Budget for refugee support not fully allocated
Only 61 per cent of the Agency for Equal Distribution of Burdens’ budget for 2024 was spent, its chairman Akis Pouros said on Tuesday.
He also told the House refugees committee that ...
Court of Appeal revokes refugee status for the first time
The Court of Appeal has, for the first time, overturned a decision by the Administrative Court of International Protection, ruling that international protection status was “incorrectly granted” to a third-country ...
Refugeedom: always emotive, always with us
By Gavin Jones
Refugeedom is an emotive, complex subject which brings out the best and worst in people and has done so ever since I can remember.
The statistics are ...
Another dead body found off Cyprus’ coast
Another dead body was found off the coast of Cyprus on Thursday night, 20 nautical miles off the coast of Ayios Amvrosios.
The body, a male, was found by the Turkish ...
‘Cyprus solution the key to end north property developments’
A “sustainable and functional” solution to the Cyprus problem is the key to ending development on Greek Cypriot-owned land in the north, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday night.
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Proud refugee graduates with MBA from Cyprus university
He now wants to give something back to Cyprus
Patrick Gborie counts himself one of the luckiest of refugees. And with good reason.
After coming to Cyprus as an asylum ...
Refugee stamp exhibition opens in Ayia Napa
Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zanettou said he hoped the refugee stamp would soon be replaced with a peace stamp, during the inauguration of an exhibition at the centre of Sefer ...
Graffiti artist says Cypriots forgot second invasion
A new street art in Nicosia suggests Cypriots ‘forgot to remember’ the occupied territories, thousands of missing, refugees and dead.
The island’s outline is depicted in white with red ...
Holiday of a lifetime
When Howard Passes emailed me about the charitable work of his international fraternal organisation, I hadn’t realized that brotherhoods, such as these, extended so far across the globe, so ...
Minister reiterates support for condemned refugee home owners
The government will do everything it can to stand by those who need to move to new housing while their current refugee homes are demolished as part of the state ‘...
Licences for state housing
The licence is personal, non-assignable and non-inheritable and expires upon the death of the beneficiary
As part of its refugee housing policy, the state grants licences for the use of ...
Ioannou says refugees will be given options to move out during renovations
Residents in dangerous refugee apartment buildings that will undergo renovation or be completely rebuilt are set to receive a lump sum to pay rent elsewhere, as the state will take ...
Investigation ordered into case of pregnant refugee who lost twins (updated)
Outrage has erupted after complaints emerged that a pregnant woman lost her twins after she was denied treatment at the Makarios children’s hospital despite being a recognised refugee.
Health ...
MPs hope to pass bill to support refugees before recess
Lawmakers hope to pass a bill levying a tax on property transactions, the revenues from which will go to supporting Greek Cypriot refugees, before the summer recess.
The government bill ...
‘Lost’ Varosha refugee finds a home in Vokolida
One refugee from Varosha could not wait for the Cyprus problem to be solved before moving home. He now rents a place in the nearby village he holidayed in as ...
Varosha now a macabre museum
By Evie Andreou
But for how much longer? The Turkish side has not yet touched Varosha properties, but time may be running out for Greek Cypriot property owners to stake ...