Georgiana Sofroniou

A 35-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted in April for smuggling 35kg of cannabis in her luggage at Larnaca airport, police said on Monday. The 35...

Trade union Isotita on Monday called on parliament to vote against the teacher evaluation plan, appealing for a “return to a consultation process for the development of a modern, pedagogically ...

Cypriots are wonderfully passionate about the things they love, with football being a prime example, but naturally critical, they tend to rush to judgement. So walking football faces an uphill ...

Some 2,000 animals are at risk of being abandoned for the second time in their lives following the recent threat to the future of Paphiakos animal shelter. The shelter has operated ...

A demonstration protesting the possible removal of 2.000 animals from the Paphiakos animal shelter near Paphos took place on Friday morning outside the town’s district court. The protest attracted volunteers ...

The transfer of forest firefighting duties to the interior ministry was a mistake, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Thursday during a meeting with the forestry department union. “This decision ...

A wild Wednesday of weather and seismological activity saw Cyprus struck by two earthquakes measuring above five on the Richter scale, while large swathes of the island were also hit ...

Larnaca municipality, in collaboration with the Larnaca tourism board (Etap), presented the first phase of the installation of sculptures at the Mesoyios artists’ park on Wednesday. “The sculptures were inspired ...

More than 60 calls were made to the fire brigade on Wednesday as severe weather caused widespread flooding and disruption across the Nicosia district. Among the incidents reported was a group ...

One in five foreign residents in Cyprus is Russian, with over 40,000 permanent residents, the deputy migration ministry reported on Wednesday. Of the 200,000 foreign nationals who permanently and legally reside in ...

A bill submitted to the House of representatives by the agriculture ministry on Wednesday proposes doubling out-of-court settlement fines for illegal and uncontrolled waste disposal. The proposed amendment to the ...

Hailstorms and rain are expected to strike the island in the higher mountains and inland from 11am to 5pm, with a yellow weather warning in effect, the meteorology department said ...

A man and a woman were remanded for seven days on Tuesday morning in connection with the murder of Victory Osarumen Thompson in the early hours of Sunday in a ...

Historical creativity meets fashion in the Woven Roots collection to be presented this week by Folkmona, which aims to shed light on the everyday life of Cypriot women, and their ...

The cabinet approved measures on Tuesday to combat antimicrobial resistance and hospital infections, which health minister Michalis Damianos described as “one of the most serious threats to patient safety and ...

The Paphos municipality on Tuesday warned of a surge in email phishing scams, urging the public to exercise caution and ignore such messages. In particular, the municipality advised the public ...

A new bill proposes five key measures to ease traffic congestion and concerns management of obstruction in school zones, staggered working hours, the publication of traffic flow indicators and state ...

A 39-year-old Greek woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted in August for carrying 22kg of cannabis in her luggage at Larnaca airport, police said on Monday. ...

The Ianthi housing project in the Ayios Nicolaos area of Larnaca has been completed, the Cyprus Land Development Organisation (Koag) announced on Monday, with two- and three-bedroom apartments available for ...

A 57-year-old man was beaten and kidnapped on Sunday evening in Nicosia by a group of unidentified individuals, police said on Monday. Authorities are investigating cases of kidnapping, assault and ...

Single’s Inferno perfectly blends the two different worlds of questionable-but-entertaining Western find-love reality TV with the charming cheesiness of K-Dramas. First aired in 2021, this South Korean reality show returns ...

A bill proposing an €85 fine for a total of 22 unusual offences was submitted to parliament on Thursday, the legislature announced on Friday. Drafted by the justice ministry following a recommendation ...

A total of 11 buses have been immobilised in Paphos to undergo inspections after a fire broke out in the engine of an electric bus on Thursday, the director of Paphos ...

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in Cyprus and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths after lung cancer, the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients ...