Rebekah Gregoriades

The customs department announced on Monday it had confiscated large amounts of tobacco and e-cigarettes/vapes at Larnaca airport on December 18, found in the luggage of a 29-year-old Russian passenger, ...

Drugs, gambling, explosives and traffic offences were on the menu for the police on Sunday night. The police announced on Monday that they booked 148 people for traffic offences alone in ...

Police are continuing investigations into an attempted murder and the vandalism of a barbershop, which authorities believe may be connected incidents. The latest incident occurred in the early hours of ...

The week starts off overcast with fine dust lingering in the atmosphere. Isolated showers and thunderstorms can be expected in the afternoon, as well as sleet or snow in the ...

It’s all fun and games until you need the official documents. This is what a couple from the UK, visiting the island every year since 1981, found out when they ...

Cyprus’ population, excluding the north, was estimated at 983,000 at the end of 2024, marking an increase of 1.7 per cent from the 966,400 recorded at the end of 2023, the Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

Agricultural payments in 2025 reached €138.7 million, while the total amount the Republic has received from the EU since it acceded in 2004 totals €2.3 billion, commissioner Andreas Kyprianou said on Friday. Speaking at ...

The anti-flood measures implemented at 21 locations in the mountainous areas of Limassol, which were devastated by a three-day wildfire in July, have so far withstood seasonal rainfall, Agriculture Minister Maria ...

The criminal court trial of former transport minister Marios Demetriades, seven other individuals and two companies, over the issuance of Cypriot passports to foreign nationals, was postponed on Friday until ...

The government will be utilising all references in the European Council conclusions on Cyprus, as well as regarding Turkey’s role and its obligations towards the Republic of Cyprus, President ...

The breaching of sanctions against Russia by third countries impacts the effectiveness of the measures, President Nikos Christodoulides said early on Friday after a night-long European Council session, which spent ...

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will be touring countries of the region after her January 7 visit to Cyprus for the assumption of the EU presidency, which President Nikos ...

Germany on Thursday donated €200,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), dedicated to locating and identifying remains. Thursday’s donation bringing Germany’s financial assistance to the CMP to €1.6 million ...

Tractors were stationed line astern outside the presidential palace on Thursday as Cypriot farmers joined a continent-wide protest against planned changes to the European Union’s common agricultural policy and ...

Workers at Larnaca port went on strike on Thursday morning from 7.30am till 11.30am, protesting over poor health and safety measures. Trade unions Sek and Peo said in a joint ...

The “selective” leaking of documents concerning the central prison serves “personal and/or other political purposes” and undermines a fair trial, the law firm representing former deputy prison director Athena ...

Police are investigating arson after a fire broke out on Thursday in a cellar in Yermasogia, Limassol, belonging to a 40-year-old businessman, the second attack against the same person, prompting ...

Passengers arriving at Cyprus’ airports over the holidays will have additional airport shuttle routes to get home in time. Kapnos Airport Shuttle announced it would be extending its schedule to ...

Primary and secondary education teachers went on strike on Thursday over the new evaluation system expected to be sent to the House plenum on Monday. Poed, Oelmek and Isotita have ...

A 41-year-old was arrested on Wednesday at Larnaca airport, having been arrested in a European country in April and extradited to Cyprus to face online fraud charges. The police said ...

Clear skies prevail on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 19C inland, 21C along the coast and 9C in the highest mountains. Winds will be a southwest to northwest gentle to moderate ...

Nicolina Nicolaou, a special education teacher for the past 15 years, has been jotting down ideas and taking notes, which over time transmuted into a complete book – Reading Comprehension and Psychosocial ...

The eight people facing charges concerning the confidential documents from the prisons found in the home of a chief warden have been referred to a trial before the criminal court ...

A biker and his female pillion rider were injured on Sunday evening in Paphos when they fell off their motorcycle. The police said the accident happened at around 7.30pm on ...