Rebekah Gregoriades

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Larnaca criminal court for smuggling 11kg of cannabis with the intention of supplying it. The cannabis was found ...

EU member states approved €3.5 million in emergency support for farmers in Cyprus, approving a European Commission proposal for assistance to address the impact of natural disasters since spring 2024. The aid ...

About 17 dogs remain at the informal shelter in Ayioi Trimithias, after over a dozen were removed by animal welfare organisations, following complaints about neglect that prompted a visit by the ...

A police officer has been suspended while the internal investigation service looks into a series of suspected offences, including corruption, the force said on Wednesday. Investigations are focusing on abuse ...

Minimum wages in 19 professions in the hotel industry are getting a 3.54 per cent increase, retrospectively from January 1, after the cabinet issued a decree on Wednesday as part of the sector’...

Cyprus’ electricity network is set to bear more pressure over the coming days, due to the cold spell forecast for Thursday onwards, increasing demand for heating. “Things will be difficult. ...

Emergency calls to 112 will soon be handled by Civil Defence, which is actively preparing for the transition. Civil Defence spokesman Panayiotis Liassides told the Cyprus Mail that EU regulations require ...

Environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou will lead a group of 35 students on a tour of the abandoned village of Fasli in the Paphos district on Thursday and Friday as part of ...

Various products, mostly children’s toys, containing hazardous chemicals been found on the European market. Cyprus’ labour inspection department said these chemicals were dangerous for workers and consumers alike and ...

State pathologist Panicos Stavrianos testified in court on Tuesday and presented material backing his theory that conscript Thanasis Nicolaou had died after falling from a height in 2005. On December 18, the ...

The enlargement of the EU is a “geopolitical necessity highlighted by international developments”, Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna said on Tuesday, adding that this would be high on ...

Tuesday’s electricity production covered needs, says operator Electricity production on Tuesday met the demand and the situation was being closely monitored, Transmission System Operator spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on ...

The loss of lives is not up for “populism or political exploitation”, the transport ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, in response to remarks by Disy deputy president Yiannis ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal lodged against a court decision nullifying the election of Savvas Savva to the post of Alassa community leader, it said on Tuesday. On ...

Young NEETs in Cyprus – those not in employment, education or training – dropped to 13.8 per cent in 2023, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday, reiterating the government’s aim for creating ...

Limassol municipality has postponed all carnival events scheduled for Saturday as the funerals will be held of the five family members that perished in a fire in the Ayios Nikolas ...

A group called ‘Syrians in Cyprus’ has called for the partial lifting of a freeze on asylum applications from Syria, saying in letters to the interior minister and deputy migration ...

Five people were injured in a road accident in Paphos on Monday, when three cars crashed into each other and one overturned. Police said the accident happened along Nicolaos Nicolaides ...

Gender-based violence should be thoroughly looked into through investigation and control mechanisms, as the mere condemnation of cases was not enough, MPs said on Monday at the House human rights ...

Ambulance services should be left to those who know the daily difficulties in real cases and not imaginary numbers, the association of private ambulances said on Monday and called for ...

All electrical devices in Cyprus should be EU-certified and the public should make sure they are using them correctly, as a number of fires over the past years started from ...

The eCall system fitted in cars under a compulsory EU regulation for the past seven years or so, to send precise locations to the emergency services in case of a ...

Trade unions Sek, Peo and Deok have sent a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides calling on him to annul a cabinet decision to gradual drop 1,000 hourly workers by 2035 and to ...

Europa Nostra, the leading European movement for the protection of cultural heritage, is inaugurating a Heritage Hub in Nicosia later this month, to serve as a regional cultural meeting point. ...