Rebekah Gregoriades

Wine connoisseurs have gathered in Limassol to sample a variety of 145 wines from 30 Cypriot wineries over the course of four days to find the best in the category of dry, ...

The Fire Brigade’s 25th annual fire safety week kicked off on Monday with Justice Minister Costas Fitiris pointing out the need for better coordination between services and departments, and ...

Hundreds of buildings in Lefkara are in a dilapidated state, including listed ones, but efforts to address the issue have not yielded results, mayor Sofoklis Sofokleous said on Monday. Sofokleous ...

Cyprus has “strongly condemned” the attack against United Nations interim force in Lebanon (Unifil) peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, pointing out that “attacks against United Nations personnel are unacceptable and pose ...

The total culling of animals on farms affected by foot and mouth disease is a legal obligation, the veterinary services department stressed on Sunday, while calling on all farmers to ...

The police arrested 12 individuals on Sunday night for various offences, including burglary and theft, causing bodily harm, carrying a knife, possession of drugs, illegal residence and assaulting an officer. During ...

Monday starts off cloudy with isolated showers expected south of Troodos. Winds will be a northwest to northeast gentle to moderate breeze of 3 to 4 Beaufort, and later on a fresh ...

More often than not, what the eye becomes accustomed to, it no longer sees. This is also true for our diverse architecture – the buildings we grew up with and take ...

Amid the war in the Middle East and ongoing efforts to reach a bizonal solution to the Cyprus problem – which he said he opposes – Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios has urged ...

The justice minister has banned all pre-election campaign activities at the police, fire brigade and prisons. Costas Fitiris gave clear instructions to the forces, following an Elam candidate’s speech ...

As the police continue their crackdown on easter bonfires (lambradjia) outside churches, Paphos is getting ready to go ahead with what has become traditional at the midnight Easter liturgy on ...

The police continued their intensified patrols across Cyprus on Thursday to crack down on the use of firecrackers and bonfires known as lambradjia, ahead of midnight Easter liturgy on Saturday. ...

Eight people were arrested in the framework of overnight police operations, mainly for the illegal possession of explosives, weapons and property, as well as drink driving. According to the police, 762 ...

With the most important Christian feast approaching this Sunday, households in predominantly Greek Orthodox Cyprus are observing strict fasting and preparing for Easter. Even those who do not fast for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday he was leaving open the possibility of referring the foreclosure laws back to the House, as many aspects needed to be examined. The laws, ...

Nikos Stylianides has withdrawn his Alma candidacy for the May 24 parliamentary elections, as a “matter of principle” following the removal of Demetris Papadakis from the Alma ballot. Stylianides, who was ...

The Limassol criminal court sentenced two men, aged 62 and 47, to 22 and 20 years in prison, after finding them guilty of the illegal possession of over 100kg of drugs. The two men ...

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for causing grievous bodily harm when he shot a 39-year-old in the leg, in Limassol, on December 30, 2024. The ...

Protocol 1: The mission comes first. But does it? This is not your run-of-the-mill story about time travel. Instead of the whole person arriving in the 21st century to change things ...

President Nikos Christodoulides criticised the House on Wednesday for trying to pass dozens of bills – including some that are unconstitutional – before it dissolved later this month ahead of the May 24 ...

As Cyprus’ livestock sector is still reeling from the foot and mouth outbreak that saw over 30,000 animals culled, state services are at odds over a solution which is rapidly turning ...

A total of 510 incidents of violence were reported in 98 schools taking part in a survey for the 2024-2025 academic year, a safe school group report made public on Tuesday said. ...

Farmers on Tuesday called for immediate compensation and realistic solutions for replacing their livestock after over 30,000 animals have been lost to culling. Chairman of Panagrotiki farming union Christos Papapetrou said ...

Flamingos arrive in Cyprus in November and leave by the end of February, with their pink colour and height reaching 1.45m making them a popular sight at Cyprus’ wetlands, however ...