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Pamboridis says Nicosia ICU should be shut down if not up to scratch
By Angelos Anastasiou If the intensive care unit at the Nicosia General Hospital is not operating according to international standards, it should be closed down and needs should be covered from...
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Paphos mayor slams cut in sewerage fees, Limassol to slash its levy
By Angelos Anastasiou A legislative amendment proposed by the House interior committee to reduce sewerage fees in the Paphos and Nicosia municipalities was arbitrary and did not take into account the...
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Unficyp review team due on the island Thursday
By Evie Andreou A REVIEW team from the United Nations headquarters is to arrive on the island on Thursday to conduct a strategic review of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp), it was...
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Paphos lifeguards welcome extension of work into November
By Bejay Browne PAPHOS lifeguards are praising local authorities over a decision to leave a number of them in place during the month of November. Head of the Paphos Lifeguards association, Mathaios...
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Peace and stability focus of parliamentary tripartite meeting (Update 2)
The second trilateral meeting between the heads of parliament of Cyprus, Greece and Israel on Thursday in Nicosia furthered work regarding matters of general cooperation, water resources and...
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President requests probe into any links with Pera Pedi project (Updated)
Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides should investigate the matter of any involvement by President Nicos Anastasiades in the planned development of a luxury accommodation complex in Pera Pedi so that...
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Reports about reluctance to investigate Browder’s complaint irritate Cyprus
By Stelios Orphanides The head of anti-money laundering unit Mokas said on Thursday that press reports about Cyprus’s alleged reluctance to investigate complaints about the laundering of stolen tax...
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More intensive care doctors weigh in on problems at Nicosia hospital
The reason doctors are leaving Nicosia General Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) is not the salary, incentives, workload, political views or trade-union issues, but their inability to effectively...
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Cyprus Post customers satisfied
Almost eight in ten customers of the Cyprus Post are satisfied by the service they receive, said a survey whose findings were announced on Thursday. According to the survey – carried out by the...
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Transport Ministry chides bus company after strike action (Updated)
Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said on Friday that there can be no solutions through blackmailing strikes and called for patience so that his ministry and Paphos’ bus company Osypa, can sort out...
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Mother of abandoned newborn boy hands herself in to police (Update 2)
The mother of a newborn baby boy abandoned on Friday outside the old Limassol hospital gave herself in to police in the afternoon. Officers had been looking for her since lunch. State radio reported...
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US signals interest in sending FBI agents to Cyprus to probe Manafort case
US authorities have informally told Cyprus they are interested in sending officials to the island to conduct investigations into Paul Manafort’s case as part of a third request for legal assistance,...
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Calls increase for refugee support fund
The Famagusta Chamber of Commerce and Industry called on Friday for the creation of a fund to support refugees and compensate them for their loss of property in the north. The call comes after...
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Man arrested, as migrants transferred to reception facility (updated)
A 30-year-old Syrian man suspected of people smuggling was remanded in custody for eight days on Saturday, as 174 migrants who arrived in Cyprus the previous day were transferred to a reception...
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Bill aims at cutting red tape
With the objective of cutting red tape, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday unveiled a bill designed to make it considerably easier for large developments to secure permits....
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Police continue investigation into abandoned baby case
A woman whose new-born child was found abandoned outside the old Limassol hospital on Friday has not been placed under arrest, as police continued to investigate the matter, a spokesman said on...
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Ombudswoman striving for open-door policy
Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights Maria Stylianou Lottidi said on Saturday her priority, also as Ombudswoman, was to have an open-door policy at all times. In her first interview since...
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New headache coming for Nicosia old town
NICOSIA municipality’s announcement that it would organise its main Christmas event in the old municipal square in a very cramped and not traffic-friendly part of the old town, raised eyebrows this...
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‘Inconceivable to accept irrational positions of Turkey’, president says
It is not possible to accept any demands by Turkey or present them to the Cypriot people as part of a proposal for a settlement, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday, He also reiterated the...
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An explosive form of intimidation
The car bomb which killed 53-year-old investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta two weeks ago has highlighted the frightening frequency with which explosives are placed under cars and...
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