#Cyprus

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides will send a letter to Finance Minister Makis Keravnos stating that “any inclusion of an undocumented amount [of money] in a new agreement with [gaming company] Opap ...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) charged on Thursday that low fines and lack of enforcement patrols have resulted to a widespread killing of protected birds in Famagusta and Larnaca. ...

Unficyp said on Thursday they have no intention of abandoning the Ledra Palace hotel, and that no official request has been filed by majority stakeholder – the church – despite Archbishop Georgios ...

Mehmet Ali Talat, who served as Turkish Cypriot leader between 2005 and 2010, has said the Turkish Cypriots have “never been in such a bad situation” as they are today. “Everything [in ...

The Cyprus environmental movement said on Wednesday residents of the Mitsero area have been “vindicated” after plans to erect an asphalt production plant in the region were cancelled in court. ...

Organisers of a kolokasi tasting evening on Friday are hoping to bring this love-it-or-hate-it vegetable new fans by pairing it with raspberries and making kolokasi cocktails. The culture committee of ...

US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland in a recent meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides dropped a name for a possible UN special envoy, it emerged on Thursday. Nuland mentioned the ...

It would be unconstitutional to require the attorney general, the deputy attorney general and ministers to appear before parliament, attorney general Giorgos Savvides told the House legal affairs committee on ...

The vulnerable section of society is much larger than official statistics show and more must be done to tackle the cost of living, major trade unions said on Wednesday. A ...

Cyprus’ tourism has lost a billion euros thanks to placing sanctions and closing its skies to Russian aircraft, according to Russia’s ambassador in Nicosia Murat Zyazikov. Zyazikov was speaking ...

The finance ministry finds itself “in disagreement” with the health ministry regarding the future of the ambulance service, after the latter suggested its operations should be moved under its own ...

The two men accused of murdering 44-year-old Marios Onisiforou and 51-year-old Michalis Michail after a bar fight in Limassol in June pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday suggested the possibility of ramping up cooperation with Lebanon, including by providing boats, in efforts to prevent an ongoing surge of Syrian refugees arriving ...

With October just around the corner, next month’s agenda is shaping up. New festival editions marking important anniversaries are on the horizon including the 10 years of the Buffer Fringe ...

Cyprus ranks 22nd among EU member-states when it comes to gender equality, and 106th out of 146 countries worldwide, making it imperative to accelerate its promotion across the board, gender equality ...

The audit office is investigating a complaint that claims President Nikos Christodoulides received substantial benefits past his post between 2013 and 2018, while he was working at the presidential palace. Audit office ...

A UN Secretary-General Special Adviser could be appointed for Cyprus under certain conditions Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday, despite categorically denying any such an appointment the previous ...

Akel is currently the most popular party, followed by Disy and then nationalists Elam in third place, a new opinion poll has found. The survey, conducted by IMR on behalf ...

Australian Cypriot Silia Kapsis will represent Cyprus at the 2024 Eurovision song contest in Malmo, Sweden, state broadcaster CyBC announced on Tuesday. She will sing a song by Greek lyricist Demetris ...

Fifty duty-free cartons of cigarettes containing 200 cigarettes each, and 24 kilos of rolling tobacco were confiscated at Paphos airport, the department of customs said on Tuesday. According to a statement, on ...

Former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in an interview with TRT he has not lost any sleep over his calls for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, reiterating ...

The next milestone for the Cyprus problem following the UN General Assembly in New York, will be the European Council meeting in December, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. ...

Cyprus’ coasts of the British bases are teeming with turtles with the highest number of nests recorded within the areas since 2009, it was announced on Tuesday. Bases environmental experts confirmed 282 ...

An ongoing review of how Turkish Cypriot commercial properties are managed has shown that about one-fifth of leases are problematic, according to just-released data from the interior ministry. In a ...