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Strengthening Cyprus’ deterrent capability is a top priority for the government, which is why the cabinet has approved the list of armaments the country intends to procure through the EU’...

Police in Limassol were on Thursday intensifying investigations into a series of arson attacks that gutted four vehicles valued at over €1.5 million, among them a Lamborghini, in an incident possibly ...

Cyprus and Lebanon on Wednesday signed an agreement on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two countries and agreed to explore the idea of a Cyprus-Lebanon ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday reiterated that the deputy attorney-general has not submitted his resignation as rumours continued to swirl that the law enforcement official had wanted to quit but ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday denied that deputy Attorney General Savvas Angelides has submitted his resignation, as rumours continue to circulate around the issue. Angelides’ apparent resignation comes amid escalating ...

Is the Great Sea Interconnector unraveling? It depends who you ask. Last week’s talks in Athens, where it was decided to “update the techno-economic” parameters, was seen by many ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday highlighted four key outcomes from his first meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, signalling cautious progress toward restarting Cyprus talks. The meeting, held at ...

The formulation of an intergovernmental agreement between Cyprus and Israel for the management of the Aphrodite-Ishai gas field is in the final stages, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. ...

The defence ministry continues to face organisational issues and structural inertia that in many cases incur a fiscal cost, a report published on Tuesday said. The Audit Office report covers ...

The minimum wage is set to be adjusted and “substantially improved” twice, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said before the House finance committee during its discussion of the ministry’s 2026 budget ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...