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Moody’s: economy still ‘susceptible to every risk’
Moody’s Investors Services said that despite the Cypriot economy’s robust growth the strong fiscal performance faces challenges related to its small size, relative lack of diversification and high...
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Scottish institute to help boost halloumi exports
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have announced they are conducting research to help Cyprus secure future halloumi exports. According to the institute, the project aims...
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Government to take another stab at resolving title deeds mess
The government will take another swing at fixing the problem of ‘trapped’ property buyers, after a law passed in 2015 failed to adequately address the title deeds mess. In parliament on Monday, land...
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House rushes to fix sewerage fee bill
The House interior committee on Monday accepted the president’s veto on the recently passed sewerage fee bill, and is working on amendments so that a new draft is put to the plenary this Friday....
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North’s population tops 350 thousand
The population in the north has reached 351,000, according to Turkish Cypriot media reports on Monday but they gave no indication of how many were mainland Turks. Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen...
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Governor Georghadji wants banks to take radical NPL action (updated)
Cypriot banks need to take more radical action to reduce their mountain of delinquent loans amid a slowdown in restructurings even as economic growth is expected to reach 4 per cent this year, Central...
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Helicopters to be bought for National Guard
The Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it is looking to buy helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of the restructuring and modernisation of the National Guard. “Upgrading the navy and...
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Relatives of missing people criticise CMP
Relatives of missing persons from the occupied village of Assia on Tuesday criticised the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) for making their pain worse by not first investigating the validity of...
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Hearing into torture of Eoka fighters opens
The first hearing into the lawsuit filed in mid-2015 by 33 men and two women over torture endured by Greek Cypriot Eoka fighters during the struggle for independence from colonial rule between 1955 and...
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Government has ignored the environment say Greens
The Green Party-Citizens Cooperation launched an election-campaign attack on the government on Tuesday slamming a series of “bad policies” over the past five years. Speaking at a news conference titled...
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N.Korea says new ICBM puts US mainland within range of nuclear weapons (Updated)
North Korea said it had successfully tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that put all of the U.S. mainland within range, declaring it had achieved its long-held goal of...
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Free state healthcare for university students (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by which all university students in Cyprus will receive free healthcare at state hospitals, Education Minister Costas Kadis said. Speaking to reporters...
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Police overtime rose by nearly 200 per cent last year
Police officers’ allowances and overtime pay rose by nearly 200 per cent in 2016 as the state started paying them in full following years of austerity since 2013 during which they were granted days...
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New bill to protect victims of stalking
Around 55,000 girls and women in Cyprus over the age of 12 have reportedly been victims of stalking, MPs heard during discussion on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee on a government bill...
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Turkey’s compensation debt to refugee tops 200,000 euros
Turkey still owes refugee Titina Loizidou more than €200,000 as part of damages awarded to her by the European Court of Human Rights for not being able to use her property in the occupied part of...
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Police rebuked for going too easy on smoking ban
THE Auditor-general has admonished the police for carrying out fewer checks last year on places defying the smoking ban than they did the year before. In his audit report on the police force...
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Hellenic Bank posts €18m in after tax loss in first three quarters
Hellenic Bank, the third-largest Cypriot lender, announced an after-tax loss of €17.8m in the first nine-months of 2017 compared to a €5m profit in the respective period of last year. The worsening of...
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No recount in last year’s mayoral poll in Limassol (Updated)
The election court on Thursday rejected an appeal requesting a recount of votes in last year’s mayoral election in Limassol. The appeal had been filed by the former mayor of Limassol Andreas Christou...
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Russian companies value Cypriot tax regime, friendliness
Russian companies are attracted to Cyprus mainly because of its tax regime, including double taxation treaties, European Union membership, and friendliness, a survey published by accounting firm EY has...
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President meets Accept LGBT
President Nicos Anastasiades met on Thursday with a delegation of Accept LGBT Cyprus to discuss issues concerning the community, including gender recognition, discrimination in the work place and...
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