Elias Hazou

Tuesday 16 June | 19:56

The case of Stylianos Constantinou, the teenager who ended up taking his own life in September 2019, should have been classed as high-risk by the social welfare services, a key witness ...

Tuesday 16 June | 18:14

The trial of the two monks from the Osiou Avakoum monastery continued on Tuesday, with their lawyers objecting to a number of evidentiary items presented by prosecutors, arguing that this ...

Monday 15 June | 20:21

The main civil servants’ union on Monday demanded a meeting with the president to discuss the suspension of a senior official at the deputy tourism ministry, arguing that the administrative ...

Monday 15 June | 18:08

The anti-corruption authority is on Tuesday expected to issue an announcement regarding its findings into the explosive allegations made in the book Mafia State. As previously stated, the authority will ...

Thursday 11 June | 20:42

The defence in the trial concerning the suicide of a teenager in 2019 sought on Thursday to downplay the responsibility of the social welfare services, while a key prosecution witness insisted ...

Thursday 11 June | 17:55

Investigators looking into the affair dubbed ‘Videogate’ gave the attorney-general an update this week, with reports on Thursday suggesting they’ve uncovered new evidence that could lead to criminal indictments. ...

Three individuals with alleged links to Hamas were on Thursday referred to criminal trial, where they face charges of terrorism and participation in a criminal organisation. The first hearing in ...

Tuesday 09 June | 21:30

Two members of social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy Cyprus party complained on Tuesday that the party disregarded the fanbase in the process leading up to the vote ...

Tuesday 09 June | 19:05

A court on Tuesday ordered authorities to impound the villa belonging to Malaysian-born Jho Low, an internationally wanted fugitive who in 2015 managed to secure Cypriot citizenship by investing in real ...

Tuesday 09 June | 17:44

The government’s commitment to facilitating affordable housing is demonstrated by concrete results, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday as he laid the foundation stone for the Adonis III project ...

Tuesday 09 June | 16:23

The trial of the theft of documents from the central prisons got another adjournment on Tuesday, as it emerged that the prosecution had not submitted to the court all the ...

Monday 08 June | 20:22

Social welfare services should have taken custody, at least temporarily, of a teenager who ended up taking his own life in 2019, a witness told Nicosia district court on Monday. Independent ...

Monday 08 June | 19:42

Fidias Panayiotou, leader of Direct Democracy, explained in his own straightforward way over the weekend why his party backed Disy’s Annita Demetriou for House president, arguing that Demetriou would ...

Thursday 04 June | 22:12

The European Commission will soon present its evaluation report on Cyprus’ bid to join the Schengen area, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner said on Thursday. Brunner ...

Thursday 04 June | 21:01

A great deal of loose ends hang over the ‘Sandy’ affair, a prominent lawyer said on Thursday in the immediate aftermath of the police finding that the allegations published by ...

Thursday 04 June | 19:39

The appeals court has upheld a prior judgement, finding warranted the sacking of a nurse for her failure to sterilise surgical instruments. The case dates back to 2014, when the nurse ...

Thursday 04 June | 18:28

Trade unions on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to the pension reform bills being submitted by July, citing many loose ends, while the government was determined to press ahead regardless. Labour ...

Tuesday 02 June | 20:20

Paphos municipality has put on ice a prior decision to rename Kemal Ataturk street while trying to pass the buck to the interior ministry, reports said on Tuesday. The street ...

Tuesday 02 June | 19:51

Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday dismissed a motion to declare a mistrial in the case of Giorgos Christodoulou, alias ‘Zavrantonas’, who is facing charges of importing 15kg of cocaine. The ...

Tuesday 02 June | 17:52

By June 15, the anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement regarding its investigation into allegations appearing in the book Mafia State, the head of the authority said on Tuesday. Tuesday’s ...

Sunday 31 May | 04:24

Amid a kaleidoscope of candidates and new political formations, the traditional parties bucked the trend and held the line – more or less – in last Sunday’s legislative elections. Defying all ...

Friday 29 May | 04:24

Only 66 of the 168 innovative medicinal treatments approved by EU authorities from 2021 to 2024 were available in Cyprus, a survey has shown. Carried out by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and ...

Thursday 28 May | 23:10

Authorities on Thursday identified as a Congolese national the man who fell to his death earlier this week while trying to escape a raid by immigration officers in Larnaca. Though ...

Thursday 28 May | 20:46

The Direct Democracy party is accepting applications for parliamentary aides and staff, its leader Fidias Panayiotou announced on Thursday. “We are officially hiring,” a chirpy Panayiotou said in a short ...