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High school students stage two hour walk out
Students across the island staged a two hour walk out on Friday, co-ordinated by student group Psem to protest plans by the education ministry to implement twice-yearly exams from the next academic...
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Tighter controls on sex offenders in the works, Nicolaou says
A bill to amend the existing law on the Prevention and Combating of Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography, provides for victims to be informed of the release date...
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Police still seeking two men suspected of illegally adopting baby
Authorities on Friday detained a 47-year-old Filipina and were seeking two men in a same sex partnership suspected of illegally adopting a baby brought by the woman from her country in 2017. The woman...
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Gesy: a sick system from its inception, private hospitals say
THE private hospitals’ association (Pasin) on Friday criticised the government for cultivating “super expectations” among the public on the national health scheme (Gesy) through populism and...
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Many rural roads closed due to overflowing rivers
Roads in rural areas have closed due to overflowing rivers and mudslides, police said on Saturday. According to authorities the Ayia Marina-Peristerona road, the Kambos-Ayia Varvara road, and the...
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BoC CEO ‘outraged’ over claims of preferential treatment (V)
John Hourican, the Bank of Cyprus’ CEO, said on Saturday he was outraged over allegations the bank has given preferential treatment to individuals with high-level positions in society, following the...
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Turkish Cypriot on Akel ballot for EU elections
Main opposition party, Akel, announced on Saturday their candidates for the European parliamentary elections to be held in May and have included Turkish Cypriot academic Niyazi Kizilyurek on their...
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Clerides: a ‘hopeless’ attempt to show my role in Nicolatos case
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has criticised as ‘hopeless’ a headline in daily Politis on Saturday, after the newspaper said he had long been aware supreme court president Myron Nicolatos had...
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Child rapist was allowed public access to children
By Ioannis Androlikou A convicted child rapist has been allowed to take children on horse and carriage rides along the Paphos coast and in Peyia since 2014 because a series of legal loopholes meant he...
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As reservoirs fill, desalination plants go into overdrive
By Lizzy Ioannidou It’s been the rainiest January in 30 years with water pouring into the island’s reservoirs, yet rather than this being an opportunity to decrease dependence on costly and...
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Akinci hits out at Ozersay (Updated with full comments)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci hit out at his ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay on Sunday through his Facebook page over the latter’s view on the Cyprus negotiations. A translation from Turkish...
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Markides says supreme court chief should not be pressured to resign
Former Attorney-general Alecos Markides believes Supreme Court President Myron Nicolatos should not resign but he conceded the judicial system needed an overhaul given some outdated attitudes that are...
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Yermasoyia dam overflows, first time in seven years (Update 2)
Reservoirs around the island are now 51.8 per cent full, senior official from the Water Development Department Phedros Roussis announced on Monday morning. The amount of water in all of them combined...
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Phase two of Nicosia ‘commercial triangle’ revamp starts Friday, traffic flow...
Work is due to begin in on January 25, on phase two of Nicosia’s ‘commercial triangle’, the conjunction of Makarios Avenue, Evagoras and Stasikratous, which also encompasses several sidestreets, the...
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First day for private doctors to say if they want to be Gesy GPs (Updated)
Monday was the first day for private doctors to say they want to register to work as family physicians (GPs) and paediatricians under the National Health Scheme (Gesy) with authorities saying they were...
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MPs green light first batch of Estia funds
Legislators on Monday gave the nod to the release of the first €33m in taxpayers’ money to fund the ‘Estia’ debt-relief scheme for vulnerable homeowners. At the House finance committee, Disy, Diko...
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Government says it cannot interfere in supreme court wrangle
The government warned anew on Monday that the Cypriot justice system would collapse if it was not overhauled, but it admitted there was little it could do over recent allegations suggesting conflict of...
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EU sees crime risks from Malta, Cyprus schemes to sell passports (Updated)
The European Commission will warn that schemes in EU states to sell citizenship or residence to wealthy individuals could help foreign organised crime groups infiltrate the bloc and increase the risk...
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Cyprus and US dubbed ‘flawed democracies’ by the Economist
By Jean Christou Cyprus is a flawed democracy, ranking 35th in the world and 19th in western Europe, according to an annual democracy index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Monday....
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Foundation stone being laid next month for new private power plant
The foundation stone for the new private power plant at Vassiliko, PEC Power will take place next month, it was announced on Tuesday. The ceremony will take place on February 15 in a closed event...
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