Rebekah Gregoriades

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Nikos Stylianides has withdrawn his Alma candidacy for the May 24 parliamentary elections, as a “matter of principle” following the removal of Demetris Papadakis from the Alma ballot.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

Rainfall during the first week of April has already surpassed the average for the month, reaching 111 per cent of the usual precipitation. The Meteorological Department said the total rainfall from ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy said the government’s decision to pay a €250 Easter allowance to low-income pensioners was a “conscious exclusion” of ten times more elderly people than those set to ...

The Cyprus Psychologists Association has rejected a health insurance organisation (HIO) proposal to include counselling in Gesy. In a press release on Monday, the association said 89 per cent of delegates ...

Parliament on Monday passed amendments to the teacher evaluation regulations, to include assessment criteria, a move welcomed by Education Minister Athena Michaelides. The minister said in a post on X ...

Appeals filed by a neurosurgeon and his wife against their conviction for selling medical consumables to a patient that are provided free have been thrown out by the appeals court. ...

A 41-year-old man was remanded on Monday in connection with the attempted destruction of property with explosives in the Famagusta district on April 2. The man, who was arrested earlier in ...

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Iranian man detained for 23 months pending deportation on national security grounds, ruling that his continued detention was not justified. In a ...

A post falsely presented as an official announcement by the police is circulating on social media, including Instagram and Facebook, the police said on Monday. The post refers to the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman had what the UN described as a “fruitful discussion” on Monday, tasking their representatives to continue talks before they meet again ...

A broad package of legislature protecting borrowers and guarantors, and regulating foreclosures and dispute resolution, was passed on Monday by parliament in a tense plenum atmosphere. The plenum approved two ...