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3001. Using smartphones to access patients' medical records

Electronic cross-border health services are expected to be gradually established in 25 EU countries by 2025....

3002. House up in arms over north’s Varosha plans

The parliament in the Republic of Cyprus is calling on the European Union and United Nations to ‘take concrete measures' against Turkish Cypriot plans to open the entire ghost town of Varosha, following comments made on the campaign trail by politicians in the north...

3003. Crowds gather outside Parliament cheering for 'Grivas!'

A protest is currently taking place outside the Parliament in response to the resolution passed by the Parliament's Plenary, which labels George Grivas Digenis "unworthy of any kind of honor."...

3004. Gov't admits to allowing spyware exports

The Greek government has admitted that it gave an Athens-based company permits to export a phone hacking tool to Madagascar, a country with a history of cracking down on dissent....

3005. The 2023 Budget in the vortex of the elections

The government of President Anastasiades has just submitted its final budget, for 2023. DISY will undoubtedly support the budget, but it will be interesting to see what position it will take if and when the polls are confirmed....

3006. Candidates continue campaigning both inside and outside of Cyprus

Candidates for the Presidency of the Republic continue their activities both inside and outside of Cyprus. The candidates and their teams analyzed their positions and alluded to issues of concern to citizens as well as current events....

3007. What connects them to the other side?

High school students walk through the cobblestone streets of the old town. The demonstration ended around eleven o'clock in the morning....

3008. Menendez: 'I will not support the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey'

According to Senate International Affairs Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the defense budget is not a victory for Turkey....

3009. Divided Cyprus’ leaders meet as UN not giving up

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met on Wednesday evening in the framework of an end of year reception which the UN in Cyprus hosted at Ledra Palace, in the Nicosia buffer zone...

3010. Tatar: 'Discussions on air and naval bases still ongoing'

In remarks to a Turkish Anatoli news agency correspondent regarding the year-end assessment, the TC leader stated that the illegal airport in occupied Lefkonoiko was given to 'security forces' to serve as a base for Turkish IHAs. ...

3011. Cabinet approves 'vehicle history database'

The Council of Ministers today approved an amendment to the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Movement Regulations that will create a database that will record the history of vehicles involved in accidents....

3012. Insurance premiums expected to rise slightly

Inflation-related losses are also occurring for general insurance policies. Cyprus' insurance policies will specifically follow the broad pattern of other nations and other international insurance companies,...

3013. Anastasiades pushing for a resolution to the Cyprus problem

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he is promoting an initiative with the involvement of the European Union to avert any new Turkish faits accomplis on the island and to create the conditions for a settlement of the Cyprus problem, ahead of elections in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey....

3014. The end of an era for the plane that shrank the world

The last Boeing 747 is about to leave the assembly line today, after 53 years and at least 1,570 planes....

3015. Tying up loose ends at Hellenic

Hellenic Bank experienced several changes in 2022, as it closed outstanding issues while also opening new chapters. Hellenic Bank made changes to its top management, staff, shareholding composition, and labor issues in the fourth quarter of 2022, ...

3016. North releases video of rogue driver incident

A Greek Cypriot man accused of driving through a Turkish Cypriot checkpoint barricade says his car was shot at during the incident, with authorities in the north releasing video footage and prosecutors saying the suspect was being uncooperative...

3017. Foreign Minister tells Greece to ‘back off’

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu lashed out against Greece again on Tuesday, saying that Ankara will do “what is necessary” if Athens does not “back off” and meet its demands to demilitarize the islands of the eastern Aegean....

3018. St. Nicholas Church in New York opens on saint’s nameday

The Church of Saint Nicholas, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, is reopening today, on Tuesday, the day that its namesake saint is celebrated by the Greek Orthodox world....

3019. Unaccompanied minors are on the rise

Managing the exponentially increasing number of unaccompanied minors or unaccompanied alien children (UAC) is a problem that must be solved by the government in collaboration with NGOs and other relevant actors....

3020. Hellenic CEO cleared of any wrongdoing

Oliver Gatzke, CEO of Hellenic Bank, has not been linked to any suspicious activity, according to the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)....

3021. The key to the Cyprus problem is again in Nicosia

The international community and our regional community within the European Union do not currently find the Cyprus problem to be a particularly "sexy" issue, but it is still on the table....

3022. Do officials care about the violence on the football pitches?

3023. Rogue driver arrested for ‘breaking down barriers’

A Greek Cypriot man who gave new meaning to the phrase 'breaking down barriers' has been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police, after he failed to comply with officers on both sides of the divided island and drove through a barricade in the north...

3024. Tatar irked by Menendez's comments

Recent comments by US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Menendez regarding the situation in northern Cyprus due to the Turkish invasion in 1974 and the current intransigence emanating from the Turkish side have outraged the leadership of the island’s Turkish-occupied territory....

3025. Popular hotel chains set up shop in Larnaca

The Accor Group, a major French hotel chain, recently made an official announcement about the opening of its first unit in Cyprus. ...

3026. Has politics become a seedy business?

Last Friday's plenary session of the Parliament was marred by the speech of the now-independent MP Andreas Themistocleous on the occasion of the passage of the law on sexual education in schools....

3027. Rafales swing by Cyprus after testing NATO integration

French fighter jets pierced Cypriot skies over Paphos on Sunday morning, following multicarrier interoperability operations between NATO navies in the Mediterranean...

3028. 18.5 thousand irregular migrants crossed the Green Line this year

Members of the EU High-Level Network on Returns will communicate to the EU and their countries the true dimension and source of the Republic of Cyprus's migrant flow problem, which is none other than the crossing of migrants through the Green Line....

3029. Turkey again calls on Greece to demilitarize islands

Turkey’s National Security Council said on Thursday that it 'expects' Greece to immediately demilitarize its Aegean islands off the Turkish coast...

3030. Pope wants common Easter date for Catholic and Orthodox

Both the Catholic and the Orthodox Churches have spoken about resolve to find a shared date for Easter, and it seems that this goal might be closer than ever....