140 mln crossings since checkpoints opened

In the 20 years since the crossings opened across the divide in 2003, the number who have crossed has surpassed approximately 140 million, despite their closure during the pandemic. Last year alone,

Man stabbed multiple times in Protaras

Famagusta Police are looking into an incident that saw a 41-year-old Greek Cypriot end up in intensive care after being stabbed in what is believed to be a drug-related case. According to

President would meet Tatar “tomorrow”

Although UN diplomacy has failed to achieve a breakthrough in restarting Cyprus talks, President Nikos Christodoulides said he is ready to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar “even tomorrow”. He told journalists

Al Jazeera passports trial dissolved

The trial of four key figures accused of selling Cypriot passports to dubious investors, exposed by an Al Jazeera sting, has been abandoned and must be refiled just eight months after it

AUB Paphos campus milestone

The American University of Beirut (AUB) campus in Cyprus boosts the island’s bid to be an international educational, technological and research hub, said President Nikos Christodoulides. At a ceremony Wednesday, he laid

Cyprus Digital Heritage website launched

The European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the Cyprus Digital Heritage website (www.cyprusdigitalheritage.com). Funded by the EU through the Aid Programme, the new website aims to safeguard

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Patients claim abuse of GHS by doctors

Complaints over abuse of the General Healthcare System payments are rising, as specialist doctors charge patients at a higher rate instead of the GHS fee, according to patient associations. According to a

UN efforts fail to get leaders together

UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, has tried but failed to bring Cypriot leaders to at least begin to start talking about a new peace process. His efforts to get