Rebekah Gregoriades

Court proceedings in the ‘Zavrantonas’ case continued on Friday with the cross examination of key prosecution witness Yiannis ‘Maronas’ Andreou, who on Thursday had told the court he had initially ...

Forty-six beaches and two marinas are currently flying the Blue Flag of quality and sustainable management of coasts, and 25 of these beaches offer facilities for people with disabilities, the Cyprus ...

An appeal lodged against a prison sentence imposed for two accounts of attempted murder has been dismissed by the court of appeals, which ratified the 16-year sentences as not being ...

A fire close to an abandoned shoe factory in the buffer zone of Kokkinotrimithia, Nicosia, that started at noon on Friday, has been placed under control. In a post on ...

By Rebekah Gregoriades Viral hepatitis remains a “silent epidemic” despite progress in prevention and treatment, often causing serious liver damage before symptoms appear, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Friday. ...

The completion of roadworks in Konia will be delayed a few days due to technical problems encountered by the contractor laying the asphalt, Paphos acting mayor Angelos Onisiforou said on ...

The police drug squad (Ykan) on Friday seized 7kg of cannabis in Larnaca that arrived by post from abroad in two separate packages and a 30-year-old man has already been ...

Pension reforms are progressing as planned, with pensioners expected to see higher payments from February 1, 2027, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Friday. The minister said the bill covering the first ...

Cyprus is among ten countries that believe the EU should reconsider a new carbon price on fuel, a stance that could divide the bloc. Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, the ...

A technical problem at the Customs Department has disrupted the system for the collection of customs duties and the subsequent release of goods, with fallback procedures now in place until ...

Good Omens is a brilliantly funny book. Although I’m not a fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, I immensely enjoyed this 1990 novel, written by Terry Pratchett and Neil ...

New evidence has emerged regarding the July 6 attempted robbery of a jewellery shop in Larnaca, with testimony apparently linking the two suspects with the attempted robbery of a bank in ...

Areas across Cyprus were left without electricity from 8.10pm onwards on Friday due to a fault in the production system. The Cyprus Transmission System Operator said the fault caused one ...

Only one in four workers in Cyprus obtained learning experience at the workplace in 2025, according to a European Commission report to the European Council, made public on Friday. The report ...

Cyprus has decried the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the north for the development of an undersea natural gas pipeline. The foreign ministry said on Friday ...

The revised recovery and resilience plans for Cyprus, Lithuania, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany, Latvia, Slovenia and the Netherlands, as well as Hungary’s new €10 billion plan, were approved on Friday at ...

Securing an adequate water supply for potato crops was discussed on Friday, with the agriculture ministry saying the issue would be taken up with the Water Development Department. In a ...

Disability benefits are increasing and becoming more inclusive through legislation voted in on July 2, which Deputy Welfare Minister Clea Papaellina on Friday described as one of the most important reforms ...

Direct Democracy MP Diana Constantinides has pledged to clamp down on violence against women during her five-year term, having borne the burden of losing her mother at a young age. ...

Criminologist Ilias Anagnostopoulos is officially on the team of independent criminal investigators in the Mafia State case, following Wednesday’s approval by the cabinet. Anagnostopoulos is replacing Christos Mylonopoulos, who ...

The government is following the roadmap it drafted in 2025 to establish Cyprus as an all-year-round tourist destination with clear aims and priorities to develop alternative forms of tourism, highlight Cyprus’ ...

The government consulted the anti-corruption authority before appointing Ilias Anagnostopoulos as the second criminal investigator in the Mafia State case, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Commenting on reactions to ...

The government has broken no promises regarding the Athalassa hospital, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Tuesday, following statements by trade unions concerning understaffing and unsuitable buildings. “We are working to ...

A French court decision to extradite a Lithuanian woman wanted for the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north is “exceptionally important”, the Law Office said on Tuesday. The ...