Alexandra Theodorou

The electricity authority (EAC) has alerted consumers on Thursday to a new email scam. Fraudsters are sending emails claiming that an outstanding electricity bill is unpaid. The messages urge recipients ...

Two people were arrested in Emba on Wednesday night for drug possession and trafficking after police found packaged cannabis and cocaine, precision scales and €450 in cash. Shortly before 8pm on ...

Customs workers in Limassol and Nicosia went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, then escalated by announcing an indefinite strike starting on Friday, demanding more time to get acquainted with ...

Sexual harassment complaints in the public sector go unrecorded due to the absence of a unified data collection system, a CNA investigation reveals. Head of the department of public administration ...

A 55-year-old man suspected of attempting to murder a 41-year-old Limassolian in Paphos appeared before the city’s criminal court on Wednesday. The next hearing has been set for November 7. ...

The consumer protection service (CPS) of the commerce ministry is investigating consumer complaints against a travel agency for failing to meet its obligations to customers, said Head of the CPS, ...

The first phase of flood control work in Limassol’s mountainous region is scheduled for completion by the end of October, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Grigoriou said on Wednesday. ...

More than 68 tourism businesses and organisations across Cyprus will hold clean-up and awareness actions on Friday, September 26, World Tourism Day. The Tourism Cares campaign encourages tourism professionals to show respect ...

Applications have opened for land owners in the Akamas who do not develop and are entitled to a subsidy, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. They will be able to ...

Two teenage girls were remanded in custody by Larnaca District Court on Tuesday in connection with the theft of a rented vehicle and the €8,000 in it. An 18-year-old was remanded ...

New concerns about the construction of an aquaculture port on the Pentakomo coastline, home to one of the Mediterranean’s rarest marine mammals, were raised on Tuesday by Birdlife Cyprus. ...

Sixty five survivors of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation have been helped by the Nima Support and Treatment Centre in its first two years of operation, the family planning association ...

Repair work will start on Wednesday on the Limassol – Nicosia motorway between Mouttagiaka and Parekklisia, in the direction of Nicosia, the public works department announced on Tuesday. The maintenance will ...

A fire broke out late on Monday in a second-floor apartment on Amathus Avenue, Limassol, injuring one resident who jumped from a window to escape the flames. Firefighters from Ayios ...

Students walked out of classes on Monday, protesting the lack of air-conditioning in classrooms, poor school infrastructure, and what they described as the education ministry’s indifference. The Cyprus-wide students ...

A 23-year-old man was remanded for four days on Monday after his arrest in Larnaca on Sunday in connection with a house burglary and the theft of a shotgun and ...

Cyprus has recorded a sharp rise in drug seizures in 2025, with cannabis and cocaine quantities doubling compared to last year. The rise comes amid intensified, targeted operations at the country’...

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Limassol late on Thursday after police seized nearly one kilogram of cocaine, along with MDMA and cannabis, during a targeted drug trafficking operation. Shortly ...

The civil defence will assume an “upgraded role” as part of the government’s reforms of its crisis management framework and the planned creation of a national civil protection mechanism, ...

Police arrested a 39-year-old man in Limassol early Thursday after finding drugs and burglary tools in his vehicle. According to the police, a 15-year-old minor was also inside the vehicle. ...

Civil servants’ trade union Pasydy on Thursday condemned a violent attack on an institutional officer by a resident at a juvenile detention centre in Nicosia on Monday night. The union ...

British bases police firearms instructor Andreas Agathocleous won a bronze medal at the European Triathlon Championship in Istanbul. The 37-year-old completed a gruelling 2,400 metre-swim, a 40-kilometre bike ride and a 10...

A large central building and complex Middle Bronze Age chamber tombs were uncovered during this year’s archaeological excavations in Erimi, shedding new light on the settlement’s structure and ...

The cabinet appointed Maria Manolis Christofidou to the post of commissioner for personal data protection on Wednesday. Her appointment will take effect on September 28, with her term ending on September 27, 2031. ...