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Cuts to value added tax (VAT) on fuel would not comply with European Union law, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as governments across Europe attempt to combat spiking fuel ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was censured in a parliamentary report into the management of the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last summer, with the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday used the anniversary of the start of the Eoka struggle to underline the importance of historical awareness in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, while ...

The House legal committee will convene again on Thursday to discuss plans to change the framework regarding the authorities’ access to people’s private communications, with many MPs remaining dissatisfied ...

President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Wednesday the importance of passing on the legacy of Eoka’s liberation struggle to younger generations during commemorations at Apostolos Varnavas cathedral in Nicosia. Taking ...

Two men, aged 41 and 39, were remanded in custody for seven days by Limassol court on Wednesday over an attempted murder in the city on March 30. Six others remain in custody ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday evening expressed its displeasure at the latest agreement concerning the development of natural gas which was signed by the governments of Cyprus and ...

Kourion mayor Pantelis Georgiou on Tuesday stressed what he believes to be an elevated risk of cancer linked to the placement of communications antennae in the British Akrotiri base area, ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Tuesday evening expressed fury at Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, who had himself lambasted Ustel’s ruling coalition’s decision to bypass ...

United Nations office for project service (Unops) executive director Jorge Moreira da Silva on Tuesday thanked Cyprus for providing its latest shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza as part of ...

Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of European foreign ministers declaring their “full support for the Lebanese government and people” as the conflict in the ...

A final investment decision by the companies holding the Aphrodite gas concession may be taken early next year, with the first natural gas going to market by 2029 or 2030, the energy ...

The European Union is “exposed to external price volatility” in terms of its acquisition of energy, Cyprus Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday after the bloc’s 27 energy ministers ...

€230 million worth of projects are underway on the island to improve sustainable water management and increase the island’s water resilience, the finance ministry announced on Tuesday. The projects focus ...

An ancient Cypriot jug has been repatriated from the United States, after being handed over to the Cypriot embassy in Washington DC, the antiquities department announced on Tuesday. The antiquity ...

An IVF clinic in the north is facing accusations of negligence as patients claim their children were conceived after they were given the wrong sperm, the BBC reported on Tuesday. ...

The EU needs to make sure it strengthens the security of its energy supply, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday afternoon ahead of a video conference of EU Energy ...

Authorities are closely monitoring developments in the tourism sector and remain cautiously optimistic despite recent disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Responding ...

Discussions between Cyprus and the United Kingdom over the future of the British sovereign base areas are expected to begin once regional tensions ease, a source familiar with the matter ...

Intensive checks to tackle delinquency linked to lambradjies (Easter bonfires) will begin immediately, with offenders facing arrest and parents of minors also held accountable where offences arise, Justice Minister Costas ...

Delays in processing the appeal against ongoing works at Pentakomo port may lead to irreversible damages to the environment, Birdlife Cyprus warned on Tuesday. “When a case is dealt with ...

Morfou Bishop Neofytos will face re-trial on charges of violating coronavirus-related measures after the Appeals Court on Monday reversed a prior decision clearing the cleric of any wrongdoing. Three years ...

The governments of Cyprus and Egypt on Monday signed a “framework agreement” for the commercial development of natural gas, on the sidelines of the Egypt Energy Show in Cairo. Energy ...

A bilateral meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Monday reinforced the strategic relationship between the two countries with both leaders’ emphasising ...