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Nearly three quarters of hotels had no valid operating licence in 2016
Some 73 per cent of hotels and 36 per cent of leisure centres operated without a licence in 2016, the audit office said in a special report on the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) published on...
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Holy Synod defrocks priest who sexually assaulted girl (update 3)
The Church Holy Synod on Wednesday defrocked a priest who did prison time for sexually assaulting a girl he had fostered and who later took her own life. The case had been referred to the Synod’s...
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British envoy urges peace process to start quickly
Whatever is going to happen with the resumption of Cyprus talks, should happen quickly, outgoing British High Commissioner in Nicosia, Mathew Kidd, said on Wednesday. The challenge of making progress...
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Push to establish special court to speed up asylum cases
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou presented a new bill on Wednesday to establish a new court to decide appeals of third-country nationals who have not been granted international protection status....
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EU push for ‘good’ part of Co-op to merge with local lender
The European Central Bank (ECB) seems to favour merging the performing operations of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) with another Cypriot lender, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Thursday....
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Antiquities department sorry for mosaic cleaning blunder
The Antiquities Department said on Wednesday that cleaning the delicate mosaics in Kato Paphos with a metal dust pan had been an ‘unfortunate event’ and contrary to instructions. The department was...
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Murdered teacher had 25-30 stab wounds, his wife 10 (Update 4)
By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides A school teacher and his wife, aged 60 and 59, were found in a pool of blood after having been stabbed multiple times with a knife in their bedroom in Strovolos,...
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Call for review of Hermes deal with the state on Tymbou compensation
By George Psyllides SINCE 2006, the state has paid €46m to airport operator Hermes as compensation for loss of revenue due to the operation of an airport in Tymbou (Ercan), in the Turkish-occupied...
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EU countries granted protection status to 538,000 asylum seekers in 2017,...
The 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) granted protection status to 538,000 asylum seekers in 2017, down by almost 25 per cent from 2016, according to Eurostat, the statistical service of the...
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Three investors interested in co-op bank
Three investors are interested in the co-op bank, as the procedure to dispose of the state-controlled lender enters its final stretch, it was reported on Friday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, by...
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President stresses need for solidarity to Commonwealth
President Nicos Anastasiades told Commonwealth leaders on Friday how important it was for them to publicly express solidarity with Cyprus’ exercise of its sovereign rights. In his address to the...
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Golden passport holders remain ‘secret’
Parliament on Friday rejected a Green party proposal to publish the names of foreign nationals who have been granted citizenships by Cyprus either as an honour or as part of a government scheme to...
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Leaked church minutes over defrocked priest linked to succession game, says...
The minutes of a 2015 meeting of the Holy Synod on whether a priest who had served a prison sentence for the sexual assault of a girl he had fostered should be defrocked were leaked because of power...
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Second post-mortem on couple murdered in Strovolos (Updated)
A second post-mortem was carried out on the couple found dead at their home in Strovolos on Thursday, police said on Saturday. The second examination was conducted by pathologist Chara Spiliopoulou,...
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Fitch upgrades Cyprus to one step below investment grade
Fitch has upgraded its rating on Cyprus’ to ‘BB+’ from ‘BB’ because of the country’s strong cyclical economic recovery and prudent fiscal policy. Fitch’s rating on Cyprus is now just one step below...
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Saddled with waste from new plant
Unable so far to find takers for the by-products generated at the municipal waste treatment plant at Pentakomo, the government has resorted to a temporary fix, allowing the by-products to be buried...
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Human rights violations in the Republic include instances of corruption and...
The most significant human rights issues observed in Cyprus last year included instances of corruption and societal violence against members of minority ethnic and national groups, said the State...
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President to brief Edek and Diko leaders
President Nicos Anastasiades will meet separately on Monday with Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos and Diko chief Nikolas Papadopoulos to brief them on last week’s dinner with Turkish Cypriot leader...
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Institute leads the way in uncovering the secrets of art
By Annette Chrysostomou President Nicos Anastasiades couldn’t have put it better when last week he lamented the Cyprus Institute’s lack of visibility among the public. “It is a pity that with so many...
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Police to decide when son of murder couple will testify (Updated)
Police investigators are the ones to decide when the 15-year-old son of the couple found fatally stabbed in their bedroom in their Strovolos home last Thursday is to testify, it was announced on...
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