Cyprus is outperforming the European Union average on a range of metrics related to public health, despite government spending on health falling below the bloc’s average, according to the ...
By Tom Cleaver and Iole Damaskinos
The future of the planned road between Pyla and Arsos depends entirely on the United Nations, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said ...
Farmers’ concerns need to be addressed with a specific set of organised actions, the Green party said on Tuesday.
In a letter addressed to Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou, MP Charalambos ...
The attorney-general’s office irregularly authorised an out-of-court settlement with a company that saddled the Cypriot taxpayer with €700,000, while separately failing to pay VAT for services rendered to it by ...
Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) Hasan Sertoglu on Tuesday denied reports that his association has applied to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
He said an application to join the ...
Unions against the proposed 12 per cent drop in pension payments for those who retire before the age of 65 said on Tuesday they were not satisfied with the labour ministry’s ...
The age of the children should be taken into account in any sex education that the ministry endorses, representatives of the Holy Synod have said.
The statement was made following ...
Cyprus is dealing “at a political level” with Lebanon’s refusal to accept 116 Syrian migrants, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
He did not give a clear answer to ...
Cyprus is among the countries in Europe with the highest number of radios per capita in Europe, data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU, showed on Tuesday, ...
By Rony Junior El Daccache
Holocaust detention camps on the island are an inseparable part of the histories of both Cyprus and Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday at ...
Two men appeared in court in the north on Monday, charged with having smuggled four people into the British base in Dhekelia in November.
It is alleged that the pair ...
The government is handling the matter of a hotel in Varosha which allegedly belongs to King Charles of the United Kingdom “diplomatically”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.
British newspaper ...
The row over local government reform continued on Tuesday, as Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said the current law is not ideal and will create unequal benefits for citizens.
“We want ...
Cleaners at Larnaca General hospital will on Wednesday decide whether or not to take strike measures over understaffing.
“It’s time to take the concerns and constant complaints made by ...
Cyprus will celebrate two decades since joining the European Union on May 1, and a special logo has been designed to mark the occasion.
The design, created by the press and ...
Two petitions filed regarding the temporarily halted road works in the Akamas region are to be discussed at the European parliament on Wednesday.
The matters are to be discussed at ...
Substantial suggestions had been made on German help towards restarting talks on the Cyprus issue, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.
The president was speaking on the final day of ...
A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday after having been found guilty of sexually abusing a child.
The ruling was handed down at the Larnaca Criminal ...
A delegation of British MPs has arrived in Cyprus as part of a two-day official visit to the island.
The delegation belongs to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cyprus, and ...
An investigation has been launched by the education ministry on Tuesday into a homophobic video, shown to students at a local gymnasium.
Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, Commissioner for ...
Greece will exhaust every possibility, so that there can be positive developments in the Cyprus issue, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Monday, following a meeting he had with ...
Blood donation stations will operate nationwide until 8pm this week due to serious incidents that have caused significant reductions in supplies, the Blood Centre in Nicosia has announced.
“We experienced ...
The price of water is expected to rise as part of the state’s obligation under the EU to introduce green tax reforms, it emerged on Monday.
The aim is ...
Marios Pelekanos on Monday resigned as vice chairman of Disy, two days after failing to be selected as a candidate for the party for June’s European Parliament elections.
However, ...