Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told the EU General Affairs Council the bloc’s Civil Protection Mechanism should be activated if repatriations increase due to the Middle East crisis. During discussions on the preparation
Cyprus’ general government gross debt-to-GDP ratio increased by 2.2 percentage points (pp) to 85.3% in the second quarter of 2023, compared with the previous three months, the largest quarterly increase by an
The Larnaca Criminal Court handed a 31-year-old man a 16-year prison sentence for attempted murder, during which a six-year-old boy was also wounded by gunfire. The 31-year-old, from Ormidia, was found guilty
Cyprus is bracing for an influx of irregular Syrian migrants from Lebanon as the Israel-Hamas conflict threatens to spread into the neighbouring country, officials said Tuesday. The Cypriot Interior Minister said there
Police in Cyprus said Tuesday they had arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring bringing migrants to the island in as many months. The
Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou strongly condemned a Cypriot topflight football official’s sexist remark normalising rape culture. In a letter addressed to the Cyprus Sports Association (KOA) and the Cyprus Football Association
The 2024 state budget aims to safeguard fiscal stability while promoting green transition and digital transformation, ushering in a more modern economy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said. Keravnos presented the next year’s
A seven-year-old girl treated at the Makarios children’s hospital after suffering brain hematoma in a freak accident on the highway is stable and out of danger, said doctors on Tuesday. The girl
The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to British nationals living or visiting Cyprus, stating the heightened chance of demonstrations relating to the tension in the Middle East. In the
Road works got underway in the buffer zone mixed village of Pyla on Monday, with the government saying it is committed to implementing the provisions of the understanding reached by both sides.
