Alexandra Theodorou

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 – ...

The cabinet has greenlit up to €18.8 million in financial assistance for around 8,600 farmers whose crops were damaged by prolonged drought and severe weather in 2025. Grain farmers bore the brunt, with 8,000 ...

Despite recent storms, including some more on Thursday, overall rainfall in December remains below average, the met office has said. From December 1 until December 11, recorded rain totals 64 per cent of ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved €1 million in emergency aid to help farmers cope with rising electricity costs caused by prolonged drought. Over the past three years, reduced rainfall has cut ...

Festive melodies filled the parliament courtyard as children from Larnaca’s Ayios Spyridonas special school performed a selection of Christmas songs for MPs and staff. House Speaker Annita Demetriou and ...

The police branch of the union Isotita on Tuesday challenged a decision by police chief Themistos Arnaoutis to reduce police officers’ rest days, warning it is prepared to pursue legal ...

Alarm over serious ecological degradation at the Akrotiri wetlands was raised by BirdLife Cyprus on Tuesday, which urged an immediate official investigation into abnormal water inflows and pollution detected in ...

Construction has officially started on a new British High Commission in Nicosia, located on the site of the former central prisons compound, it announced on Tuesday. The €40 million-plus project, the ...

An investigation is already underway into the growth of algae on Nissi Beach, control of which the municipality said on Tuesday is crucial to maintaining quality on the popular location. ...

The recent loss of a griffon vulture, fatally electrocuted less than a day after its release following six weeks of rehabilitation, has “devastated” conservationists in Cyprus. “We are devastated by ...

Fraudsters posing as police officers are targeting citizens to steal personal information and empty bank accounts, authorities warned on Tuesday. Scammers are contacting people by phone and video call, wearing ...

A Griffon Vulture recently released after six weeks of rehabilitation was found dead less than a day later, fatally electrocuted on an uninsulated power pole, conservationists confirmed on Monday. The ...

The first wave of flamingos has arrived at Larnaca’s salt lake, but experts warned on Monday the population on the island has declined by up to 31 per cent over ...

A 78-year-old man was hospitalised Sunday night with burns after a fire broke out in his first-floor apartment in a three-story building in Nicosia. According to fire brigade spokesman Andreas ...