Alexandra Theodorou

A 71-year-old woman from Limassol, Sylvia Georgiou Jones, died on Monday from serious injuries sustained in a road accident on the hard shoulder of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway near Skarinou. Police ...

Two forestry department employees were implicated among three suspects in an “extremely serious” hare poaching case in Paphos, with the game service accusing staff of exploiting access to restricted areas ...

A 2,000-cubic-metre water tank in Limassol’s Sykaminou area is now operational, while three more across the district are expected to be completed next year, the Limassol district government organisation (...

The Cyprus grain producers’ organisation has reaffirmed its commitment to defending farmers’ rights following a protest in Nicosia on Thursday. The demonstration formed part of a wider, continent-wide mobilisation against ...

The anti-corruption authority has flagged possible criminal liability for former agriculture minister Nicos Kouyialis and two former department heads over the irregular approval of water extraction from the Kouris river ...

Around 350 Christmas “love parcels” are being distributed on Thursday by Limassol municipality’s Social Grocery Stores to people facing financial hardship, with supplies specially boosted for the festive season. The ...

Only 20 people have applied for free bus travel cards, despite approximately 10,000 vehicles being immobilised as part of the Takata airbag recall, according to Road Transportation Department officer Konstantinos Koupis. Speaking ...

The viability study of the Risk Management Fund for Agricultural Production has been completed, outlining the fund’s current status and recommending measures for long-term sustainability, agriculture ministry permanent secretary ...

Cyprus’ decision to continue issuing visas to Russian tourists through designated centres, despite wider tensions of the “collective West” with Moscow “proves once again the awareness in Europe of the ...

The Larnaca criminal court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 13 years in prison for importing more than 24 kilogrammes of cannabis into Cyprus last September through Larnaca airport. The defendant pleaded ...

School buses for primary and secondary school students will not be operated on Thursday, due to the planned strike by teachers, the transport ministry said on Wednesday. The strike will ...

Over €57,000 in financial support was approved for professional fishermen by the Council of Ministers, the agriculture ministry announced on Wednesday. The aid is part of three targeted measures to mitigate ...

A nine-year prison sentence imposed by the Paphos criminal court has been increased to 12 years on appeal for a man convicted of importing, possessing, and intending to supply 8.155kg of ...

A fire and rescue exercise will take place on Wednesday at 9am at the Conference Centre in Nicosia, the fire service announced on Tuesday. The drill, part of the service’...

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a new social welfare deputy ministry initiative giving work-capable Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) recipients opportunities to gain professional experience. According to the deputy ministry, the ...

Reservations at entertainment venues are rising ahead of Christmas and New Year, president of the Association of Entertainment Venue Owners (Osika), Neophytos Thrasyvoulou said on Tuesday. He said restaurants and ...

Cyprus grain producers will mobilise tractors and rally outside Nicosia’s House of Europe next Thursday to protest revisions to the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) framework. The organisation ...

British bases police will intensify road patrols across eastern and western “hotspot” areas in the coming weeks to ensure driver safety during the holiday period. The visible increase aims to ...

Cyprus has been unanimously admitted as a full member of the Ancient Civilizations Forum, joining Greece, Armenia, Bolivia, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Italy and Peru. Founded in 2017 at the initiative ...

Take control and behave responsibly, the Gaming and Casino Supervision Commission urged people on Monday ahead of a projected increase of online gambling over the festive season. Timed to coincide ...

The unrest in the education sector is solely the education ministry’s responsibility, primary school teachers’ union (Poed) chairwoman Myria Vasiliou said on Monday. Speaking on the teacher evaluation legislation, ...

For many, a grave is a tangible anchor, allowing us to preserve relationships with loved ones long after they have passed. It is both a symbolic representation of enduring presence ...

The education ministry has set January 12–16, 2026 as the official registration and transfer period for public kindergartens for the 2026–27 school year. This will be the only registration window. No new class ...

More than 3,000 establishments in Paphos face suspension for operating without the required licences, the municipality has warned. A physical inspection of business premises found that a wide range of operations – ...