Rebekah Gregoriades

The understaffing of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs the national health scheme (Gesy) and the abuse of the health system by certain providers are the main problems faced ...

The House plenum passed an education ministry bill on Thursday night introducing strict provisions for the establishment and operation of branches of foreign universities in Cyprus. Greek ambassador Ioannis Papameletiou ...

More than 10,000 people have already downloaded the Digital Citizen application since it went live last week and the number is expected to increase considerably, Deputy Digital Policy Minister Nicodemos Damianou ...

A number of Syrians living in Cyprus have already withdrawn their asylum applications and have renounced their subsidiary protection status, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Thursday. Speaking on ...

Car owners should remain informed about their vehicles, whether they are being recalled or not, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday, adding that any delays would be addressed and ...

The House of Representatives unanimously accepted President Nikos Christodoulides’ referral regarding the second amendment to the Constitution, which enshrines the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Following ...

Cyprus is the only state outside Nato and its Partnership for Peace programme that has been included in the list of countries eligible to participate in US military training programmes ...

Ex auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said he had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday over being fired, just hours after he told state TV that he was ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Thursday his vision of transforming Cyprus from a consumer of defence products to a producer. “I am announcing a series of targeted measures to further ...

MPs will be called to vote on over 100 bills and proposed legislation on Thursday, in the last plenum before the House passes the state budgets just in time for the ...

A total of 266 Cypriot antiquities were handed over to Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou in Claremont, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, including a rare copper talent, the third such artefact to ...

Dozens of brand fragrances have been withdrawn from the EU market for containing forbidden substance butylphenyl methylpropional (BMHCA), according to a notification sent by Rapex to EU member states. Cyprus’ ...

Andreas Mavroyiannis and Ozdil Nami, former negotiators of the two sides for a Cyprus settlement, will be joining MEP Fidias Panayiotou in his first live podcast on Friday, to discuss ...

Fuel prices for vehicles and heating – excluding agriculture – are expected to go up by about 10 per cent by 2027 as a result of a new European directive on emission pricing, the ...

A bill increasing penalties for possession, cultivation or exploitation in any way of land or immovable property belonging to a third person has been submitted to the House, giving leverage ...

An “ambitious but absolutely necessary” plan to ensure every household and every sector has the water it needs was presented on Wednesday by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou, who said reservoirs ...

The House will be voting at Thursday’s plenary on a referred bill amending the Constitution, establishing the right to a healthy and sustainable environment, after the legal committee on ...

A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested at Larnaca airport on Wednesday for smuggling over 20kg of cannabis. The passenger had arrived at Larnaca from Bangkok via the United Arab Emirates. ...

The crisis in Syria has been included in the European Council agenda at the request of Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, pointing out that the country’s new ...

The UK will support Cyprus in establishing a new National Sanctions Implementation Unit to crack down on illicit Russian finance flowing through Europe, Keir Starmer’s office announced on Tuesday, ...

The trial of ex volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki at the Nicosia district court was postponed once again on Tuesday, as the accused appeared in court without a lawyer. The court ...

The UK and Cyprus have turned a page in their relationship, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday after welcoming British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the presidential palace. Starmer, the ...

Police arrested a 71-year-old on Monday evening in connection with two large cocaine-related cases, after he was located in Germany and handed over to the Cypriot authorities. On May 13, 2022, a 58...

Experts will be entering Paphos’ desalination plant for investigations if deemed safe after the building was cleared out on Tuesday. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said the building was still ...