#Cyprus

Calls for government intervention to support affected buyers and the real estate sector With property prices and rents continuing to spiral during the first quarter of the year, calls have ...

Disy leader and House Speaker Annita Demetriou on Saturday called on the party faithful to let go of toxic attitudes, whispers and rhetoric that instead of healing recent rifts, only ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou sent out a message to the social partners on Saturday in his Labour Day message that unions and employers must both strive for industrial peace that ...

The fire department said on Saturday its report into the fire at the Russian Cultural Centre in Nicosia on Wednesday would be ready on Tuesday. Spokesman Andreas Kettis, said by ...

By Sarah Ktisti The government will take all necessary measures to protect Cyprus’ name as a reliable business and investment centre President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking at the ‘...

By Sarah Ktisti Employees at the Department of Information Technology Services (DITS) on Friday laid the blame for damage to servers at the finance ministry due to a water leak ...

Cyprus, in 2022, granted protected status to 580 asylum seekers, a drastic decrease compared with 2021, when a total of 2,305 asylum seekers were granted protected status, according to a study released by Eurostat ...

Proposals from the justice ministry to decongest prisons will be sent to the president next week, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. “The president will assess the proposals that ...

Police and inspectors from the health ministry raided two stores in Latsia and Nicosia central, they said were selling controlled substances for which they did not have a licence. According ...

Two British legal experts will be coming to Cyprus to help with investigations surrounding the controversial ‘golden passports’, an issue that has embroiled former President Nicos Anastasiades. Head of the ...

Achieving labour peace was front and centre on Friday as the Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou submitted a compromise proposal in the ongoing CoLA (cost of living allowance) dispute. The proposal ...

Migrant support group Kisa on Thursday slammed a proposal tabled by the Elam party mandating the age-testing of asylum seekers claiming to be minors. In a statement, Kisa called the ...

Parliament on Thursday approved another two-month extension for reduced fuel tax until the end of June, going one better than the government proposal. By a unanimous vote, the House passed ...

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) presented the new Erasmus programme on a digital skills wallet during a recent award ceremony for IT student competitions. The European project aims to develop ...

Students at the University of Nicosia are to be granted research scholarships after the institution signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bank of Cyprus. The signing of the memorandum ...

An Open University of Cyprus professor has been awarded the prestigious honorary position as Commonwealth of Learning (COL) chair. The term, granted to professor of the Educational Studies programme of ...

The Turkish Cypriot side will take action along with Turkey against the Cyprus government over a confirmatory drilling set to take place in the ‘Aphrodite’ gas field block 12, as they ...

A yellow weather alert has been issued for Friday, as storms and hail are expected to affect Cyprus, the meteorological service said. The warning will be in effect from 11am ...

A 36-year-old suspect in the disappearance of Angelos Perikleous, 31, was remanded for five days by the Limassol district court on Thursday, police said. The suspect is facing charges of kidnapping ...

MPs on Thursday called for stricter control in the supply and trade of catalytic converters in Cyprus, reporting an increase in the number of thefts of the latter in recent ...

A bomb exploded in the early hours of Thursday at the headquarters of third division football club THOI Lakatamia in Nicosia. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the explosion occurred ...

A bill approved by the previous government covering stray dogs has too many gaps lawmakers said on Wednesday after they discussed making changes to it. In statements after the House ...

Nicosia criminal court rejected on Wednesday the pre-trial request raised by defendants in the ‘golden passports’ case as judges decided the charges are valid. The case began last October but ...

Canadian clinical psychologist, author, podcaster and media commentator Jordan Peterson is set to give a talk in Nicosia on May 11 as part of his latest book tour. It is scheduled ...