Rebekah Gregoriades

Two people have been arrested in connection with a fire that completely destroyed a car at 5am on Wednesday in Polemidia, Limassol. Investigations led to two suspects, aged 38 and 22, who ...

A woman who had fallen from rocks and injured herself in the Ayia Napa sea cave area was rescued on Wednesday, after the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) set Nearchos ...

Despite past efforts to close landfills, new illegal rubbish dumps have emerged, with Paphos now recording around 540 sites, deputy district officer Emily Dionysiou said on Wednesday. These dumps, located in ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the cabinet on Wednesday over progress in implementing compensation measures under his ministry’s control to support those affected by the Limassol fire. In a ...

Electricity Authority (EAC) unions on Tuesday called on the board to “rise to the occasion and meet their obligations” over implementing decisions to solve energy sector problems, pointing out that ...

There is “a significant reluctance on the part of the state to adopt drastic and immediate remedial measures” for environmental violations or illegalities, the audit office said on Tuesday in ...

Roadworks will be carried out in Nicosia and Paphos in August, specifically on the Aglandjia-Yeri road and the Paphos-Limassol motorway. Repair works on the Aglandjia-Yeri road (E119) will be carried ...

Reports prepared by the fire service, the forestry department, the civil defence and the police, regarding the wildfire that swept through Limassol last week, were handed over to President Nikos ...

Palestinian ambassador Abdallah Attari stressed the urgent need for support from friendly countries, such as Cyprus, during a meeting on Friday with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos. In a written statement, ...

The police issued a warning on Friday about a new scam with text messages purportedly from banks. Already, several complaints have been made to the police regarding the text messages ...

Etek, Cyprus’ scientific and technical chamber, will be delivering is first report as early as Monday on the assessment of damage caused by last week’s wildfire that swept through ...

Pieros, a green turtle that had been kept at the sea turtle care centre for treatment, has been released back into the sea, it was announced on Friday. The Department ...

The diplomatic corps have been rattled by information that the cabinet had secretly decided to pay for a costly campaign in New York to get the foreign ministry’s permanent ...

“Alas if in such crucial moments our first thought was whether to keep our position or not,” was the answer given by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou, commenting on the criticism ...

The cabinet decided on Wednesday on the amount of aid for victims of last week’s wildfire that swept through Limassol villages, leaving hundreds of people homeless and wrecking businesses. ...

Bus drivers and other staff of Larnaca Public Transport staff started a 48-hour strike at 5.30am on Wednesday. The 120 employees gathered at the Larnaca bus station, claiming the company had ...

The need for better cooperation and coordination between the fire service and forestry department, as well as a thorough assessment of firefighting means, were outlined in a report drawn up ...

Wednesday will be mainly clear with temperatures peaking at 37C inland, 32C along the coast and 29C in the highest mountains. Winds will be a southwest to northwest gentle to ...

Ministries will be submitting proposals for approval at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting in relation to the compensation of those affected by the fires that swept through the Limassol district last ...

A 15-year-old girl was injured on Tuesday after she fell off her e-scooter in Paphos, the police said on Wednesday. The accident happened at 11am on Tuesday, when the teen ...

Minor incidents could “easily escalate” in Cyprus without Unficyp’s “constant vigilance”, the UN undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Tuesday. Addressing the UN Security Council in New ...

A 21-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after police found and confiscated a large quantity of drugs in Nicosia. The suspect will be taken before a court on Wednesday for a ...

Cyprus stands ready to reactivate the maritime humanitarian corridor to Gaza, permanent representative to the UN ambassador Maria Michail said on Tuesday. Speaking at the international conference on the Palestinian ...

A three-year-old child is being treated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia with head injuries and pulmonary contusion after falling from the third floor of a block of flats in Limassol. ...