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Deputies decided to deal with the issue of their so-called parliamentary immunity, after the allegations of violent behaviour made against Disy deputy Nikos Sykas by his partner. It was not ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Friday announced plans for the north to create its own credit card system. Speaking at a joint press conference with Turkish Vice President ...

Cyprus is “the most important element of Greek foreign policy”, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Friday. Addressing his country’s parliament, he said that the island constitutes “the ...

The social support body never received any donations in cash, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday, as the government continues to face criticism over a video widely shared on ...

Cypriot member of the European parliament Geadis Geadi has signed a motion of no confidence against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which is set to be voted upon ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday promised that during Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency, he will work to solve ...

The European Union’s 26 commissioners were taken on a tour of the Green Line which separates Cyprus’ two sides in Nicosia’s old town on Friday. They were guided around ...

Pending the review of studies concerning the stalled Great Sea Interconnector project to link the electricity grids of Greece and Cyprus, the regulatory authorities of Cyprus and Israel are making ...

Della becomes the first ever Cypriot to be nominated for and win a Music Moves Europe Award, announced on Thursday night at the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) awards ceremony in Groningen, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday reaffirmed their shared position that participation in talks does not imply any retreat from demands for equal ...

The body of former president George Vassiliou, who passed away on Tuesday night aged 94, lay in state at the Ayia Sofia cathedral in Nicosia on Friday ahead of his state ...

The UK foreign office has issued travel advice for at least 18 countries in the Middle East, including Cyprus, due to “a heightened risk of regional tension”, particularly regarding Iran. “There ...

Police have launched an official investigation into allegations of exploitation and sexual harassment of young British women in Ayia Napa, following a Channel 4 documentary and related material circulating on social ...

Parliament on Thursday began discussing proposed legislation to curb the sale of real estate to non-Cypriot nationals, with some MPs even calling the matter one of national security. Aristos Damianou, ...

Members of the Iranian community in Cyprus have stepped up calls for political action as protests inside Iran intensify, urging the government to take a public stance in support of ...

By a unanimous decision the Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the parliamentary immunity of Disy MP Nikos Sykas, allowing authorities to investigate allegations that he exercised physical violence against his ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Commissioners arrived at the Limassol port on Thursday for a conference marking a key moment in Cyprus’s ...

Twenty-eight private schools across Cyprus have applied to expand or develop their facilities under a new urban planning incentive scheme introduced by the interior ministry. Ten applications have been approved, ...

The EU-Mercosur agreement was scrutinised on Wednesday at the House agriculture committee, focusing on the impact it will have on the rural economy, with minister Maria Panayiotou assuring that the ...

The minaret at a mosque in Cyprus which was built with funding from the Libyan government of Muammar Gaddafi will not be demolished, the north’s religious affairs directorate said ...

The body of a man of unknown identity was discovered on Wednesday afternoon in the coastal area of Avdimou, prompting an immediate response from the police, who could not yet ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ monthly salary is €14,401 per month as of January, the treasury announced on Wednesday. After tax, he earns €9,145 a month, and while his gross salary is the highest ...

The state funeral of former president George Vassiliou, who passed away on Tuesday night aged 94, will be held on Saturday in Strovolos. The service will take place at 1pm at ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Wednesday said he is “satisfied” with efforts made by MPs with the aim of bringing about a bill which will limit their own parliamentary immunity to ...