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‘Government never questioned political equality of T Cypriots’
The government has never questioned the notion of political equality of Turkish Cypriots, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, said on Thursday. Reactions to President Nicos Anastasiades’ proposal...
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‘Time is ripe to press on with local government reform’
After many years of parliamentary deliberations and multiple conducted studies, the time is now ripe to press on with a radical reform of Cyprus’ local government structure, Interior Minister...
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‘Government crueller than banks’
MPS on Thursday lashed out at Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, who told the House watchdog committee that if it were up to him he would close down even more Cooperative Bank branches. The minister...
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Cobalt still leasing one of its planes
Despite having had its operating license revoked, grounded Cobalt Air remains a going concern and has retained its air operator’s certificate (AOC), the Cyprus Mail has learned. In the meantime, the...
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Swift response prevented bad injuries in truck blast (Updated)
The explosion in which two people were injured in Limassol on Friday morning could have been much worse if it wasn’t for the swift response by a police officer and public workers. The off-duty officer...
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Hellenic introduces mobile banking units
The first mobile banking unit (MBU) of Hellenic Bank was presented at the Aes Ambelis winery in Klirou on Friday morning. The big vehicle will officially start its rounds of villages around the island...
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Funds needed to guard government exam papers from cheats (Updated)
The education ministry is seeking €24,000 from the finance ministry to cover the costs of guarding exam papers ahead of the upcoming government placement tests, the first for eight years. In a letter...
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Cyprus has the lowest birth rate in the world (Updated)
Cyprus has the lowest fertility rate in the world, research just published in the Lancet has found. Cypriot women are having on average just one child in their lifetime, way below the replacement level...
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Archbishop sits on the fence in Russian-Ukraine religious fight
The Church of Cyprus on Friday said that it has excellent relations with all Christian Orthodox churches, after reports that the Russian ambassador to Nicosia said that Archbishop Chrysostomos has...
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US energy official to tour East Med
US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon will travel to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Nicosia, and Cairo starting Monday, November 11 to 20, the State Department announced on...
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Trump, Macron agree on defence after ‘insulting’ European army spat
U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron agreed on Saturday on the need for more European defence spending, papering over an earlier Trump tweet that had described Macron’s call for a...
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Billions lost in cash crackdown on money laundering
EVEN depositing the cash received for your wedding, a fairly simple banking task in the past, has apparently become arduous in recent days, as lenders enforce strict anti-money laundering rules in a...
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FM outlines prospects for resumption of Cyprus talks
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Jane Hol Lute is expected to hold a new round of contacts to agree on the terms of reference that will lead to the resumption of the Cyprus talks, Foreign...
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Cypriot students abroad: a new meaning to sticking with your own
When Cypriot students go to the UK to study, they tend to go tribal. The Greek Cypriots seek comfort in Greek and Hellenic societies; the Turkish Cypriots cuddle up to Turkish ones. By themselves for...
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Bicommunal start-up leading the way
“Entrepreneurs find solutions where politicians stop at a roadblock,” says Steven Stavrou, co-founder of Cyprusinno. He was talking about the success story of the bicommunal startup which he founded...
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Christmas gift of love appeal for Paphos children underway
An appeal to ensure that hundreds of children of needy families in Paphos will receive a gift bag of presents this Christmas is underway. For the sixth year in a row, a ‘Gift of Love’ volunteers, which...
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Tribeca officials to arrive in Cyprus Tuesday
Representatives of world-renowned American film company Tribeca will be on the island from Tuesday to look at the possibility of staging a major film festival here. During the visit, the Tribeca...
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New crossings open at Dherynia and Lefka–Apliki (Update 3)
More than three years after the Cypriot leaders agreed to open checkpoints at Dherynia on the east coast and Lefka-Aplikli some 50km from the capital, hundreds of people from both sides queued up early...
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Exxon drillship on location in block 10
By Elias Hazou The Stena Icemax drillship has arrived on location in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 and is preparing to bore down into the seabed, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Monday. He was...
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Anastasiades seeking ‘right conditions’ for talks
By George Psyllides President Nicos Anastasiades is seeking the resumption of reunification talks under the right conditions, the government spokesman said on Monday, after a national council meeting....
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