Rebekah Gregoriades

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 ...

A portion of the government’s fuel subsidy introduced last week was not passed on to consumers, but instead “unjustifiably absorbed” by petrol stations, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on ...

A yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place till 5pm on Monday. The Meteorological Department issued the warning for local showers and isolated thunderstorms, as well as hailstones, mainly in ...

Cyprus Post has decided to temporarily suspend sending parcels to the United States, due to problems in the handling of the parcels by customs. In a press release on Friday, ...

Former Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis, currently running for Alma in the May 24 parliamentary elections, testified to the police on Friday and filed a complaint against journalist Makarios Drousiotis – a Volt ...

Polling stations for the May 24 parliamentary elections will be operating in London, Athens, Salonica and Brussels, the interior ministry announced on Friday. It also called on those wishing to vote ...

Special education should be provided in private schools as well, the office of the commissioner for administration and protection of human rights (ombudswoman) said in a report made public on ...

A martial arts instructor was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of a child. The Law Office will now be ...

A new incidence of foot and mouth disease was reported on Friday at a cattle farm in Yeri, within the Nicosia containment zone, while tracing and sampling continue. The Veterinary ...

More electricity smart meters are being installed this month on a large scale, the electricity authority (EAC) announced on Friday, reminding consumers that power will be cut off for about 20 ...