Joint police exercise boosts hostage negotiations

A specialised British Bases Police negotiator team completed a week-long joint training exercise alongside Cyprus Police Special Forces officers last month. The annual CyPol-led exercise, which aims to test multiple assets within

EU tourists jump 22% since 2019

Cyprus tourist arrivals have reached 80% of pre-pandemic 2019, with visitors from the EU boosted by 22%. Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios told MPs the EU tourism market is “the most stable framework

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Cyprus has largest tax-to-GDP rise

Cyprus had the largest rise in the EU in its tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of gross domestic product, according to Eurostat data.

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Cyprus to deport troublemakers at migrant camp

The government intends to proceed with the immediate deportation of those who took part in violent clashes at the Pournara Reception Center, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said. He visited the migrant centre

GHS: How do we pay for it all?

While the fledgling national health system (GHS) in Cyprus is a welcome development and very popular, every Cypriot seems to imagine the modest patient contribution they are required to make somehow pays

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A frozen conflict that’s heating up

With the cost-of-living crisis and a looming global recession occupying most of our thoughts, there is little room to contemplate the future of the Cyprus problem. Arguably, the island’s political division has

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