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Talks to restart next week (update 3)
Negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem will resume on Tuesday, special advisor to the United Nations’ Secretary General for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said on Tuesday. In a tweet on Tuesday...
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Paphos launches Easter charity campaign for families in need
Paphos municipality has launched an ‘adopt a family for Easter’ campaign to try to ensure that families in the region facing financial hardship have a good holiday. The scheme – jointly run with the...
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Landmark energy contract signed for block 10 (Updated)
The contract for the exploration and production-sharing of block 10 in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was signed on Wednesday, in the presence of ministers of energy, foreign affairs, finance,...
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Port strike on hold, but auditor voices privatisation concerns
Limassol port workers decided on Wednesday to give 30 more days to try and resolve a dispute with the general cargo operator over the distribution of work on the dock. Porters want 100 per cent of...
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Total, ENI sign natural gas exploration contracts (updated)
Energy giant Total said on Thursday it planned to start exploration drilling off the island’s coast in the first two weeks of July, as it signed the contract for the exploration and production-sharing...
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Political tension rises ahead of ‘enosis’ vote
As attorney-general Costas Clerides declined to assess the constitutionality of a legislative proposal tabled by Disy, which would effectively transfer decision-making on school commemorations from...
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Limassol port revenues ‘higher than before,’ ministry insists
STATE revenues from the privatisation of commercial operations at the port of Limassol will increase by more than 50 per cent compared to under the previous regime, the transport ministry said on...
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Star signs drive C-section birth ‘explosion’
IMMATURE and demanding women are at least in part to blame for the abnormally high rate of caesarean-section births in Cyprus, because they want their baby to be born into a particular star sign,...
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Russia warns of serious consequences from US strike in Syria
By Michelle Nichols, Andrew Osborn and Tom Perry Russia warned that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have “extremely serious” consequences, as President Donald Trump’s first major...
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Police to investigate mob’s verbal abuse after Enosis vote (Update 3)
Police announced on Saturday that they have started an investigation into the goings-on outside parliament following Friday’s voting on a contentious proposal effectively reversing an earlier...
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Cyprus prepares to welcome Bollywood
Malta won the Game of Thrones but Cyprus is ahead in the race for a slice of Bollywood action. Indian filmmakers want to focus their camera lenses on Cyprus, and the government is finally determined to...
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Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic churches kill 44, ISIS claims...
At least 44 people were killed in Egypt in bomb attacks at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and leading to troop deployments...
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Akinci sees greater role for UN in new round of talks
As the two leaders prepare to resume talks on Tuesday, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was reported on Sunday as seeing the UN take on a greater role of mediation and shuttle diplomacy between...
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After a dip in numbers, Greeks again finding Cyprus attractive for job seeking
Cyprus is seeing an new upsurge of Greek nationals seeking employment on the island as conditions in Greece slide and those in Cyprus improve, reports said on Sunday. According to Phileleftheros,...
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Turkey caught between U.S. and Russia in Syria
Turkish calls for tough action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after U.S. missile strikes on one of his airbases may overestimate Washington’s appetite for deeper involvement in Syria’s war...
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Money transport vehicle robbed in Limassol (updated)
Three men robbed a cash transport vehicle in Limassol on Monday, reportedly getting away with over €100,000. Reports said one of the security guards was injured in the incident after suffering a blow...
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Kyprianou calls on AG to look into hate speech against Akel (Updated)
Akel leader Andros Kyprianou requested attorney-general Costas Clerides and House speaker Demetris Syllouris to look into allegations of hate speech – criminalised by parliament in 2011 – against the...
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Hotels face staff shortages as second record year expected
While Cyprus’s hospitality industry is preparing for another record in tourist arrivals, it is also facing a shortage of skilled labour which forces hotels to poach staff from other units, something...
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Greek court rules BoC should compensate bondholders
An Athens court has ruled that the Bank of Cyprus must compensate 24 BoC bondholders because the lender had not given them adequate advice on the possible risks in their investments, it was reported on...
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No UN arbitration in renewed talks, says Eide
Neither the two leaders nor the UN wants arbitration as a means to moving the talks forward, UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said on Monday, the eve of the resumption of talks which had been...
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