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Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday reacted to Norway’s decision to lift its arms embargo on Cyprus by saying that “what is needed in this period is not ...

I HAD great difficulty sleeping on Friday night, after hearing that our dear Kyproulla, the pylon of stability and security of the East Med, is “under existential threat.” And this ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday decried Turkey’s “expansionist, neo-Ottoman policy” on Cyprus. Addressing a conference on Hellenic culture, he said Cyprus is “still suffering from the unhealed wounds caused ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were “victims of a conspiracy”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP spokesman Asim Akansoy said. He described the ...

The energy sector is a “key pillar” of Cyprus’ foreign policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He was speaking on the sidelines of a conference and made reference to ...

All parties have now left the area following a brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone near the Nicosia district village of Denia, ...

Norway’s decision to lift its arms embargo on Cyprus is a “good development”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Saturday. “Norway had decided in areas where there are war ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is “optimistic” that an agreement can be forged regarding the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), with employers refusing to back down from ...

A new cross-border programme, “Inclusive Routes,” has been launched in cooperation with Greece to improve accessibility in forest recreation areas, cultural heritage sites and tourist destinations, the forestry department announced ...

The six bills that make up the government’s tax reform were presented to MPs at the House finance committee on Friday, with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos describing the package ...

A very different Turkey now stands before Cyprus compared with previous years, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday, warning that Cyprus faces an existential threat that the government addresses ...

A detention order for a 30-year-old convict has been renewed for another six days in connection with the premeditated murder of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous, police confirmed on Friday. The ...

The new legislation on rehabilitation, passed by the House plenum on Thursday, does not meet patient needs and fails to require service providers to undergo proper evaluation and inspection, federation ...

A bill proposing an €85 fine for a total of 22 unusual offences was submitted to parliament on Thursday, the legislature announced on Friday. Drafted by the justice ministry following a recommendation ...

Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to energy security and regional stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, head of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos ...

Over 10,000 boxes of duty-free cigarettes were seized by the customs department on Thursday in two separate vehicle inspections in Athienou and Pyla, authorities said on Friday. A search of a ...

A 51-year-old motorcyclist died after being seriously injured in a collision with a van, driven by a 41-year-old who was driving twice over the alcohol limit in Limassol on Thursday ...

The workweek will close off with partly cloudy weather and rain, as well as isolated storms with hail expected to strike the island in the afternoon. Temperatures will climb to ...

The daughter of Tasos Isaac has won an appeal against the Paralimni municipality, which failed to return the unused land from an expropriated plot belonging to her father, who had ...

Cyprus’ success in managing scarce water resources could serve as an example for the rest of Europe, the executive director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) Leena Yla-Mononen said on ...

The government of Norway and the European Economic Area (EEA) on Thursday announced the donation of €14.7 million worth of grants to Cyprus, aiming to promote the island’s green transition, ...

Operations at Limassol port resumed on Thursday after the heads of category A transporters’ associations decided to suspend strike measures following consultations with their members. According to government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The employers’ decision to reject the government proposal for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) was “not positive”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday, pointing out that there were more options, which ...

A new bill is being tabled to Parliament on Thursday, introducing tougher penalties against owners of dangerous buildings, following a series of balcony collapses in recent years that put residents ...