Rebekah Gregoriades

A proposal for the chemical castration of people convicted for the sexual abuse of children was presented on Wednesday at parliament, however the government appeared to have reservations about its ...

The historically unequal power relations between men and women not only continue to exist, but any attempt to dismantle them is met with resistance from “leadership interests”, human rights commissioner ...

Oelmek president Demetris Taliadoros said he would not be retracting a remark he made about Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, construed as “sexist”, despite his union’s plea for him to ...

Cyprus continues to face a series of challenges and provocations in its exclusive economic zone, including Turkey obstruction the activities of Cypriot fishermen in violation of international law, Agriculture Minister ...

Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre said on Tuesday that 438 children – mostly early teens –were referred in 2024 to the Children’s House, the facility providing support to victims of sexual ...

In 2024 alone, there were 483 reports of sexual abuse of children in Cyprus. This means one new case every 20 hours and these are just the children who found the courage to ...

The Audit Office on Tuesday requested that Athena Demetriou, former deputy director of the central prisons, be suspended. Demetriou is currently employed at the Audit Office. She is included in ...

A woman was hit by a car on Tuesday morning in Aglandjia, Nicosia. The police said the woman, who was walking in the area when she was run over, was ...

A car overturned on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway on Monday night, near the Latsia weighing station. The police said two cars crashed on the motorway at around 8pm and one of ...

A fire in Goudi village, in the Paphos district, threatened homes on Monday night. The fire broke out in reed beds and thus spread rapidly, placing two nearby houses in ...

Mainly fine weather can be expected on Tuesday with clouds forming locally and temperatures reaching 25C inland and along the coast, and 14C in the highest mountains. Winds will be ...

Primary school teachers’ union Poed will be striking on November 26 from 7.30am till 9am to protest the proposed teacher evaluation plan, a week after unions Oelmek and Isotita are set ...

The four suspects in the gunning down of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous a few metres from his Limassol home last month will remain in custody until their trial begins at ...

Students call on US to stop playing role of ‘unelected global policeman’ Events were held on Monday in Cyprus to honour the November 17, 1973, uprising against the junta in Greece, during ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will be meeting on Thursday at 8.30am in Nicosia, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis announced on Monday. In statements on Monday, Erhurman ...

The House education committee has changed the time it will be meeting on Wednesday, following objections by parents’ associations who said a planned work stoppage by teachers over their new ...

Two people were sent to hospital in the early hours of Monday after an accident on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway. The police said that around 1am two cars crashed near the ...

The week starts off cloudy with a few isolated showers, mainly in the mountains, however skies clear from Tuesday onwards. Temperatures on Monday will reach 24C inland and along the ...

A concrete water tank overlooking Larnaca’s salt lake – a habitat for migratory flamingos – has just got a mural of the long-necked birds, making it a new artistic landmark for ...

Cameron Cope, a closeted gay American teenager with zero sexual experience, dons military boots after impulsively joining the marines with his best friend in a desperate attempt to give meaning ...

Details that were so far unknown were presented on Friday by the prosecution during court procedures to file a case regarding the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous, who was gunned ...

Students and organised groups gathered on Friday to protest the unilateral declaration of northern Cyprus as a separate republic. The unilateral declaration of independence was made on November 15, 1983. Events and ...

Two tremors occurred early on Friday morning in Cyprus. According to the Euro-Mediterranean seismological centre, a tremor measuring three on the Richter scale was recorded at 3.10am. The epicentre was 14 ...

A 36-year-old was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon when he fell from a height while working on a building under renovation in Limassol. The police were notified at 6.40pm that ...