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TC police found guilty of using excessive violence
Judge rules against Turkish Cypriot police for ‘despotic’ role in 2011 anti-Erdogan demonstrations By Esra Aygin In a landmark decision last week, a Turkish Cypriot court ruled that police, by...
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Cyprus receives warning over recycling failure
An early warning has been issued by the European Commission to Cyprus as it is among member states at the greatest risk of failing to meet the EU’s 2020 recycling targets for municipal waste. The four...
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Indonesian plane with 189 aboard crashes into sea near Jakarta
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on Monday soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta, on a flight to a tin-mining region, officials said. Indonesia’s...
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Double murder trial to start in Nicosia
The trial of a man charged with committing a double murder in Strovolos in April will start on Monday morning in Nicosia. Loizos Tzionis, 33, has admitted to killing teacher Giorgos Hadjigeorgiou, 60,...
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Main defendant in double murder to change plea (updated)
The main defendant in the brutal double murder of a husband and wife in April in Nicosia informed the court on Monday that he planned to change his plea in some of the charges he had previously pleaded...
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Finance minister stresses economic growth and a balanced budget
Economic growth is expected to exceed three per cent over the next three years, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades told MPs on Monday. He stressed that the state from now on needs to focus on tertiary...
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EU green light expected for contentious bad loan payback scheme
A scheme aimed at helping vulnerable homeowners repay their mortgages is expected to receive the green light from the European Commission sometime in November without any radical changes, Finance...
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Private doctors’ demands over Gesy impossible says minister
The standoff in the health sector intensified on Monday after the government dismissed as impossible some of the demands private doctors have made in exchange for taking part in the National Health...
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Police to target mobile phone use while driving
More than one quarter of fatal road accident victims so far this year were people up to 25 years old, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Monday at the launch of a week-long campaign clamping down...
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Rescued Syrians to seek asylum
A group of 17 Syrian refugees who had been rescued off the Cape Greco coast on Monday afternoon intend to apply for political asylum, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. Their boat had been...
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Turkish ship to drill for oil and gas in Mediterranean -minister
A Turkish ship will start drilling for oil and gas in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, a move that could create tensions with neighbouring Cyprus and Greece over...
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Poed calls for ‘objective’ probe into girl with Down syndrome
Primary education teachers’ union Poed on Tuesday urged the education ministry to carry out an “objective” probe into the alleged marginalisation of an eight-year-old girl with Down’s syndrome at her...
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FM admits American helicopters operated out of Cyprus
Foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides conceded on Tuesday that American helicopters were in fact operating out of the island but insisted there was no United States airbase per se in Cyprus. The...
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UN Security Council welcomes secretary general’s report
The UN Security Council on Tuesday welcomed the UN Secretary General’s latest report as well as his decision to continue efforts towards reigniting negotiations between the two communities through his...
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Two services in Paphos to mark Remembrance Day
Two separate services to mark Remembrance Day will be held in Paphos to honour fallen servicemen and women on Sunday November 11 in Peyia and Paphos. For the fifth year the Royal British Legion Paphos...
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Employees of support company on strike demanding unpaid wages from defunct...
Employees of Ten Group Services, which offers support to J&P Overseas that is currently under liquidation, went on strike on Wednesday morning outside the company’s offices in Nicosia demanding...
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Lute stays mum after ‘very productive meeting’ (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting on Wednesday with the UN secretary-general’s envoy, Jane Holl Lute, lasted around two hours but she left without making any comments. Lute arrived in Cyprus late...
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Fire dept lacks equipment to deal with high-rise accidents
The fire department does not yet have the right equipment to deal with incidents on the higher storeys of Limassol’s high-rises, but Tuesday’s labour accident could have been easily resolved if the...
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Christmas present promise for trapped property owners
Parties on Wednesday said they intend to resolve the title deeds mess by Christmas, as ruling Disy chief Averof Neophytou warned banks not to go back on a pledge they had given in July or he will...
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New government helpline available 12 hours a day, every day
A new government telephone service is now in place to serve the public every day of the week, the department of public administration announced on Wednesday. By dialling 1434 the public can contact the...
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