Rebekah Gregoriades

Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas met on Friday with the social partners to discuss pension reforms – which he described as “emblematic” – the minimum wage and the decree in place for the ...

Larnaca’s EOA is running late in issuing planning and building permits, and on Friday attributed the delays to procedural issues, including the backlog of applications and glitches in the ...

Voicing promises of promoting pension reforms and strengthening low-income pensioners, President Nikos Christodoulides inaugurated the new municipal ‘Evanthia Pieridou’ rest home in Larnaca. Christodoulides said old age was an issue ...

The fire brigade is on alert and responding to incidents as near gale force winds are battering areas across Cyprus. Spokesman Andreas Kettis said the fire brigade had already responded ...

In a counterattack after being accused of breaking the law over presidential campaign finances, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Friday he would allow no one to accuse him of corruption ...

The anti-corruption authority’s report, flagging possible criminal liability over water extraction and an illegal fish farm near Trimiklini, had been referred to the attorney-general last month and is now ...

Works to remodel Strovolos’ historical centre begin on Monday, to produce what mayor Stavros Stavrinides promised would be “a milestone project that will radically change the image and functionality of ...

Former bishop Tychikos has been indefinitely suspended by the Holy Synod following his decision to appeal to the civil courts over his removal from the Paphos bishopric. The Holy Synod ...

As the online portal has opened for the renewal of 2026 road tax for approximately 750,000 vehicles, around 11,000 will be denied renewal due to pending faulty airbag replacements. Road transport department officer ...

Former president George Vassiliou has been hospitalised since January 6 in critical condition with a chest infection and is receiving all necessary medical treatment, Okypy said on Thursday. Health Minister Neophytos ...

Police operations in urban areas continued on Wednesday night, during which seven people were arrested for drink driving, illegal possession of assault weapons, drugs and property, theft, speeding, and failure ...

A woman was hospitalised on Wednesday night after having inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out in a house in Palia Pentalia in the Paphos district. The fire was ...

Thursday is overcast with fine dust in the atmosphere and temperatures reaching 19C inland, 21C along the coast and 14C in the highest mountains. Winds will be a northeast to ...

Cyprus’ EU presidency aims at an EU that will combine its strategic autonomy with its international extroversion, defending its interests and its people, while at the same time operating as ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday pressed allies for ironclad security guarantees against any renewed Russian attack while also seeking progress on EU membership talks and tougher sanctions on Moscow. ...

Just a couple of hours before Cyprus officially assumes the EU presidency on Wednesday, Nikos Christodoulides hosted a meeting at the presidential palace with the participation of the presidents of ...

The trial of German real estate agent Eva Isabella Kunzel – who faces charges of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north – continued on Wednesday in Nicosia, with objections being raised ...

“Fifty years ago, in a park in Cyprus, a party was held in honour of a horse – the kind of playground horse you can ride on. His name was Ben ...

There was a saying that wherever it rained in Cyprus, it would also rain in Kornos. And it did. Until a fire practically wiped the forest off the map. I ...

The police on Tuesday dismissed Israeli press reports that an Israeli was beaten up at a Limassol hotel for speaking Hebrew. Police sources told the Cyprus News Agency that there ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris has formally renounced his lifelong ministerial pension, as well as the planned lump sum, saying on Tuesday that he did not wish to enjoy any privilege ...

The Law Office has handled three cases referred to it by the authority against corruption and, apart from the latest on the Trimiklini fish farm, there was nothing else pending, ...

Turkey has itself to blame for the fact that it is not invited to participate in regional collaborations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, citing the country’s lack of ...

Contracts were signed on Tuesday to resume works at the Liopetri estuary, with €3.6 million allocated over a 12-month period. The contract provides for the continuation and completion of works on ...