Rebekah Gregoriades

The government’s contract with Opap Cyprus, providing for €447 million income over 15 years, is satisfactory and to the benefit of the republic, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, while the ...

Press emphasising safety concerns for tourists after Hezbollah threats last week are “a bolt from the blue” and the only way out is to defuse the situation, the Hotel Professionals ...

The government has plans to improve the infrastructure at Pournara migrant reception centre, where “excellent work” is being done, Deputy Immigration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Tuesday. Speaking after his ...

Huge differences have been found in petrol retail prices around the island, some exceeding 14 cents per litre, the Cyprus consumer’s association said on Tuesday. The association published a report ...

Turkey on Tuesday issued an anti-navtex, bringing into question the republic of Cyprus and its right to issue navtex. The anti-navtex, posted on the website of the Turkish office of ...

Larnaca’s criminal court has sentenced a 26-year-old to 11 years in prison for importing 17kg of cannabis, police said on Tuesday. The court heard that 16.752kg of cannabis had been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is expected to meet UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin in Brussels next week, on the sidelines of the European Council, it emerged on Tuesday. Government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The Republic will not accept migrants currently in the buffer zone, immigration deputy minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Tuesday. Speaking after a visit to the Pournara migrant reception centre, Ioannides ...

A German, living in the north, is due to the questioned on Wednesday in the Republic, regarding the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property. The German suspect, the third in a ...

The findings produced by investigations into the Avakoum monastery scandal will be discussed at a meeting convened for Wednesday by attorney-general George Savvides. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), ...

The repercussions of the 1974 Turkish invasion, including the unseen aspects of women and children, were at the centre of a meeting on Friday between an American Hellenic Institute Foundation (Ahif) ...

How the EU could support Cyprus’ defence industry was discussed on Friday in Nicosia between President Nikos Christodoulides and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. Speaking after the meeting, ...

Akamas’ attractions are featured in a new tourism campaign to drive local and tourist traffic to the natural and culture treasures of the area. Paphos’ regional board of tourism is ...

Promising to continue work to further strengthen relations between Cyprus and Qatar, the latter’s ambassador to the island, Ali Yousuf Abdulrahman Al-Mulla, bid farewell to House President Annita Demetriou. ...

With the temporary pier to the Gazan coastline operational, humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza resumed on Thursday. The US Central Command (US Centcom) said in a press release on ...

A 48-year-old was arrested in Paphos for drink driving on Thursday afternoon, with final blood alcohol level 138mg instead of 22mg. Police said the driver, a permanent resident of Paphos, ...

Leaving the heatwave behind and welcoming average temperatures for the end of June, Cyprus prepares for the upcoming bank holiday – the Orthodox Whit Monday or Kataklysmos – celebrated across the island ...

A holiday home in Zygi was extensively damaged in a fire in the early hours of Friday. Old cars in the yard were also damaged. Police said the fire was ...

Hezbollah’s “verbal attack” against Cyprus “is just beyond me”, the state department said on Thursday. “Why Hezbollah would attack a country in the middle of that important humanitarian role ...

A campaign has launched in Cyprus to cultivate awareness around people violently displaced or forced to leave their homes. Commissioner for administration and the protection of human rights, ombudswoman Maria ...

Cyprus, the Middle East and Ukraine are among issues topping the agenda of an official visit to Cyprus by Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo on Friday. ...

Two centres for people with eating disorders are in the pipeline, the House health committee heard on Thursday. The committee once again discussed the rising numbers of children and teenagers ...

Posting videos and photographs on social media of individuals whose consent has not been obtained is on the rise, triggering the data commissioner to issue warnings. Commissioner for personal data ...

The interior ministry on Thursday has announced financial aid for damage to houses, vehicles and professional buildings caused by recent wildfires. The state aid covers damage in the villages of ...