#easter

Diko MP Panicos Leonidou is to visit the Vatican City on Wednesday over plans for Easter to be celebrated on the same day by all denominations of Christianity. Leonidou is ...

Police in Limassol made a second arrest on Wednesday in connection with the torching of a police car on Easter Saturday night. Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriakou explained that the ...

Supermarkets experienced increased activity during the final days of Holy Week in Cyprus, with consumers mainly focusing on buying food and Easter table essentials, according to the head of the ...

Accepting Turkey’s conditions to resume talks for the Cyprus problem would be a mistake, Archbishop Georgios said in his Easter message on Saturday. He sent an “anguished appeal to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides stressed “the importance of Easter” and extended his wishes for the wellbeing and success of all Cypriots while delivering a televised speech to the nation. Christodoulides acknowledged ...

The fire service on Saturday said strong winds across Cyprus mean the traditional bonfire may risk homes, infrastructure and human lives. Spokesman for the service Andreas Kettis urged authorities and ...

Consumers across Cyprus are “waiting until the last minute” to do their Easter shopping, supermarkets’ association chairman Andreas Hadjiadamou said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he ...

The Limassol municipality’s social grocery store has begun delivering around 450 Easter ‘love packages’ to people in need during these festive days. Limassol Mayor Nikos Nicolaides, along with other mayoral ...

Thousands of families are facing financial hardship over Easter, unable to afford even basics like bread and milk, the Pancyprian Volunteers Council (Psse) said on Tuesday. According to the volunteer ...

The police are set to ramp up their activities ahead of the coming Easter weekend, with a heightened presence on Cyprus’ roads. Between Thursday and Easter Monday, the police will ...

Olive oil has gone up a whopping 105.9 per cent since last Easter, the Consumer Protection Service said on Monday reporting on “significant price increases” for essential Easter items. The service’...

A 49-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday after having launched fireworks which caused a fire in the Ha Potami area, near the village of Kouklia. Paphos police’s ...

British bases police and customs officers, in cooperation with Cyprus police, made multiple arrests in a pre-Easter festivities clampdown, it was announced on Wednesday. “In two of the five planned ...

By Robert Morgan Some 410 families will receive help for Easter from the Paphos branch of the Cypriot Red Cross, according to its president Maria Korakidou. The police department has provided ...

Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian ...

Britain’s King Charles attended the annual Easter church service in Windsor on Sunday, his first appearance at a public royal event since his cancer diagnosis was announced in February. ...

Overnight security guards and CCTV cameras are set to be installed to protect schools from potential vandalism and trespassing over the Easter holidays, school boards chairman Dinos Ellinas said on ...

The police are carrying out a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of fireworks and other pyrotechnics, ahead of the forthcoming Easter weekend. The force said on Thursday it ...

The Holy Light, an Orthodox Easter tradition also referred to as the ‘Holy Fire’, arrived in Cyprus on a private flight from Jerusalem on Saturday evening. In keeping with tradition, ...

The hike in the price of meat this year has pushed Cypriots to shun the usual Easter lamb and turn more to pork, which comes in around half the price ...

Archbishop Giorgios in his first Easter message, placed a heavy focus on the national issue, the ‘Turkification’ of the island and the influx of ‘Muslim immigrants’ channeled to the island ...

Police, members of public struggle to deal with unruly gangs of teenagers Youth criminality in Cyprus has become a social problem being dealt with across the island, as incidents across ...

The government has prepared a bill which will douse the currently out of control and controversial Easter bonfire celebrations, generally centered around the lambradjia. A bill prepared by the interior ...

Hundreds of needy Cypriot families are receiving support from volunteers or local communities to put food on their table this Easter but demand is up while donations are down at ...