his party’s main positions on the Cyprus issue at a meeting he had with ambassadors of the EU member-states. His main message was ...

The outgoing president of the Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe), Thanos Michaelides, has called for the setting up of a ‘crisis management team’ that would deal with ‘crises’ affecting the tourism industry. ...

Speaking to state television on Monday, Leto Cariolou, the lawyer of Makarios Drousiotis, author of Mafia State, slammed the decision to hand over to the council of ministers and police ...

Police Chief Themistos Arnaoutis said on Monday that 18,409 cases of violence against women had been reported from 2021 to June 2026. He was speaking at the House human rights committee, which was ...

Top executives of ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy were at the presidential palace on Tuesday for the signing of a joint declaration with the government that gave the status of ‘marketable’ to ...

Cyprus has a higher inflation rate than the euro area average. According to the latest figures, released by Eurostat, the inflation rate in Cyprus in June hit 4 per cent, up ...

It is astonishing that President Nikos Christodoulides postponed a cabinet meeting on Wednesday to make time to see the backer of his government and Diko chief Nicholas Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos had ...

Last week the government decided to extend the reduction in the petrol tax until September 17, at an estimated additional cost of €3.5 million. The tax reduction was to have ended at ...

The election of deputy mayor Aglandjia was the farce everyone expected. It is no wonder that it recorded what is probably the lowest ever turnout for any election at 27.73 per ...

Cyprus’ presidency of the EU Council comes to an end today and will be taken over by Ireland from tomorrow. In the six months from January 1, the Cyprus presidency held ...

CoLA demonstrations in Limassol

The government decision to appoint independent criminal investigators, to look into the possible offences listed in the report by the anti-corruption authority about the allegations made in Mafia State, does ...

We do not often hear politicians speak critically of the abuse of rights by public servants. It was therefore a very pleasant surprise to hear two ministers bring up the ...

Apart from the Nimby (not in my back yard) culture with regard to asphalt factories, migrant centres, kebab shops and so forth we are now seeing this being extended to ...

The government has bowed to union pressure with regard to its pension reform plan. After a meeting of the Labour Advisory Body, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said there had been ...

Another National Council meeting was held on Monday so that President Nikos Christodoulides could inform the leaders of the parliamentary parties about the latest peace initiative undertaken by the UN. ...

When he was campaigning for his election, President Nikos Christodoulides insisted that he would seek a more active involvement of the EU in the Cyprus problem. Superficially, this sounded like ...