Attorney General George Savvides has committed to do everything in his power to allocate responsibility for the death of a soldier who died in 2005 after investigators found evidence that he was
The hourly labour costs (total cost) rose by an annual 5.2% in the second quarter of 2022, according to provisional data by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. The two main components of
The World Health Organisation’s belief that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is now in sight has Cypriot virologist Dr Peter Karayiannis attributing the estimate to increased vaccination coverage. “Coronavirus can no
The government has defended criticism from unions over the national minimum wage, arguing that €940 a month is among the highest in the EU, offering low earners more purchasing power than their
Cyprus and Israel conducted an annual military exercise, codenamed IASON – 2022, this week as part of their flourishing defence cooperation program. According to the Defence Ministry, the exercise took place within the Nicosia
The cabinet on Wednesday approved experts’ recommendation to roll out a second booster shot for COVID-19 using the updated ‘bivalent’ vaccines. The government said the decision was made after the vaccination committee
Consequences of geopolitical events to the economy and banking sector have been contained, but the second-round effects are unknown, said Cyprus Central Bank governor Constantinos Herodotou. He argued that uncertainty in an
The government hopes to strike a happy balance between labour union demands to scrap the 12% penalty clause imposed on people who retire early at 63 and the state’s budget. In comments
Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, said it actively prevented the contract killing of Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus. The cases involved a ‘would-be’ Azeri hitman, who allegedly arrived in Cyprus to assassinate a
Authorities said Tuesday they had traced the bad smell that has troubled Nicosia residents for two weeks to within the United Nations controlled buffer zone. The Environment Department said farms belonging to
