Jean Christou

The biggest pension hike in three decades was approved on Friday by the cabinet with an increase in the basic allowance by 5.94 per cent and in the supplementary amount by 1.49 per cent effective as of the end of January.

One of two people remanded in custody in connection with an attempted murder in Limassol had recently been released on parole while serving a drug-related sentence, reports said on Friday.

More than 90 per cent of fathers, and more than 80 per cent of mothers in Cyprus work while more than three quarter of children on the island come from families owning two or more cars, a new study shows.

Lawyer Constantinos Demetriades, son of the late Lellos Demetriades, long-time mayor of Nicosia, and brother of well-known lawyer Achilleas Demetriades has died, the Cyprus Bar Association announced on Friday.

The European Commission on Friday announced the launch of the EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community for the Academic Year 2025/26, funded under the Aid Programme.

The Association of Public Passenger Transport Organisations (Sodem) is calling for a drop in the age limit for drivers from 21 to 18 to plug a shortage of professional bus drivers amid increased needs, it said on Friday.

The issue of migrant returns will be high on Cyprus' agenda when the island assumes the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2026, deputy minister for migration Nikolaos Ioannides said on Friday.

Many of Larnaca's tourist attractions are inaccessible to the disabled by their lack of wheelchair ramps, suitable parking, inadequate signage, dangerous pavements and limits on free movement caused by tables and other objects, a study has found.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Friday suspended three employees from the forestry department following receipt of a letter from the agriculture minister in connection with possible criminal offences related to the purchase of aerial firefighting equipment.