Rebekah Gregoriades

Blue Flags are turning out to be a bone of contention, with the Cyprus Greens saying they can be misleading as they still fly on heavily polluted beaches but Cymepa – ...

The ruins of seven monuments – churches and watermills – damaged during last month’s wildfire that swept through mountainous Limassol will be protected, Deputy Minister for Culture Vasiliki Kassianidou said on ...

If you live in Cyprus and are taking the first step in learning you will find Greek is useful in the written word, but not so much in a shop ...

Twenty years ago on August 14, 2005, a Boeing 737-300 took off at 9.07am from Larnaca airport with 115 passengers and six crew on board. By 12.03pm, no one on that Helios Airways ...

Student accommodation prices have reached record levels, with single rooms costing around €350 per month, while beds in dormitories remain scarce, the Cyprus Federation of Student Unions (Pofen) has said. Speaking ...

Before his retirement party has properly ended, CIA operative Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is dragged back into action for one last job that turns his world upside down, as the ...

An architectural competition has been launched in Larnaca to transform the former leper colony in the salt-lake area into an environmental awareness centre, at an estimated cost of €2,6 million. The ...

A bus company has been fined €4,000 for failing to implement preventive and precautionary safety measures following a risk assessment, particularly in relation to the operation and use of Kinglong buses, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed his shock and deep sorrow on Friday for the death of Lena Samara, daughter of former prime minister of Greece Antonis Samaras. Lena Samara died of ...

Ruth Keshishian, who had an encyclopedic knowledge and understanding of Cyprus’ history and literature, and owned the Moufflon Bookshop in Nicosia for decades, passed away on Wednesday night. She was 81. ...

The Cyprus Institute has developed an innovative pilot system for detecting fires, based on satellite data and the processing power of a super-computer, which can be made available to the ...

A plan to support the technological and digital upgrading of cultural institutions was approved on Wednesday by the cabinet. The plan was prepared by the deputy ministry of culture with ...

The annual celestial phenomenon of shooting stars, the Perseid meteor shower, will be at its highest density on August 12 and 13. The Perseid meteor shower, which takes its name from the ...

Two people have been arrested in connection with a fire that completely destroyed a car at 5am on Wednesday in Polemidia, Limassol. Investigations led to two suspects, aged 38 and 22, who ...

A woman who had fallen from rocks and injured herself in the Ayia Napa sea cave area was rescued on Wednesday, after the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) set Nearchos ...

Despite past efforts to close landfills, new illegal rubbish dumps have emerged, with Paphos now recording around 540 sites, deputy district officer Emily Dionysiou said on Wednesday. These dumps, located in ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the cabinet on Wednesday over progress in implementing compensation measures under his ministry’s control to support those affected by the Limassol fire. In a ...

Electricity Authority (EAC) unions on Tuesday called on the board to “rise to the occasion and meet their obligations” over implementing decisions to solve energy sector problems, pointing out that ...

There is “a significant reluctance on the part of the state to adopt drastic and immediate remedial measures” for environmental violations or illegalities, the audit office said on Tuesday in ...

Roadworks will be carried out in Nicosia and Paphos in August, specifically on the Aglandjia-Yeri road and the Paphos-Limassol motorway. Repair works on the Aglandjia-Yeri road (E119) will be carried ...

Reports prepared by the fire service, the forestry department, the civil defence and the police, regarding the wildfire that swept through Limassol last week, were handed over to President Nikos ...

Palestinian ambassador Abdallah Attari stressed the urgent need for support from friendly countries, such as Cyprus, during a meeting on Friday with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos. In a written statement, ...

The police issued a warning on Friday about a new scam with text messages purportedly from banks. Already, several complaints have been made to the police regarding the text messages ...

Etek, Cyprus’ scientific and technical chamber, will be delivering is first report as early as Monday on the assessment of damage caused by last week’s wildfire that swept through ...