Rebekah Gregoriades

An expert seems to have tilted the scales in the ongoing Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, when he testified in church court on Tuesday that videos showing monks in actions inconsistent ...

Thorny issues, such as revenue from building permits and the responsibility for dangerous buildings, dominated Monday’s meeting between Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou and president of the Union of Municipalities ...

The new primary school year began on Monday for 51,590 students and 5,044 teachers in 329 public schools. A total of 274 nursery schools also opened their doors across Cyprus for 13,117 toddlers and preschoolers ...

A 29-year-old was arrested on Monday evening in connection with a homophobic attack at the weekend. The attack, outside a nightclub in Limassol on Saturday night, was allegedly carried out ...

Foul play in the case of a dead infant found at a Nicosia cemetery has been ruled out, police sources said on Monday. Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported a woman ...

A 96-year-old, permanent resident of London, was killed in a fatal accident in Larnaca on Sunday, police announced on Monday. The accident happened at 8.10pm on Sunday on the motorway ...

A 19-year-old has been arrested in Paphos for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, hunting in a restricted area, transporting an assembled hunting rifle and failing to comply with a game ...

A decision to allow girls into the national guard when they graduate secondary school on a voluntary basis is in its final stages, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. “...

Works to remove a total of 130 speed bumps and raised crossings are underway, with some being left for 2025 and others further down the line as part of reconstruction works. Senior ...

A second person, aged 25, has been arrested in connection with the robbing of a kiosk in Nicosia on August 29. A 24-year-old is already in custody for the same case. He ...

The future National Guard officers, studying at the higher military schools in Greece, have chosen an arduous but honourable path, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Addressing their swearing-in ...

The Audit Office has lashed out at the government, saying that Wednesday’s decision to turn the service into an audit council was an effort to “manipulate” it and “gag ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously thrown out a law on police promotions, referred by President Nikos Christodoulides, deeming it unconstitutional, as it violates the principle of equality. The law was ...

Cypriot Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou easily qualified for the SB11 category 100m breaststroke final on Thursday, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. In the qualifying race at La Défense Arena, Karolina ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court will be announcing its ruling on September 18 on the attorney-general’s request for the dismissal of the auditor-general on the grounds of inappropriate conduct. In a ...

A 23-year-old has been arrested in connection with illegal possession of property, after police caught him red-handed trying to break into parked cars. At 1.15am on Thursday, a policeman, off ...

Cocaine and an improvised explosive device were confiscated by the police during a raid on a house in Limassol and an 18-year-old was arrested. Having secured a search warrant, the ...

Low pressure and an unstable air mass are affecting the region. The weather on Thursday will be mainly fine, with clouds forming locally and isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms and ...

Lumbago, a common and often debilitating form of lower back pain, can be both prevented and treated through regular exercise, physiotherapists emphasised ahead of Sunday’s World physical therapy day. ...

A decision to scrap free medical treatment not covered by the national health scheme (Gesy) for all civil servants and their families, has triggered the reaction of the Cyprus Federation ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court has given two weeks to the parliament and the attorney-general’s lawyers to prepare their opening statements on the law concerning wealth declarations – or ‘pothen esches’ – ...

Police in Limassol on Tuesday said they are investigating a new case of online fraud after a 68-year-old was scammed out of €183,000. The pensioner said he found a website in ...

A six-year-old child buried face-down was among notable discoveries made during recent excavations at the Chalcolithic settlement of Chlorakas-Palloures, in the Paphos region, the department of antiquities said on Tuesday. ...

Two people, aged 34 and 21, were remanded for eight days on Tuesday in connection with a mugging on August 30 in Ayia Napa. Famagusta district court heard an 18-year-old had been assaulted ...