Annita Demetriou calls for reclassification of Syria as safe country
House President and Disy party leader Annita Demetriou has called for Syria to be classed as a safe country, so that Cyprus can send back Syrian asylum seekers.
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Australian man charged with child sexual abuse in Cyprus beach incident
A 57-year-old Australian man has been charged with engaging in sexual intercourse with a child in an abandoned beach in Protaras following international police cooperation.
The two are blood relatives ...
Chevron official in Cyprus on Friday in last-ditch effort to salvage Aphrodite deal
Chevron’s director of exploration and production for the Middle East, Africa and South America, Clay Neff, will be in Cyprus on Friday for a slew of meetings with the ...
Police certain released photos are of Kalogeropoulos’ murderers
By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas
Police are certain that the image released of two men shows the murderers of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, who was gunned down in Limassol earlier in ...
Interpol fugitive fled to northern Cyprus
A Russian wanted by Interpol for embezzling large amounts of money from a company he worked for has been found to have been residing in northern Cyprus, it emerged on ...
Consultations continue for UN envoy appointment, Lacroix says
The UN Secretary-General continues to be in active consultation with both sides on the appointment of an envoy for the Cyprus problem, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said ...
Possible impact on cruises from regional crisis, says Cypriot official
At a time when the cruise tourism industry is showing amazing prospects around the world, the crisis that has erupted in neighbouring Israel is creating new factors, which may negatively ...
New requirement for guaranteed minimum income eligibility
Refugees in Cyprus will only be eligible for the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) once they have continuously lived in the Republic legally for five years, cabinet decided on Wednesday.
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Humanitarian corridor must be ready when the time comes, says government spokesman
President Nikos Christodoulides spoke at length with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and details are being hammered out so that Cyprus can be ready “when the time comes” to ...
Low-wage civil servants’ dispute settled ‘in the best possible way’
The industrial dispute between low-wage civil servants and the government was settled “in the best possible way”, Finance Minister Permanent Secretary George Panteli said on Wednesday.
Panteli was speaking after ...
Foreclosures freeze extended to the end of the year
Banks on Wednesday agreed to extend the foreclose freeze for primary properties but stressed it was the last time this would happen, urging government and parliament to find a solution ...
North rows back on electricity bill price hikes
The north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) on Tuesday night walked back plans to increase electricity tariffs by nearly a third, having announced the price hikes just hours earlier.
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Kanari hopes Okypy and unions can meet together on collective agreements
The goal is to find common ground between both sides to reach an agreement on collective labour agreements for employees at the hospitals, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday.
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Hearings to begin in November for Thanasis Nicolaou case
The new judge on the case of the national guardsmen, Thanasis Nicolaou, suspected to have been murdered in 2005, said on Tuesday that she intends to have a speedy trial for ...
Trade unions agree on low-paid civil servant raises
Trade unions agreed with the finance ministry on measures to deal with the issues of low-paid civil servants, representatives from the unions Peo, Sek, and Pasydy said on Tuesday.
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Man shot in second-floor flat in Nicosia attempted murder
Police are investigating an attempted murder in Nicosia on Tuesday, after a man well known to authorities was shot in his home in Acropolis.
According to police, Alexis Mavromichalis, aka ...
‘Long-term conflict in the region could hit Cyprus energy’
Long-term conflict in the Middle East could delay projects for the development of natural gas fields, experts said on Tuesday as others postulated that in the three to four years ...
We are fighting for our survival, ambassador tells MPs
Israel is conducting a just war which must be the last, in which Hamas must be eradicated, Israel’s ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik told the House foreign affairs committee ...
Young people in Cyprus at highest risk of deprivation
Young people in Cyprus are at the highest risk of experiencing severe material and social deprivation, state statistical service Cystat said on Tuesday.
Their figures showed that in 2022, a total ...
Remains of 14 people recovered so far this year says CMP
The remains of a total of 14 people have been recovered so far this year in excavations carried out by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), it announced on Tuesday.
According ...
Report on Olympic committee with AG as further complaints made
The sports ethics committee’s report on the potential squandering of public money by the Olympic Committee (KOE) has been handed over to the attorney general’s office, it emerged ...
Minister calls for investment to fuel cheaper energy
The government is working towards making Cyprus energy independent, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday.
“The autonomy of a state is not only related with its finds and its ...
Murdered man had been shot ten times (updated)
The man gunned down and murdered in broad daylight in Limassol on Monday had been struck by 10 bullets a post mortem showed on Tuesday after police said they were worried ...
New zero VAT relief measures from Wednesday
New zero VAT relief measures go into action from Wednesday, the tax department reminded the public on Tuesday.
The announced measure covers a list of items already previously assigned at ...