Gina Agapiou

The censorship of a kiss between two men in the broadcast of a Greek series by a local channel was another setback for gay rights in Cyprus, LGBT activists said ...

Half of the scheduled weddings and baptisms have been cancelled following a decree banning unvaccinated people from social events, the Cyprus association of professional events said on Thursday. Cancellations of ...

Six out of ten lawyers in Cyprus do not consider judges to be impartial, while eight out of ten believe judges are influenced by their personal ideological views, a survey ...

One person was slightly injured on Thursday morning after a multi-vehicle accident on the Limassol to Nicosia motorway. The collision, involving three cars and one tanker, took place at around 6.45...

A 50-year-old man who was arrested late on Wednesday for public nuisance insulted and assaulted officers in Paphos, police said on Thursday. According to a police spokesman, around 10pm, authorities ...

A free online international conference on how to overcome LGBTQI-phobia in tertiary education will take place in English this Thursday. The event will be the final conference of the European ...

A 59-year-old man was fined €2,000 after dozens of duty-free tobacco products were found in his car late on Tuesday. The illegal products were discovered by Limassol officers who stopped the ...

A Nicosia shopping mall was fined €16,000 after a customer was found inside the premises without a SafePass, police said on Wednesday. The fine came after 1,062 checks in the capital, during ...

Electronic scanning of the SafePass of people who received one Covid vaccine dose will begin this weekend, the health ministry said on Wednesday, as the unvaccinated are banned from key ...

Police arrested three people in Nicosia late on Tuesday on suspicion of assisting illegal entry into the republic and illegal stay into the republic. Following a tip-off, officers found a ...

Cyprus and Greece have joined forces in a “milestone” collaboration to use their scientific expertise in tackling forest fires. The Cyprus Institute (CyI), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (...

Paphos police arrested three people on Tuesday who allegedly assaulted employees at the social welfare office and one officer after complaining over delayed payment of benefits. The incident occurred around 11.30...

Local environmental NGOs were among more than 150 organisations that on Tuesday called on the European Commission to include the restoration of at least 15 per cent of land and sea area ...

A 53-year-old Larnaca doctor suspected of issuing fake coronavirus vaccination certificates was referred on Tuesday for trial before the Larnaca criminal court. The trial is set to start on January 18. ...

Game and fauna service officers rescued two mouflons in the buffer zone after their horns became entangled. According to a social media post, UNFICYP officers spotted the two male mouflons ...

Two men were arrested after trying to depart the island using fake Portuguese passports, police said on Tuesday. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Ioannou, a 29-year-old African man went ...

Police on Tuesday said they fined a total of €21,500 to a Limassol retail store and two cafeterias for failing to check customers for a SafePass. The retail store was booked ...

Cabinet on Monday gave the green light for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 against coronavirus, which is scheduled to start on Thursday as a surge in cases was recorded ...

The cabinet on Monday decided on mandatory self-isolation for Omicron cases or any other future variants as of this Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the spread of new variant ...

Paphos police were investigating on Monday after 15 people reportedly assaulted two men in the Dasoudi area the night before. The case was reported to the police by the two victims ...

Seven businesses and 16 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus measures after 3,046 checks in the government-controlled areas, police said on Monday. About half of the checks, 1,536, were carried out in the ...

We have lost many things to Covid-19 over the last two years, including the festive spirit. Gina Agapiou visits some of the Christmas villages in the mountains in the hope ...

The government has recently improved maternity benefits, but will this encourage couples to have more children? New government measures to fight falling birth rates and “safeguard Hellenism” have been dismissed ...

A new €350,000 aquarium was inaugurated on Saturday at the Limassol Zoo as part of a €10m upgrade. Visitors to the zoo will now be able to familiarise themselves with strange ...