#Cyprus

According to the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Wednesday, Cyprus ranks 49 out of 180 countries, showing a concerning trend towards higher corruption levels. The index offers ...

The state scholarships foundation should publish its announcements and application forms in English and Turkish as well as Greek, the ombudswoman recommended on Tuesday. The announcement came after a complaint ...

The ratio of fossil fuels in gross available energy increased slightly both in the EU and in Cyprus in 2022, a trend which signified a small increase in Europe’s reliance ...

Residents of areas near the Dhekelia power plant threatened on Tuesday to “shut down” the station, frustrated with what they say are broken promises that the facility would cease to ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday heard about shady practices in the area of Polis, where Turkish Cypriot land is reportedly being used for growing crops in ‘under the table’ transactions between lessees ...

A man died on Tuesday afternoon from a traffic accident on the Kolossi-Akrotiri road in Limassol, police said. The car, in which a father and his son were travelling, was ...

A prisoner was taken to Nicosia General on Tuesday after he went to the prison infirmary with facial injuries, the prisons department said. At around 3pm, the convict was taken ...

One of the trade unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) alleged on Tuesday there are plans afoot to privatise and “plunder” the organisation, to the detriment ...

Birth rates among Cypriots dropped by over 400 children in a year, the Elam-led ad hoc House committee on demographics heard on Tuesday. After the session, committee chair and Elam MP ...

December 2023, with an average islandwide temperature of 14.5C, is the second warmest December, the met office said on Tuesday. The weather in December, it said, was extremely warm and extremely ...

The Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre (HFC) provided services to more than 8,340 children in Cyprus in 2023, the organisation said on Tuesday, reviewing its work for the past year. HFC ...

Satisfaction with the progress of works on the new Cyprus Museum was expressed on Tuesday by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades and Deputy Minister of Culture Vasiliki Kassianidou. “It’s a ...

Even though more counterfeit banknotes were removed from circulation in 2023 than in 2022, the overall rate has remained relatively small, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) said on Tuesday. In its ...

A driver charged with causing a fatal accident has had his prison sentence increased to three years following a decision of the court of appeals made public on Tuesday. The ...

Labour union Isotita on Tuesday expressed strong displeasure at a recent cabinet decision which saw sick leave for government workers slashed to 28 days from the previous 42. The decision was taken ...

A strategic leadership programme is to be held at the ministry of defence in collaboration with the UK, it was announced on Tuesday. The UK High Commission in Cyprus, the ...

The House finance committee on Monday approved the release of €1.04 million for the procurement of services from the anti-corruption authority. The amount concerns the purchase of services from experts for ...

The DNA evidence for two defendants in the Ayia Napa gang rape trial was thrown out during a hearing at Famagusta criminal court on Monday. As such, their trial will ...

Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are impacting Cyprus, leaving stakeholders increasingly concerned, director general of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber Thomas Kazakos said on Monday. During a press conference, he ...

The auditor-general and the rector of the state-run Technical University of Cyprus (Tepak) traded more barbs on Monday, the former describing the university as a den of “decay”. Earlier in ...

The cost of compensating every single Greek Cypriot for every single piece of land lost in 1974 may top £22.4 billion (€26.3bn), former Immovable Property Commission (IPC) chairman Ayfer Said Erkmen has ...

Turkish Cypriot CTP party leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday it is the of children of mixed marriages to gain citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus and should not be ...

Reactions to the suggestion of holding closed-door football matches may have been due to the particular wording of the proposal which will certainly undergo legal examination, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis ...

In the last ten days, police in the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) have arrested and fined three individuals a total of €4,500 for bird trapping violations. The arrests in the ...