Rebekah Gregoriades

The government has a “clear” strategic direction, which is to “truly strengthen Cyprus’ position as a hub of innovation and technology”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Christodoulides said he ...

The return of the remains of murdered soldier Thanasis Nikolaos, which have been kept at the Limassol public health office since 2020, is being requested by his family, who will appear ...

The police warned the public of a new scam on Wednesday with the perpetrators extorting money from people by promising investments in activities in which famous personalities allegedly participate. The ...

Out of every three households in Cyprus, one is getting by comfortably, while the other two are either barely managing or struggling to survive, a survey presented on Wednesday shows. ...

The new decree issued by the agriculture ministry for the gradual increase of the goat and sheep milk content in halloumi is a step in the right direction and helps ...

A bill amending the law on Gesy was approved on Wednesday by the cabinet and is to be sent by the health ministry to parliament as ‘urgent’ for immediate voting. ...

The story goes like this: moths laying eggs in hanging weblike nests that drop to the ground when they have served their purpose, larva hatching out and eating pines trees ...

The EU Agency for Asylum delivered 62 reception units on Friday to Cyprus’ asylum service, for the needs of the Pournara migrant reception centre. In a post on Faceboo, the agency ...

The use of freshwater resources in Cyprus is “unsustainable”, Eurostat said on Friday, in an article to mark World Water Day, celebrated on March 22. “With temperatures rising every year, droughts ...

The Nicosia District Court issued an eight-day remand order on Friday against a 32-year-old man, who was arrested for facilitating interrogations regarding ongoing cases of robbery and extortion of money ...

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a habeas corpus ad subjiciendum demand for release filed by an international protection applicant, who had admitted various crimes, including murder, to the police. ...

The road transport department (TOM) has updated its Takata airbag recall list, as over a hundred cars under recall are now to be immobilised immediately, after information received from CIC ...

A group of Cypriots staged a protest in Nicosia on Friday afternoon against the escalating violence in Gaza and the violation of the agreed ceasefire by Israel forces. The protest ...

This year’s plan to subsidise holidays for people with disabilities was announced on Friday by the department for the social integration of the disabled. The scheme was approved by ...

Taxi drivers in the Limassol district will be on strike on Wednesday from 8am till 12 noon, the urban taxi federation decided on Friday, in a measure they hope will help ...

The EU should undertake a more active role in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. The ...

Efforts to locate more survivors from the boat that capsized about 25 nautical miles off Cape Greco were terminated at 2pm on Friday. The search and rescue operation started on March 16, ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos has called on the government to increase state funding to the unified municipality conceived through recent local administration reforms, as its new form demanded more spending ...

Private rehabilitation centres on Wednesday expressed serious concern over a bill regulating the operation of the centres, saying that proposed legislation in practice equates them with nursing homes and may ...

Residents who joined Nicosia municipality under the new local administration reform were in for a shock in March, when they started receiving inflated annual property tax bills. The bills appear ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday postponed until April 2 the case brought against a German real estate agent charged on 44 counts related to the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), connecting the electricity grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel is now being handled on a diplomatic level as it has become a matter of foreign ...

A mortar shell about half a metre long was unearthed on Tuesday by builders working on a construction site in Peyia. Police cordoned off the area took possession of the ...

UNHCR Cyprus has raised concerns over a reported “pushback incident on March 14 involving three boats carrying approximately 80 Syrian nationals, including women and children, who had departed from Syria and reached ...