Jean Christou

As the two leaders may be set to revisit the often-fraught issue of new crossing points following the tripartite meeting in New York, the people of Athienou, close to the buffer zone, were quick to make themselves heard on Wednesday.

All eyes are fixed on whether the two leaders in Cyprus will be willing and able to engage sufficiently to allow an informal five-party meeting with the three guarantor powers to take place in the coming months.

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday arrived in Brussels where migration was set to dominate the European Union summit.

Since last year, around 50 specially-trained professionals have been registered with ‘Family Mediation', a new service created to provide a more human-centred rather than legalistic recourse for families in dispute.

The impact of maintenance works that have closed the road linking the Baths of Aphrodite and the Fontana Amorosa beach in the Akamas national park was not properly assessed, environmentalists said on Thursday.

Major concerns were raised by BirdLife Cyprus on Friday over the approval for the construction of a new fish farming port in Pentakomos in an area important for the conservation of the Mediterranean Seal, one of the world's rarest species.

Negotiators from both sides of the divide met on Thursday night for the first time since the tripartite dinner in New York , kickstarting what is hoped will be a new momentum in Cyprus towards resuming talks.

The man driving the motorcycle carrying the shooter in the murder of 34-year-old Demetris Andronikou in April was on Friday sentenced to life in prison by the Nicosia criminal court.

The cabinet on Friday at an extraordinary session was briefed on the 88 flagship goals of the government that include reforms in health, education, welfare, environmental issues and migration. According to Undersecretary to the President Irini Piki, 51 of the 88 goals have been completed or will be in the…

The first fines have been issued to businesses who have not ensured health and safety for workers whose jobs require standing for long periods, it emerged on Friday.