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Doctors to protest arrest of medics over boy’s death (Update 3)
The situation in public hospitals cannot be used as an excuse for medical mistakes, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou charged on Monday, as state doctors’ union Pasyki announced a two-hour strike to...
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Auditor highlights strange goings on at pharmaceutical services
A lack of transparency in how it conducts its affairs has led the Pharmaceutical Services (PS) to overpay for office space and storage space, the auditor-general has said. The central offices of the PS...
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New incident with injured pupil (update)
The health ministry on Tuesday denied claims by parents that a pupil was seriously injured in a school accident the previous day and was not treated properly at Nicosia general hospital. On Monday, the...
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Cyprus to forge ahead with natural gas plans, govt. spokesman says
The Republic of Cyprus will forge ahead with natural gas plans, having international law and the international community on its side, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday. He was...
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Party leaders wade into vacant seat row
MEP Eleni Theocharous on Tuesday appeared to shoot herself in the foot by implying that the seat she won in the European Parliament in 2014, running on the Disy ticket, was hers rather than the...
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Paphos Muslims left with no worship space for Ramadan
Muslims in Paphos are calling on authorities to speed up ongoing upgrading work in the area of the Paphos Mosque, which has almost ground to a halt, saying it is affecting their ability to pray and...
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Club 18-30 closure welcomed in Ayia Napa
The mayor and tourism board of Ayia Napa on Tuesday welcomed news that Thomas Cook will axe its once popular Club 18-30 holidays, describing as a positive move that the holidays for young clubbers may...
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Doctors say strike highlights impossible working conditions
The two-hour strike at state hospitals was staged to sensitise the government to the problems faced by the sector, doctors said on Wednesday, as they demanded the decriminalisation of medical acts in...
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Discussions on minimum wage will start, minister says
Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Wednesday that a dialogue would be launched with stakeholders for the introduction of a national minimum wage. One of the reasons this has not been made...
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School safety in the spotlight after boy’s death
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said on Wednesday he has received the findings of the investigation he had ordered into the accident of 10-year-old Stavros Giorgallis who died on Friday after...
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Animal Party calls for ‘miserable’ dog shelter to be shut
The Animal Party on Wednesday said a dog pound in the Larnaca district was keeping its animals in horrific conditions and should be shut immediately. It said it strongly opposed the decision by the...
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Co-op proposals under scrutiny from supervisors
Bank supervisors were studying the two binding proposals from prospective investors on Thursday, as one of the bidders, Hellenic Bank, has had its titles suspended by the stock market until it provides...
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Doctors deny negligence charges in boy’s death, teacher under disciplinary...
Two state doctors denied charges on Thursday in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy last week, while a disciplinary probe against his teacher was set to begin. The two doctors, 37, and 65,...
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Koursoumba accuses audit boss of ‘feeding society’s thirst for gossip’
By Andria Kades Law Commissioner Leda Koursoumba has been using a work vehicle for personal use and illegally getting a messenger to be her driver, the auditor-general said on Thursday. In an...
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Iuliana killer jailed for 29 years, parents’ dream was for her to come back...
The killer of pub worker Iuliana Tudos, a Moldovan citizen born in Russia and adopted by her Cypriot step-father was jailed in Britain on Thursday for 29 years, the UK Press Association reported. The...
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Hospital autonomy will be a long process, minister says
By Evie Andreou Hospital autonomy, the first step toward the implementation of the National Health Scheme (Gesy) will be a long process, especially in secondary and tertiary healthcare, but efforts are...
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MEP raises Magnitsky case with AG as Cyprus launches PR crusade
By Stelios Orphanides As Cyprus launches a public relations campaign abroad to improve its reputation as a regional financial centre, focusing on its activities in combating money laundering, legacy...
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Ambulance service inundated with calls from jittery parents and teachers
Authorities urged people on Friday to refrain from calling the ambulance service for non-emergencies, after receiving scores of calls daily from jittery parents and teachers for minor injuries...
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Cyprus disagrees with any EU suspension of turtle-dove hunting
By Evie Andreou The game service said on Friday that it disagreed with the possible suspension of turtle-dove hunting on the instructions of EU agencies over what Brussels describes as alarmingly...
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Number of important road projects to get underway, MPs hear
By Evie Andreou Transport Minister, Vasiliki Anastasiadou announced on Friday that a number of important projects concerning the road network would get underway this year including the installation on...
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