New app seeks to weed out bad tenants
A new app promises to improve the rental market by filtering out bad tenants – but it’s unlikely to solve the dire situation in Cyprus.
The app is called the ...
Merz praises ‘extremely constructive’ Cypriot approach to Turkey relations
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday praised the “extremely constructive” approach taken by Cyprus regarding relations between the European Union and Turkey, as it prepares to undertake the Council of ...
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Agreement signed over CoLA
An agreement was signed on Thursday to bring to an end the months of wrangling between workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) and set how it is implemented ...
Erhurman offers well wishes in Greek, Turkish, English amid Paphos earthquakes
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday offered his well wishes in both of Cyprus’ official languages – Turkish and Greek – as well as in English, as two strong earthquakes struck ...
Cyprus shaken and flooded on wild Wednesday
A wild Wednesday of weather and seismological activity saw Cyprus struck by two earthquakes measuring above five on the Richter scale, while large swathes of the island were also hit ...
Watchdog flags shameful waste of water
The government’s financial watchdog on Tuesday slammed the Water Development Department (WDD) hard over its lax checks of water usage and its ongoing failure to properly invoice for water ...
Interior ministry presents ambitious plan for 2026
The interior minister on Monday revealed a set of ambitious goals for next year, including making housing affordable and slashing red tape.
Constantinos Ioannou was speaking in parliament during a ...
Learning Greek, speaking Cypriot: what’s wrong with a classroom in dialect?
The Cypriot dialect has travelled a long way from the margins. Once confined to casual conversations and jokes among friends, it is now breaking into public life, heard in radio ...
Economists pour cold water on ‘flagship’ tax plan
Commentators have given the thumbs-down to the coming changes to the tax regime – not so much for any major errors in it, but because it falls short of the government ...
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Five Greek Cypriots found not guilty by military court in north
Greek Cypriots found not guilty
By Tom Cleaver
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were on Friday found not guilty of the charges they ...
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Workers accept, employers reject govt proposal for CoLA
Trade unions on Wednesday accepted the government’s proposal for the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), while employers’ organisations rejected it.
“The trade union movement, in a spirit of ...
Plan unveiled to send Israeli gas to Cyprus
Greek-owned energy company Energean PLC on Monday confirmed it has signed a letter of intent with a Cypriot company for the potential supply of natural gas to Cyprus via pipeline.
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Reshaping European energy in an age of uncertainty
Cyprus will be assuming the Presidency of the Council of the EU during the first half of 2026. In order to enable discussion of the aims and priorities of the incoming ...
Make it rain: is cloud seeding the way forwards?
With expectations for a fourth winter of drought ahead and the island’s dams at very low capacity, the agriculture ministry said this week it is examining using cloud seeding ...
Cyprus to rely entirely on desalinated water
The government plans to cover Cyprus’ entire drinking water supply with desalinated water, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday.
Addressing the House finance committee with her ministry’s budget ...
Erhurman meets Diagne, announces first Holguin meeting for December
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday announced that he will meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin for the first time in December, most likely on December 5.
He made ...
MP warns of ‘fiscal nuclear bomb’ from LNG and interconnector projects
A “fiscal nuclear bomb” looms over Cyprus due to the risks attached to the LNG import project at Vasiliko as well as the Great Sea Interconnector, an opposition MP said ...
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Christodoulides calls for ‘immediate’ response from MPs to pass tax reform
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday called for an “immediate” response from parliament to pass his tax reform plans into law, to allow them to be implemented by the beginning of ...
Cyprus moves up a place to 30th in world rule of law index
Cyprus was ranked 30th out of 143 countries in this year’s edition of the World Justice Project (WJP)’s annual rule of law index, moving up a single place since ...
Without rain, ‘water could run out’
Rainfall this winter could be scant, perhaps even less than last year, a senior officer at the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Monday.
Speaking to the public broadcaster, Yianna ...
Cyprus bewitched by the lure of gold
We often hear about the high price of gold. But it’s only after looking at the relevant charts (here, for instance) that you realise what a truly historic moment ...
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Aykut jailed for five years
Israeli property developer Simon Aykut was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison, after having last week pled guilty to a total of 40 of the charges he faced related ...
Organised crime in Cyprus now ‘often a foreign import’
Organised crime in Cyprus is now often imported from abroad, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday.
Addressing a behind-closed-doors session of the House legal committee held in light of ...
Cyprus has not been ‘left without water’
The government on Tuesday sought to downplay worries that – amid the persistent drought – Cyprus will dry out, insisting it has taken a series of actions ensuring adequate water supply.
But ...