#Cyprus

An action plan to ensure state health services (Okypy) are autonomous by 2026 will be submitted to Cabinet imminently, aiming to increase Okypy’s income and reduce its expenses. The projected ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos expressed his concern on Monday over the risks of an oligopoly in the health sector, as private hospitals are being bought up by a limited number ...

The Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) on Monday called for an end to the annual Radiomarathon fundraiser for children with special needs, saying its “paternalistic” messaging is “stuck in ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday said she hopes to complete the government’s recording of damage caused by Saturday evening’s storms by the end of the day. Speaking ...

For months, some of the most lowly paid members of society have been forced to make a difficult choice: go out to work for peanuts and risk getting beaten up; ...

Hunters have expressed their “disappointment” over a lack of huntable animals present in Cyprus on the first Sunday of the hunting season, Paphos district hunting federation chairman Giorgos Theodosiou said ...

The Paphos general hospital, which flooded during heavy rain on Saturday night, was “built with a lot of shoddy work”, the town’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday. “No ...

Large swathes of Cyprus were battered by storms on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, with strong winds felling trees and heavy rain sending water cascading down roads across the island. ...

The Radiomarathon is “evolving”, first lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at an event being held to coincide with the commencement of the Radiomarathon’s annual programme of ...

“Concrete developments” related to the development of relations between Cyprus and the United States are expected very soon, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking to Greek newspaper Ta Nea, ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Saturday insisted that the government is “illegally withholding” his pension and other financial benefits he believes he is due on account of his time spent ...

Gunes Toymuradov, the mother of 20-day-old Mihrimah Toymuradov, who died after being fed ethanol while being treated on the neonatal intensive care ward in northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, on ...

Parliament’s decision to raise the threshold of driving licence penalty points required for a temporary driving ban from 12 to 16 “sets the wrong example” to society, Volt MP Alexandra Attalides ...

The education ministry’s proposed budget for 2025 amounts to €1.55 billion, reflecting a 6 per cent increase from 2024. Presenting the budget to the House finance committee on Friday, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou ...

Residents of Limassol’s Amathounda area were set to protest on Friday against a children’s shelter they say will impact their quality of life. In response, the deputy welfare ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he fears that the United States may “step back” from its role in the international community after its forthcoming presidential election, in an interview published on ...

A campaign was launched on Thursday to have the traditional Cypriot koupa added to the European Union’s Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register. The Larnaca chamber of commerce (Evel) and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed his “profound sadness” over the flooding disaster which has killed more than 150 people in Spain’s Valencia. “Cyprus stands in solidarity with Spain. Our ...

The government on Thursday revealed the details of a substantial subsidy programme aimed at assisting young families with tens of thousands of euros for building or purchasing their first home. ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed a law introducing stiffer penalties on anyone found guilty in a court of law of inciting violence or hatred against persons for their sexual ...

A woman from Kakopetria under investigation for practicing sorcery for monetary gain is currently not in police custody, the Cyprus Mail learned on Thursday. The case came to light when ...

Parliament on Thursday amended a law to raise the penalty points threshold required for a temporary driving licence suspension from 12 to 16. The new regulations will take effect on February 1, 2025. The ...

Cyprus’ two biggest parties welcomed on Thursday the developments surrounding President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with US President Joe Biden, with a varying degree of support. Disy party leader Annita Demetriou ...

All was quiet in Deneia on Thursday, with community leader Charalambos Alexandrou calling on the state to take a tougher stance towards the UN. This follows recent incidents  with Turkish ...