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Two dead after pick-up smashes into lorry on motorway (update 2)
Two people were killed and two others were injured on Tuesday after a pick-up truck smashed into the back of a lorry on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, causing a massive traffic jam. A taxi was driving...
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MPs need more time on Airbnb bill
Lawmakers on Tuesday said they needed more time to tweak a bill that proposes to regulate and tax short-term Airbnb-style property rentals. The legislative proposal – made by Disy’s Averof Neophytou...
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Anastasiades to brief party leaders on New York contacts (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades will brief the political party leaders next week on his contacts in New York, it emerged on Wednesday. He will inform the leaders of his meeting with UN Secretary-General...
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Fire service gets 30 calls for help and tackled 15 fires in 24 hours
The fire service responded to a number of calls in the 24 hours up until Wednesday morning, they announced. In total, from 6am on Tuesday until 6am on Wednesday, the fire service responded to a total...
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Public cooperation and improved response kept fire numbers down
The public’s cooperation has been crucial in dealing with cases of serial arson that marked this summer’s fire season, according to fire department chief Markos Trangolas. “This summer we had two...
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Cabinet looking for gas licensees for Block 7 (Updated)
The energy minister announced on Monday Cyprus will be seeking bidders for a €300m project to facilitate natural gas imports and will also invite energy companies to express interest in another...
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Pessimistic party leaders say solution slipping away
Five days ahead of a party-leaders briefing by President Nicos Anastasiades on his contacts in New York last week, the leaders of the two main parties, ruling Disy and opposition Akel, on Wednesday...
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Electricity bills to rise by 6.72 per cent
The average household can expect an increase of 6.72 per cent on their bimonthly October electricity bill compared to their last bill in August, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has...
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Security Council to discuss UNSG’s Cyprus report on October 30
A report by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on his Good Office’s mission in Cyprus is set to be discussed by the Security Council level on October 30. The report will have to be submitted to the...
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Kidnapping suspect to face trial before criminal court
A 35-year-old man suspected of kidnapping two boys, 11, from their school in Larnaca last week was on Thursday referred to trial before a criminal court. The trial will start on November 5. The suspect...
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Research shows Cyprus artefacts used for opiates, not perfume
For the first time ever, researchers have found traces of opiates in a vessel dating from the late Bronze Age, in Cyprus. The findings by researchers from the University of York and the British museum...
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Security to be stepped up in public schools
The adoption of a series of measures to raise security levels, including installing fences in schools, is underway it was announced on Thursday following a meeting between the education ministry,...
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Turkish Cypriot side ask for Unficyp camp to be removed
Authorities in the north have requested the removal of an Unficyp camp located near a university in Famagusta in the north so that they can turn it into a park for residents in the area, it was...
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Potential for progress on Cyprus in 2019 is ‘slim’, outlook predicts
The potential for progress towards the reunification of Cyprus will be slim in 2019, as domestic issues take precedence in both Greece and Turkey, and hydrocarbons exploration has the potential for a...
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Health scheme on track, minister says
By Evie Andreou Health Minister, Constantinos Ioannou, on Thursday dismissed as nonsense, claims that state hospitals have collapsed but admitting that problems do exist but were on the way to being...
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EAC boss says ‘unable bring down prices’
By Elias Hazou POLITICIANS on Thursday heave-hoed about rising electricity bills, only to be told that at the moment the state power corporation was unable to cut its rates. “The government must...
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Businessman Photos Photiades dies
Renowned businessman Photos Photiades, who secured the first licence to produce Carlsberg beer outside Denmark, died early on Friday morning at the age of 98. No other details were made available...
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ExxonMobil to drill by year’s end (Updated)
Amid renewed Turkish threats, energy giant ExxonMobil plans to carry out an exploratory drill at a prospect off Cyprus sometime in the fourth quarter, a senior official said on Friday, after a meeting...
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‘Not even God himself’ could remove political parties from co-ops (Updated)
By George Psyllides NOT even God himself could remove political parties from co-op banks, former minister Nicos Rolandis said on Friday, describing the sector as a chronic patient controlled by friends...
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Government bows to parents, postpones exam plans (Updated)
By Evie Andreou and Lizzy Ioannidou The government on Friday announced that it would postpone for a year the introduction of four-monthly exams in secondary state schools following reactions by...
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