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Appeal in Hadjicostis murder case rejected (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a prior verdict which had found four people guilty of conspiring to murder Sigma boss Andis Hadjicostis in January 2010. By a unanimous decision, the three-member...
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Tourism product needs re-branding, says Anastasiades
Cyprus expects another record year for tourism, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday but it conceded there were structural weaknesses in the industry that stop the island from exploiting its...
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Fan card tenders on hold after successful appeal by rival bidder
The tenders process over the administration of the controversial ‘football fan card’, won by Greek consortium Space Hellas-HTE, was cancelled and will have to be re-invited, after an appeal against one...
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Zoo owner says police inactivity left him no choice but to shoot down drone
The owner of a private zoo in the Nicosia district who shot down a drone that had been hovering over his home and business for the last two months, said on Saturday he filed a report to the police...
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Fifty killed in Florida gay nightclub shooting, worst in U.S. history, IS...
POLICE IDENTIFY HEAVILY ARMED MAN ARRESTED NEAR LOS ANGELES GAY PRIDE EVENT AS JAMES HOWELL OF INDIANA; NO KNOWN CONNECTION TO FLORIDA MASS SHOOTING By Barbara Liston A gunman killed 50 people at a...
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U.S. officials: No evidence of direct Islamic State link to Orlando shooting
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Sunday for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, but U.S. officials said they had seen no immediate evidence linking the militant group to the massacre in...
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Mavroyiannis ‘deserved’ to win (Update 3)
Foreign Affairs minister Ioannis Kassoulides said on Monday that Cyprus` Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis, who lost the seat of president of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, deserved to win....
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President orders immediate recruitment of hospital doctors (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday ordered the immediate recruitment of 28 doctors to cover the most urgent needs in the state health sector, which has been plagued with problems due to a lack of...
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CyBC employees hit out at fine for airing views of outspoken singer
State broadcaster CyBC employees’ union SYTYRIK warned the organisation on Tuesday not to pay a cent of the €21,000 fine imposed on them by the Cyprus Radiotelevision Authority for airing an interview...
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Osborne warns of UK tax hikes, spending cuts if voters shun EU
British finance minister George Osborne, battling to keep the country in the EU, warned voters that he will take new austerity measures if they decide to leave the bloc in next week’s referendum. With...
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Auditor’s report: CyTA’s loss making subsidiary, EAC’s tardy arrears collection
Semi-governmental organisations (SGOs), funded by the taxpayer, can do a lot more to trim costs, including by rationalising their benefits payouts to employees, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has...
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50 couples set to tie knot in mass ceremony on Friday
Around 50 couples from Israel are set to tie the knot on Friday in a mass civil ceremony at the medieval castle in Larnaca, under heavy security, the town’s municipality said. This is the sixth...
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Security details for politicians ‘not a right’, Nicolaou says
THE Solidarity Movement and far-right party ELAM have requested police protection for their leaders in line with the practice currently in place, it emerged on Thursday. Justice Minister Ionas...
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Egyptian hijacker’s wife tells court he was always in and out of prison
The Nicosia court heard Friday that the hijacker of the Egyptair plane that was diverted to Larnaca on March 29 was only out of prison for a total of six months during their nine-year marriage,...
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Cyprus asks Israel for help as firefighters battle huge blaze in Argaka...
Cyprus was on Saturday asking help from Israel after a fire was raging out of control in Argaka in Paphos, a fire services spokesman told the Cyprus Mail. Efforts to put out the fire, the biggest in...
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Odds stacked against NHS
DISCUSSION over the sprawling issue of introducing a National Health Scheme (NHS) was narrowed down this week to the goal of rendering state hospitals financially and administratively autonomous, a...
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Second night battling flames for firefighters, Evrychou fire started by...
Firefighters were gearing up for another night battling flames on Sunday as a fire that prompted the evacuation of four villages in the Evrychou area continued to rage out of control when air cover was...
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President seeks confidentiality clause for national council meetings
President Nicos Anastasiades wants parties to agree to a confidentiality clause as part of the National Council’s operation, a proposal made after a party leader leaked the confidential minutes of two...
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Rocky passage expected for public sector reform bills
Two government bills relating to the much-touted reform of the public sector will be taken to parliament’s final plenary session before the body adjourns for its summer break on July 14, it was...
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Political storm over property tax
Ruling DISY chief Averof Neophytou was roundly panned on Tuesday over a proposal he sprang a day earlier to scrap the Immovable Property Tax (IPT). On Monday Neophytou threw a spanner in the works,...
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