Rebekah Gregoriades

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. ...

As Cyprus’ largest ever recorded fire raced through villages in the Limassol district this week, destroying houses in its wake and killing two elderly people fleeing the inferno, it left ...

The fire service on Friday apologised for not being able to help all those in need during the wildfire that swept through villages in mountainous Limassol destroying homes and killing ...

All outside and heavy work, as well as transport and deliveries, are set to halt at noon on Friday till 4pm, due to the heatwave. The labour department called on ...

Two teenagers were charged in writing on Thursday in Larnaca in connection with the possession of drugs. The bicycle police stopped a car on Athinon Avenue for a check and ...

A building in Paralimni was lightly damaged by a fire that broke out in the early hours of Friday, which police have attributed to arson. The police were notified at 3...

As winds are expected to gradually pick up again on Friday, firefighting forces remain in place and on alert to manage the situation, after the raging wildfire that started on ...

Friday will be sunny and hot with temperatures reaching 44C inland, 36C along the coast and 34C in the highest mountains. An orange warning is in place till 5pm. The ...