#Cyprus

Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos on Friday said that water which is unaccounted for is costing consumers in Cyprus €13 million per year. This figure, he said, is based on the ...

Anger brewed on Friday over the police’s heavy-handed response to a protest outside the foreign ministry in response to Israel’s interception of boats sailing towards Gaza as part ...

Around 50 people, including mayor Andreas Vyras, gathered at the Larnaca port to welcome one of the boats which formed the Gaza Sumud flotilla to the island on Thursday night. Vyras ...

In an effort to reach a breakthrough in the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) dispute, President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting early next week with the ministers of labour and finance. ...

The first immobilisations of cars subject to a recall due to being fitted with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata and have not had their airbags replaced began ...

One of the boats which formed the Gaza Sumud flotilla, a group of more than 50 boats which attempted to break the State of Israel’s naval blockade and provide humanitarian ...

The municipality of Aradippou has strongly opposed the construction and operation of a pyrolysis and refining plant in the Koshi area of Larnaca district. Pyrolysis is the heating of an ...

Opposition party Akel tabled a bill on Thursday that would repeal a law passed earlier this year regulating public gatherings and parades, decried by critics as draconian. The bill is ...

Only three of the island’s water dams have contingency plans in case of catastrophic failure, while almost two-thirds of the water bodies are in bad shape, the auditor-general’s ...

Returning to the European Commission the €67 million linked to the stalled LNG project will not “derail” this year’s state budget, the government spokesman said on Thursday. Last week it ...

Cabinet has approved a motion to repeal the legislation which allows for Cypriot passports to be granted to foreign investors, thus removing the provisions which allowed for the country’s ‘...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said it is “up to Turkey” to meet the conditions set out om the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement programme. ...

Budget cuts at the United Nations have sparked fears that jobs may be lost at the UN’s good offices in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail was informed on Thursday. UN ...

Full support for efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue through United Nations resolutions and procedures was expressed by Ireland’s European Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne during a three-day visit to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has raised concerns after the National Guard utilised Wednesday’s independence day parade to unveil newly acquired LRSVM Tamnava rocket launchers. He said the Greek ...

Cars which were subject to a recall due to being fitted with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata will begin to be immobilised from Friday if they have ...

The Cyprus issue and the need to further enhance cooperation between the European Union and Nato were the focus of a meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Nato secretary-general Mark ...

Cypriot Palestinian journalist Yahia Barzaq was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, local media confirmed on Wednesday night. Barzaq worked as a freelance journalist in the strip, with his ...

Cyprus on Wednesday officially launched its long-awaited competitive electricity market, which Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said should ultimately drive down costs for consumers. Speaking on the sidelines of the independence ...

House Speaker Annita Demetriou on Wednesday stressed the need for Cyprus to invest in its defence and in strategic alliances, describing it as a matter of “national survival” for the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday attended the annual military parade in Nicosia marking the 65th anniversary of the Republic’s independence, stressing that Cyprus has an obligation to strengthen its ...

Greece and the United States extended congratulations to the Republic of Cyprus on the 65th anniversary of its independence, reiterating their support for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem ...

Despite progress over recent years in reducing the trapping of songbirds in Cyprus – a practice illegal since 1974 under Cypriot law and then later also under EU legislation – scientific data shows ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC were hammered 5-1 by German juggernaut Bayern Munich in their first ever Champions League home match at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol on Tuesday night. While ...