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The European Union’s next multiannual financial framework, its budget for the period covering the years between 2028 and 2034, may be more than 10 per cent smaller than the initial proposal submitted ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was on Thursday one of 17 European heads of government to sign a letter calling for an end to the European Union’s budgetary rebate system, in which ...

Unions told MPs on Thursday that hiring nurses from third countries will not resolve understaffing in hospitals, whilst the health ministry presented the plan as a “temporary solution” until efforts ...

The amended bill on pension reforms is expected to be delivered to the social partners on Friday, with Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas hoping that the government will be able to ...

The European Union must “demonstrate greater flexibility” so as to stem the rise of consumer energy bills, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, as he arrived at the day’s ...

The final phase of the Iris 2026 military exercise took place on Thursday at Kalo Chorio – the first time with drones included – with Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas saying that maintaining a ...

Cyprus Public Transport on Thursday dismissed a report into its service released by the audit office a day prior which said that 63 per cent of survey participants would not choose ...

The anti-obesity drug Mounjaro will be covered by Gesy for Type II diabetes and obesity in adults from Thursday, the health insurance organisation has announced. Coverage of tirzepatide, the drug’...

Low pressure is expected to bring cloudy skies, local rain and isolated thunderstorms on Thursday, with conditions gradually improving as the day progresses, according to the Department of Meteorology. On ...

Natural gas public company (Defa) chairman George Pistentis on Wednesday promised that issues which arose in the past related to efforts to build a natural gas liquefaction terminal in Vasiliko ...

Heavy rain hit the island on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday. Police urged ...

The public audit oversight board is taking action over allegations that Deloitte Cyprus helped conceal billions in assets belonging to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich through backdated documents. “The authority has ...

Odysseas Michaelides’ Alma party is in discussions with Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy movement over a possible joint candidate for the 2028 presidential election, although no official decision has been taken ...

Heavy rain hit Paphos on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday. Police urged drivers ...

The justice ministry is expanding training for prison guards, with 44 newly recruited officers undertaking a 13-week programme developed with the University of Cyprus. Justice Minister Costas Fitiris announced the upgrade ...

Two government bills aimed at addressing Cyprus’ nursing shortage have intensified a dispute between private hospitals and the state nursing unions, with the former warning that hospital beds are being ...

The police on Wednesday confirmed that it had handed to the legal service the file documenting its investigation into the history of faulty airbags in Cyprus and their import into ...

Challenges in the wider region and the promotion of cooperation will be the central aims of a joint group of some MPs and the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF), Diko MP ...

Applications for the renewal of some forms of residence permit will only be able to be submitted online from January 1, the migration deputy ministry said on Wednesday. It said that ...

The body of a British man which had seemingly disappeared from the Nicosia morgue was found labelled with a different name on Wednesday. The police were investigating  whether the body ...

Serious issues regarding passenger information, bus stop infrastructure and the reliability of bus routes in Nicosia were identified in an Audit Office report published on Wednesday. “The aim is for ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Tuesday night set out her party’s plans for local government, with the Turkish Cypriots set to hold local ...

The State of Israel’s new ambassador in Nicosia Shuli Davidovich on Tuesday presented her credentials to the Republic of Cyprus’ chief of state protocol Helena Mina, formally taking up ...

More families will become eligible for the child benefit after planned changes to means-testing, the deputy minister for social welfare said on Tuesday. Hailing the tabling of the relevant bill ...