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Cypriot authorities have a duty to reply

A recent law passed on the obligation of Authorities/Government to furnish a reply to an enquiry by the public within 30 days is a development in the right direction. What a citizen

10th January 2021

Comment/Cyprus

Two Cypriot women fined over racist car park incident

Larnaca District Court on Wednesday found two Cypriot sisters, aged 31 and 38, guilty of a racist attack on a Russian woman over a year ago in a car park and only

23rd December 2020

Cyprus

UN envoy to meet Cypriot leaders on way forward

UN special envoy, Jane Holl Lute will hold separate meetings across the island’s divide with Cypriot leaders to see if there is a window of opportunity to resume moribund Cyprus peace talks.

30th November 2020

Cyprus

Cypriot MPs promise to clean up their act

Scolded by an anti-corruption report, Cypriot MPs say they will approve pending legislation that scrutinises their assets, incomes and links to lobbying groups. The House Ethics Committee said it aims to have

26th November 2020

Cyprus

Former Google CEO set to become a Cypriot

Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt is on his way to getting a Cyprus passport after being approved by the government through the now-defunct Citizenship by Investment Scheme. According to American media outlet

10th November 2020

Business/World

COVID19: UK launches rapid £10 test developed by Cypriot

A rapid £10 coronavirus test that can return results in just over an hour has been launched by a British company run by a UK Cypriot scientist. The firm that developed the rapid,

10th November 2020

Europe/Life & Society

Cypriot leaders promise to back UN peace initiative

Rival Cypriot leaders held a ‘break-the-ice’ meeting on Wednesday where they promised to support a United Nations-led Cyprus peace push also involving Greece, Turkey and Britain. It was the first meeting of

3rd November 2020

Cyprus

Cypriot leaders meet on talks resumption, Varosha

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will urge for a resumption of peace talks when meeting new Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, on Tuesday in Nicosia’s UN buffer zone. Government spokesman, Kyriakos Koushos, said

3rd November 2020

Cyprus

US prison nightmare may soon end for Cypriot hacker

An accused hacker who became the first Cypriot national extradited by Nicosia to the US could see his prison ordeal end soon. Joshua Epifaniou, 21, was flown to the US to face

1st November 2020

Cyprus

Rival Cypriot leaders to meet next week

Rival Cypriot leaders will hold a rare meeting next week in the wake of Ankara-backed hardliner Ersin Tatar becoming the newly elected leader of the breakaway north of divided Cyprus, the United

27th October 2020

Cyprus