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Turkey pays Greek Cypriot refugee who sought compensation
Turkey has paid the compensation and legal expenses awarded to a Greek Cypriot refugee by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a land case in which it also ruled that a property commission in...
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North monitoring arrest of Turk in Republic
The north is closely observing developments surrounding Yilmaz Gumus, a wanted Turkish national who was arrested in the Republic, reports said on Friday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen,...
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State backs plans for multiple high-rise buildings
The government issued building permits for 25 high-rise buildings in the first three months of the year and 60 more are pending, most of them in Limassol, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said...
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Shelter for retired racehorses in the works
The Animal Party announced that it is pushing for the creation of a shelter for retired racehorses. After about a year of exploring the idea and meetings with a number of groups and organisations some...
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DBRS upgrades Cyprus’ long-term foreign and local currency
DBRS Ratings Limited has upgraded Cyprus’ long-term foreign and local currency – issuer ratings from BB (low) to BB and maintained the positive trend. DBRS also confirmed the short-term foreign and...
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Ireland ends abortion ban as ‘quiet revolution’ transforms country
Ireland has voted by a landslide to liberalise some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws in what its prime minister described as the culmination of a “quiet revolution” in what was one of...
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Cyprus wants to be part of space development, minister says
Cyprus wants to be part of the space development and benefit from the space systems that are essential for the wellbeing and security of the European citizens, Minister of Transport, Vassiliki...
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Primary school teachers blame minister for spat
Primary education teachers blamed the minister on Saturday for a bitter public spat that broke out between them and him after the death of a 10-year-old boy who suffered a head injury while playing...
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Expats – How to ensure your post-Brexit rights
Britain’s top diplomat in Cyprus did much to reassure expats this week that Brexit will not affect their lives – but many remain confused about the precise paperwork they need to confirm their...
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Confusion over data protection
Although regulation for GDPR was passed two years ago, it has really only been the last few weeks that the public realised something was going on – primarily through a slew of text messages and emails...
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The Nicosia challenge: building the new on top of the old
While archaeological remains are a vital testament to Cyprus’ rich history which must be preserved, all too often they can pose an unenviable challenge for town planners and architects. The need to...
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President has another dig at unions
The mistake of doctors’ and teachers’ unions was that instead of first demanding a probe into the circumstances of the death of the 10-year-old schoolboy, they criticised the competent ministers for...
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How 20th century buildings reflected a desire to be European
A new book provides an insight into how architecture reflects the political, economic and social life of a country. Costas Georghiou, architect and town planner, has written about buildings in Cyprus...
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Cyprus gaining ground in space tech services
Cyprus is gaining ground in the field of space technology services, and had already granted ten licences to organisations to launch telecommunication satellites using the space that Cyprus has secured...
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European governments need to do more for internally displaced persons, CoE says
By the end of 2017, there were close to four million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Europe, mostly in Ukraine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of...
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Cyprus honours UK Cypriot who won best teacher in the world award
By Annette Chrysostomou UK Cypriot teacher Andria Zafirakou who was voted the most outstanding teacher in the world this year was honoured at a special ceremony by Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris...
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Cyprus mulls next steps after former TMT member talks about killing Greek...
By Evie Andreou The Republic of Cyprus is asking from Turkey the effective investigation of all war crimes, Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou said on Tuesday following the...
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Cyprus finds its economy entangled in US-Russia tug-of-war
By Stelios Orphanides While the increasingly stricter anti-money laundering (AML) practices applied in the Cypriot financial system in recent years are already disgruntling businesses, the island’s...
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Edek leader denies helping relative get Turkish Cypriot property
Edek chairman Marinos Sizopoulos denied wrongdoing on Tuesday over accusations voiced by Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos that he had intervened to help a relative, a known painter, acquire Turkish...
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New national lifeguard plan to be rolled out this summer
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday unveiled a national beach safety plan, the first comprehensive scheme of its kind, that will be rolled out this summer. The €3m scheme dubbed Salamis...
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