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The cabinet on Wednesday approved a finance ministry decree obliging doctors, lawyers and retail businesses among others to accept plastic money in a bid to fight tax evasion. It is ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a supplementary budget worth around €148.5m to cover additional expenditure in various sectors. The extra spending concerns €20m for support schemes for workers and businesses ...

Members of the government’s coronavirus advisory committee who have been named in legal cases against the restrictions will have their legal fees covered by the state, it emerged on ...

Kato Polemidia municipal councillors in Limassol on Wednesday broke into and took over an old co-op bank in protest against a government decision to give the building to the Famagusta ...

The race for the House presidency has blended with talk of an impending cabinet reshuffle, with reports that President Nicos Anastasiades is considering outgoing House President Adamos Adamou for the ...

An important decision regarding the extension of maternity leaves in Cyprus was taken on Thursday at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Specifically, for the second child, maternity leave ...

Cyprus on Thursday added Chinese Covid vaccine Sinopharm to the list of approved vaccines accepted for entry into the country. The decision comes into force on Friday, the transport ministry ...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a €112m loan agreement with the European Investment Bank to fund the National Roads Project. According to deputy government spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas said the roads ...

The Council of Ministers late on Wednesday decided on the gradual easing of restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic including scrapping the SMS requirement, but introducing a Coronapass. The new ...

The cabinet approved a €165m scheme on Thursday aimed at helping vulnerable people who took out housing loans under various state plans and were having difficulty repaying them. Dubbed, Ikia (...

The Council of Ministers will meet later on Thursday morning to face difficult decisions over the next steps regarding Covid measures over the Easter period following an increase in cases ...

The government said on Friday rejection of two major reforms by opposition parties ahead of the elections deprived people of the expected benefits. Government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said the cabinet ...

All cabinet members who have not been vaccinated yet will be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine to boost people’s trust in the jab, it was announced on Wednesday. The ...

The Council of Ministers on Tuesday observed a minute of silence in memory of former interior minister Socratis Hasikos, who died on Monday at a hospital in Germany after a ...

Further relaxations of restrictive coronavirus measures was being discussed by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday morning. During the session, chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades, protocols which will be in ...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal for a single referendum to be held on local authority reform whose discussion has been dragging on for years amid opposition from political ...

Despite concerns about the negative epidemiological picture in Limassol, the government is expected today to announce relaxations across the board such as the gradual return of all high school students ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Cypriot authorities to lift the “unlawful and disproportionate” blanket ban on demonstrations while also criticising the police for using unnecessary and excessive use of ...

The cabinet on Wednesday extended the current phase of the measures against the spread of coronavirus to February 28. The decision was taken following the suggestion of the ministerial committee on ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to gradually ease restrictions on sports activities and events from next week. According to a statement, from Monday, February 8, individual training will be allowed in ...

The cabinet is meeting Wednesday and is expected to discuss possible easing of coronavirus measures in sports and cultural events. The epidemiological data of the last days will be evaluated ...

The audit office has flagged the leasing of an extensive expanse of state land to an entrepreneur for the purpose of building photovoltaic (PV) parks, noting that the entire process ...

The government on Wednesday announced the easing of Covid restrictions, including reopening hairdressers and beauticians on Monday and primary schools and the retail sector on February 8. There will be mandatory ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a plan by the deputy ministry of tourism aimed at boosting rural and mountain tourism. According to an announcement released by the deputy ...