#Cyprus

Rolling out Gesy five years ago has been one of the most significant social reforms Cyprus has ever undergone, with 92 per cent of the population saying it improved their quality ...

British newspaper the Independent on Thursday claimed a total of 50 British politicians have penned a letter to the country’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, urging him to allow direct flights ...

Cypriots aged 20-64 worked an average of 38.5 hours per week in their main job in 2023, slightly above the EU average of 36.1 hours, according to data released by the EU’s ...

Statements by former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Cyprus issue, in which he blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the stalemate in the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, are his “personal ...

The hearing seeking to cancel the warrants that have frozen the assets of scandal-hit monks at Osiou Avakoum monastery was postponed again on Thursday at Nicosia district court.  The Legal ...

Small boat owners at the Larnaca marina on Thursday begged for the fees imposed on them for using the marina to be reduced. The fees were hiked by as much ...

Qatar has shown an interest in taking on the running of the Larnaca port, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said ...

The first election results on June 9 are expected to come out by 7.30pm on Sunday night, the director of the elections service Menelaos Vasiliou said on Thursday. Final results are ...

The government has announced plans to create a food safety authority, with the health ministry currently aiming to submit a bill for its creation by the end of the year. ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court is set to announce its decision on June 5 on whether attorney-general George Savvides is constitutionally allowed to initiate dismissal proceedings against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides. During Wednesday’...

Dozens of decisions have been put on ice at state broadcaster CyBC, after director general Thanasis Tsokos’ has been missing in action for almost a month, it was reported on ...

Two men, 46 and 35, arrested as suspects following the discovery of a weapons cache in Oroklini, will remain in custody until their next court date, the Larnaca District Court decided on ...

Kition Ocean Holdings sent notice of dismissal to all its workers at the Larnaca port on Tuesday night. The company sent the letters a day after the government tore up ...

State authorities have been searching for over a month for the director general of state broadcaster CyBC Thanasis Tsokos to serve him with orders to appear before a disciplinary procedure, ...

New evidence of the urban planning of ancient Nea Paphos was revealed during archaeological excavations carried out by Warsaw and Krakow universities, the department of antiquities announced on Tuesday. Nea ...

Cyprus ranked at the top of Europe in terms of the quality of its bathing waters in 2023, according to an assessment published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA) ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz exchanged blows over Israel’s attacks on Gaza on Monday and Tuesday, with Katz mentioning Cyprus in his retorts. ...

Eight small buses equipped with passenger seats and wheelchair spaces were delivered to special schools and welfare services in Cyprus on Tuesday. The new buses “represent a holistic approach to ...

Scooters must be banned if no active measures are taken to ensure their safe circulation, Dipa MP and chairman of the House transport committee Marinos Moushiouttas said on Tuesday. His ...

Accessible polling booths for wheelchair users are to be opened for the elections on June 9, the elections office announced on Tuesday. It said details of wheelchair-bound voters have been secured ...

Around 2,500 people in Cyprus suffer from multiple sclerosis, the nurses association (Pasymn) said on Tuesday ahead of World MS Day marked around the world on May 30. Various state agencies, including ...

Makarios hospital paediatric department director Avraam Elias urged people to get their children vaccinated on Tuesday, amid a rise in measles cases in Europe. He was quick to offer reassurances ...

The police are to hand over the case file regarding the horde of weapons found at a cemetery in Oroklini to the Legal Service, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on ...

Cypriot donkeys are being “used as proxies” by news media in Turkey to encourage the country’s public to come around to the idea of euthanising stray dogs, Karpasia environmental ...