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The question of whether Cyprus will accede to Europe’s border-free Schengen zone is “not on the agenda” of the Council of the European Union’s justice and home affairs (...

The Council of the EU on Monday gave the green light to the first five European Defence Projects of Common Interest, covering drones and counter-drone systems, maritime defence, space, air ...

A bicommunal digital project has documented more than 2,000 words in both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot dialects, while using games and AI to keep the island’s linguistic heritage alive ...

Although the Cypriot economy has proved resilient to external shocks, posting positive growth numbers and low unemployment, it remains vulnerable to latent blind spots, the Fiscal Council said on Thursday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of “hypocrisy of the highest form” as he addressed the United Nations general assembly in New York. “I listened ...

Over 205,400 bone marrow donors are currently registered with the Karaiskakio Foundation, which has to date offered more than 1,000 transplants to patients in 36 countries, the foundation said on Monday to mark ...

Israel sees Cyprus as an increasingly important defence partner and believes there is clear potential for the two countries to deepen cooperation between their defence industries, including through joint projects ...

The price of fuel at the pump is expected to increase further in the coming weeks, petrol station owners’ association chairman Savvas Prokopiou warned on Friday, with recent developments in ...

Cyprus intends to submit a bill to parliament in December setting a minimum age of 15 for access to social media, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou confirmed on Thursday. The bill ...

The Cyprus medical association (CyMA) said on Wednesday it is ready to audit doctors working in unlicensed centres, as police in Larnaca pressed ahead with an investigation into two medical ...

The activist group Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Tuesday appealed to MPs to strengthen environmental efforts and protect wildlife, saying lawmakers should not be “misled” by deceptions designed to ...

Akel accused the state of a “scandal of multiple coverups” on Monday, after the anti-corruption authority announced it had ended its investigation into the spy van affair without publishing its ...

Marcus Edwards has committed to playing for Cyprus at international level, the football association (CFA) announced on Sunday, with the attacking midfielder set to join the national team’s upcoming ...

The House’s special committee on the law mandating public officials to declare their wealth and income (pothen esches) has requested an opinion on whether a criminal offence was committed ...

The government supports implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) but takes seriously the project’s economic viability and its impact on consumers, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday. ...

Cyprus is trying to turn migration from something associated almost exclusively with crisis into part of the solution to the country’s labour shortages, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides has ...

Turkey and the occupied north condemned on Sunday a decision by the United States to renew the lifting of defence restrictions on Cyprus, warning the move risks “undermining trust” between ...

Police arrested the parents of a four-year-old boy on Sunday after the child died from a fall at a block of flats in Engomi. The boy fell around 20 metres from ...

The government presented a twelve-year plan worth some €610.9 million to rebuild the livestock sector on Friday, following the foot and mouth disease outbreak that led to the culling of more ...

Israeli defence companies are interested in establishing operations in Cyprus to potentially benefit from the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme, as President Isaac Herzog held talks with President ...

The anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement on the ‘black van’ spying case on Monday, its commissioner Haris Poyiadjis informed the House institutions committee on Wednesday. Poyiadjis was responding to ...

The debate over Cyprus’ high electricity prices has increasingly focused on renewable energy producers and, in particular, whether commercial solar parks are earning excessive returns. This is a legitimate question ...

More than 25 years after the stadium closed and 15 years after plans were drawn up for its redevelopment, the broad concrete terraces and stark steelwork of the old GSP stand like ...

Cyprus is turning to Egypt and India to replenish its construction workforce as employers struggle to replace workers leaving under the government’s Syrian repatriation scheme. Speaking to the Cyprus ...