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After a lively debate at the House plenum, MPs on Thursday gave the thumbs-down to a government bill attempting to regulate the practice of Easter bonfires. The vote went 28 against, ...

A plenary session vote on regulating the lighting of Easter bonfires (‘lambradjies’) is expected to take place within the next 15 days, after Archbishop Georgios agreed to the bill, the House ...

I read with interest, and eventual dismay, the Easter article of President Nikos Christodoulides in Kathimerini newspaper where he enthused about his recent visit to the US and the miracle ...

One piece of legislation will not be enough to solve the issue of crimes surrounding Easter bonfires, known as lambradjies, and other explosives, which were reported around Cyprus over the ...

Opposition party Akel on Thursday demanded answers from the government on how it is handling the spate of incidents of violence and public nuisance taking place over the Easter weekend. ...

Cyprus’ public hospitals saw a sharp rise in emergency cases over the Easter holidays, the state health services organisation (Okypy) announced on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Okypy ...

An online dispute broke out on Wednesday between Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis, and Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos. The argument began after Karousos criticised the operating hours of pharmacies ...

Lawlessness is being ‘celebrated’ said the chairman of the House legal committee on Wednesday, commenting on the series of uncontrolled bonfires and homemade explosives across Cyprus over Easter. Speaking to ...

The lambradjia lunacy produced a fatality on Saturday. A 22-year-old man was killed when a big wooden pole that youths were trying to place on a lambradjia hit him on ...

A series of attacks against police officers during the Easter weekend has prompted strong reactions from the police, who called for immediate action and greater public awareness. The police association ...

Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla briefly greeted onlookers after an Easter service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, an important fixture in the calendar of the monarch, ...

Pope Francis held a private meeting at the Vatican on Sunday morning with US Vice President JD Vance, the Vatican said in a statement. Vance, a Catholic who has clashed ...

Pope Francis reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by an aide as the pontiff, still recovering from pneumonia, looked on ...

If Easter seems the wrong time to mention that lab-grown meat may one day replace our souvla-piled plates on Cyprus’ great meat-eating day, we have to prepare ourselves for the ...

By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough. From ancient gods to ...

Ninety incidents, many of them connected to the lighting of Easter bonfires were attended by the fire service in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning, spokesman Andreas Kettis said. ...

The tiny cave church of Ayioi Saranta (forty saints) cannot begin to compete with the loud jubilation we can expect to hear at midnight on Saturday as church bells across ...

Turkey is manipulating the international community on the Cyprus problem, presenting concessions and demanding reciprocation, and has lured the Greek Cypriot side into discussing trivialities, thus buying time to promote ...

In the mountain village of Kathikas, the spirit of Good Friday was alive and well this year, as the community once again gathered to witness the re-enactment of Jesus Christ’...

By Margaret Murray and Andrew Costanzo With Easter upon us, you’ll have seen chocolate Easter eggs on supermarket shelves. Maybe you’ve bought some already. But is there a ...

Good Friday in Rizokarpaso and Greek Cypriots living in the north adorn the bier with flowers at Saint Synesios church ahead of the evening service.

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the town’s bishop Tychikos are at loggerheads over the organisation of an event next month to mark May 19, the day observed by Pontic Greeks ...

A visit to three supermarkets and one butcher in Limassol left Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou confident that ample products are available for the Easter feast. Panayiotou said that dozens of ...

Supermarkets, shops and malls will stay open on Good Friday and Easter Saturday until 6pm. On Easter Sunday and Monday all shops and supermarkets will be closed including the ones ...