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Union urges government to protect Turkish Cypriot journos, as Ankara tightens...
The journalists’ union called on the government on Tuesday to take steps to protect two Turkish Cypriot reporters who face trial in Turkey over their criticism of Ankara’s military operation in Syria...
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Thousands gather to stand by Greece (Update 1)
Thousands of people gathered on Tuesday as the sun set over Nicosia municipal gardens to stand by Greece and support the people affected by wildfires that hit the eastern Attica region last Monday,...
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Talks between unions and education ministry to start Wednesday
Talks between teachers unions and the education ministry kick off on Wednesday at 1pm in a bid to resolve differences over reforms the government wants to apply. Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris...
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Fifteen years for Indian man who killed compatriot
A 22-year-old Indian man was jailed for 15 years on Wednesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with the death of a compatriot in January 2017 who had been stabbed...
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Cyprus refers Levent case to OSCE (Update 2)
Cyprus on Wednesday said it had referred the attempted prosecution in Turkey of Turkish Cypriot newspaper Afrika and its journalists Sener Levent and Ali Osman to the Organisation for Security and...
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Co-op workers start pondering voluntary retirement scheme
Co-op workers now have two weeks to decide whether to accept the voluntary retirement scheme negotiated by the bank with unions, a union leader said on Wednesday. The scheme, which provides for...
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Nicosia signs contract for city centre revamp
The Nicosia municipality on Wednesday signed the contracts for the first stage of revamping the capital’s one-time commercial centre with work set to start in September this year. The contract for the...
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Erdogan closing net on Turkish Cypriots
By Esra Aygin Turkish investigations and detentions targeting Turkish Cypriot academics and journalists have alarmed the Turkish Cypriot community and caused fear that Ankara has turned its...
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Greek Cypriots spent €5.3m on cheap fuel in north in one month
The Consumers’ Association said on Wednesday that Greek Cypriots spent over €5.3m in the north last month on purchasing petrol and diesel fuel. According to the association’s fuel retail price...
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Banks raise charges to offset decline in interest income
Declining net interest income has forced banks to raise charges and readjust their interest rates on deposits and loans, as rates in the euro area remain at historic low levels. On Wednesday, new...
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Drugs defendants acquitted after evidence burns in court fire, state to...
The state will appeal a criminal court decision to acquit two defendants charged with drugs trafficking offences after the evidence in the case was destroyed in a courthouse fire earlier this year, the...
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Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot, WW II vets, meet for the first time in 70...
By Lizzy Ioannidou A Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot who fought side by side in World War II only to find themselves in opposite camps in 1974, have reconnected for the first time after over 70...
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Co-op tenants in Limassol face eviction
By Lizzy Ioannidou Tenants living in apartment buildings behind the Limassol Co-operative Savings Bank on Gladstonos Street in Limassol have been left panic-stricken after receiving warning notices...
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Inquiry into co-op collapse starts (updt)
An independent committee tasked with investigating the collapse of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) started its hearings in Nicosia on Friday. Testifying before the panel on the first day will be...
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Peyia murder trial adjourned
The trial of a 35-year-old man accused of deliberately hitting two Britons with his car, killing one of them in June, was adjourned in Paphos on Friday pending completion of the case file. The Paphos...
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Court says Cyprus can help Russia in Browder case (Update 2)
The Nicosia district court on Friday denied a request by Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder for an order banning Cypriot authorities from cooperating with Russia in a probe against him. The court...
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Former Co-op officials point finger at Hadjiyiannis (Update 3)
By Stelios Orphanides TWO former Co-op officials who testified on the first day of hearings of an investigative committee, pointed their fingers at Nicholas Hadjiyiannis, the childhood friend of...
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Former deputy AG released from jail
The parole board on Friday reportedly released disgraced former attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou from jail where he was sent in March 2017 for 3.5 years after he was found guilty of corruption....
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Police now seeking more sophisticated speed-camera system
By Kristian Chrysostomou Police have asked the transport ministry to install more sophisticated cameras which as well as recording speed, can also check for other crimes such as not wearing a seatbelt...
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Nicosia municipality assures residents as more works loom
By Annette Chrysostomou The Nicosia city-centre overhaul which includes works on Makarios avenue, Stasicratous street and Evagoras avenue will not unduly inconvenience residents and shop owners,...
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