Rebekah Gregoriades

The wildfire that broke out on Sunday near the Paphos villages of Stroumbi and Kili and reignited around noon on Monday in the ravine between the two communities has been ...

Monday starts off with clear skies and fine dust in the air. From noon onwards, clouds will start forming and isolated showers or a short storm can be expected in ...

Fifty years since the first teacher evaluation system was introduced, Cyprus is bound by the EU to modernise it. As civil servants and modernisation always make for uneasy bedfellows, it ...

Roadworks will be carried out over the coming days in Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca. On November 25, works will be underway on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway, lasting till December 4, from Monday to ...

A Larnaca resident complained to the police on Friday that between July 24 and November 10 unknown individuals had managed to scam him out of €50,000. According to the complaint, the scammers presented ...

Better public schools and modern units are among the education ministry’s aims for 2026, according to its annual action plan published on Friday, included in the ministry’s proposed budget ...

Tax Commissioner Soteris Markides expressed concern on Friday about the phenomenon of acquisitions of businesses in Cyprus by foreign companies and funds. He told MPs at the House finance committee – ...

Arguments in the second trial-within-a-trial in the case of the German real estate agent facing charges of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north will be heard on December 3 at 9...

Although hate crime and hate speech remain relatively rare in Cyprus, the general climate of tolerance and respect has deteriorated in recent years, the Council of Europe said on Friday. ...

Six weeks into its implementation, WeeDrive is growing more popular among Limassol parents, who see their teens getting to activities on time without the stress associated with commuting. Limassol’s ...

The municipality of Larnaca was not aware that a tree-planting event planned for Sunday by the Jewish Community of Cyprus was to be held in honour of US President Donald ...

Primary school teacher union Poed decided on Thursday – as a “gesture of good will” – to postpone its work stoppage scheduled for November 26 to protest the proposed changes to the teacher ...

The police have reportedly proposed indictments against 14 legal entities and individuals over the leasing of firefighting aircraft at the Forestry Department following the completion of investigations into possible corruption and ...

Cyprus has surpassed the EU average in utilising EU funds through the 2021-2027 multi-annual financial framework, however it still stands at 18.8 per cent of the amount it is entitled to, ...

The two 28-year-olds arrested in Greece in connection with the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous, who was gunned down last month a few metres from his Limassol home, have been ...

About 90 per cent of traffic on the roads is private commuting and carving out new roads will not solve the problem, the Environmental Movement said on Thursday, presenting a list ...

Two Greek Cypriots standing trial in the north for alleged privacy violations appeared in court on Wednesday, where the prosecution called in two police witnesses. The first witness submitted data ...

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 ...