Rebekah Gregoriades

Legal tools for evacuating dangerous buildings are “time consuming and ineffective”, Limassol EOA chairman Yiannis Tsouloftas stressed on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony on Thursday that promoted the ...

A man from Somalia saw his conviction increased from two to three years for a domestic violence case after the court of appeal found the initial penalty was “clearly insufficient” ...

Authorities continued investigations on Friday into the circumstances under which a fifth-floor balcony in Limassol collapsed onto the one underneath, prompting Civil Defence to evacuate all 56 apartments in the block ...

As greenhouse gas emissions were decreasing across Europe, in Cyprus they increased by 67.1 per cent between 1990 and 2024, while 13 per cent of the island’s land area was affected by drought ...

Direct Democracy leader Fidias Panayiotou is taking Data Protection Commissioner Maria Christofidou to the administrative court, disputing a €6,000 fine imposed over his handling of the Agora platform. Responding to the ...

Domestic and gender violence are on the rise, taking their toll on funds being made available to the Women’s House, a sanctuary for female victims and their underaged children, ...

Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy app and online platform ‘Agora’ has been fined €6,000 for personal data breaches, commissioner Maria Christofidou announced on Wednesday. The decision to impose an administrative fine ...

Two school bus routes in Nicosia and Larnaca, that had been temporarily suspended following incidents of vandalism and subsequent security issues, are running again on Wednesday, and a meeting next ...

With petrol prices already at an average of €1.7 per litre and diesel over €2, there seems to be no room for optimism regarding the trend prices will follow in the near ...

Owners of land in the Akamas area will be able to apply for compensatory measures through ‘Measure 1’ as of next month for not developing their plots, thus helping to preserve ...

The Turkish Cypriot property management service admitted on Wednesday to allocating over 150 million square metres of land to a member of staff, saying this was 30 years ago and in line ...

A wanted man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday morning after he tried to avoid being arrested and during a car chase crashed into a patrol car following warning gunshots. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be addressing the UN General Assembly on Wednesday at 7.30pm Cyprus time, with a speech expected to focus on efforts to resume negotiations for a solution ...

The police arrested six people overnight for assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, possession of drugs, burglary and theft, failure to appear before a court, illegal possession of tobacco products and ...

Now is the time to move decisively from planning to implementation, maintaining the momentum and accelerating the next steps in developing the Aphrodite gas field, President Nikos Christodoulides said late ...

Wednesday starts off mainly fine with scattered clouds along the west coast. From noon onwards, clouds will gather over the mountains and to the east, bringing isolated showers and short ...

Limassol’s hygiene service gathered what is described as a record 24,700 tonnes of waste materials in two years, including pruning waste, tyres, abandoned vehicles and other bulky items, the municipality ...

Upgrading roads in Strovolos, speeding up repairs at refugee housing estates and improving waste management planning were among the issues raised during a visit by a Disy delegation to the ...

Children came up with a host of ideas for making their neighbourhood greener, from planting more trees and adding benches to creating spaces for play, walking and socialising, during an ...

Customs agents, acting on a tipoff, stopped two Israeli women for luggage inspection at Paphos airport on Monday and found large quantities of duty free cigarettes. The agents found 19 cartons ...

Customs agents confiscated almost 10kg of duty free nargileh tobacco during searches of vehicles in Dherynia and Ayios Dhometios on Monday. Agents at the crossing point in Dherynia pulled over ...

A rubbish lorry overturned into a field on Tuesday morning in Achelia, Paphos, due to a mechanical problem. The driver and two passengers – all foreigners – were lightly injured and taken ...

Key prosecution witnesses will be testifying on Tuesday, as the trial of suspended mayor of Paphos Phedon Phedonos continues before the Paphos criminal court. The hearing, which began in late ...

For Cyprus, respect of international law is not an abstract, theoretical principle, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday evening, adding that an effective multilateral system is of particular importance for ...