#Cyprus

It is not at all clear whether the efforts of the UNSG’s personal envoy spell the “beginning of a solution or the beginning of the end” for the Cyprus ...

The Nicosia sewerage board is currently under scrutiny by independent authorities for alleged mismanagement, misuse of public funds, abuse of power, corruption, employee exploitation and workplace bullying. Investigations are focusing ...

The first results of the cost-benefit study requested by the energy ministry for the Greece-Cyprus Great Sea Interconnector electricity project are anticipated to be unveiled by the end of May, ...

The government was in contact with Lebanese authorities on Tuesday over statements made by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who called on Lebanon to “open the sea” so that Syrian migrants ...

Larnaca municipality on Monday called on the transport minister to formally brief them about the status of the local marina and port development project – which hangs in the balance due ...

The court of appeal on Monday reduced the sentence handed down to a convicted paedophile by six months. The court found that the court of first instance had “incorrectly evaluated” ...

Lawmakers on Monday vented their frustration at the government for bringing last-minute changes to legislation relating to the reform of local government, as the new system of governance is set ...

Any more involvement of the attorney general’s (AG) office on the case of Thanasis Nicolaou is unacceptable and unethical, lawyer for the national guardsman’s family Leto Cariolou charged ...

In two weeks’ time the government “may” take a decision on the ongoing dispute with the joint venture holding the concession over the redevelopment and operation of the Larnaca port ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou extolled the virtues of roses at the village of Agros’ 16th Rose Festival on Saturday. She described the festival as “a celebration which aims to highlight ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and his predecessor Mustafa Akinci exchanged barbed statements over their respective stances on the Cyprus problem on Friday and Saturday. Akinci began the tit-for-tat, making ...

An 82-year-old man from Paphos was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after having been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The incident took place in the early ...

Nurses are “often treated with contempt”, trade union Pasydy’s nursing branch said on Friday. In a statement released ahead of International Nurses Day on Sunday, the union said nurses ...

By Robert Morgan Police on Friday are investigating an online fraud case, after a woman said she was scammed out of thousands of euros. The unknown persons told the woman, 56, ...

Two decades after joining the EU, Cyprus has made “spectacular progress” when it comes to positive changes in the daily life of the population, House president Annita Demetriou said on ...

Efforts continued on Friday to fight a fire which broke out in the Limassol village of Ayios Sylas the previous day. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), fire brigade ...

Two more vultures have been killed by electrocution along the EAC network “despite the appeals and warnings of the experts”, BirdLife Cyprus said on Friday calling the electricity provider a “...

Cyprus played a crucial role in busting an Austrian cryptocurrency scam that resulted in six arrests across three EU countries, it emerged on Thursday. According to an announcement from Europol, ...

Police spokesman Christos Andreou said police have been conducting checks at hotels in accordance with procedures, following complaints from the hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) about raids causing panic. Andreou, in a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said he “cannot understand” why Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar declined the chance of a tripartite meeting with himself and United Nations Envoy Maria Angela ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Elias Hazou A fire in Ayios Sylas, Limassol, appeared to be under control late on Thursday, after a massive day-long effort by firefighters to extinguish it. ...

Monks and their lawyers involved in the Avakoum monastery scandal filed a memo to the church investigative committee arguing that the process being followed by the church was unlawful. The ...

A third of Cypriots are “financially fragile” and are unable to cover emergencies, the University of Cyprus’ Economics Research Centre (CypERC) said on Wednesday. The findings were unearthed as the ...

An indefinite strike at the Larnaca port was called off on Wednesday, after the workers and the managing company Kition agreed to meet with each other under the auspices of ...