Firecracker victim says he learnt his lesson
The teenager who lost three fingers after a firecracker exploded in his hand on Saturday night has urged other youngsters to avoid this dangerous Easter...
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Coronavirus: an Easter like no other (with video)
Easter was altogether a different experience this year, with restrictive measures preventing people from going to church at night on Easter Saturday. People sang Christos...
Archbishop’s Easter message focuses on pandemic, Cyprob, Turkish aggression
The inability to attend church should make people’s faith stronger and prayers more intense so that the coronavirus will soon pass and congregations can come...
Coronavirus: Easter via loudspeaker
Trying to keep any semblance of a normal Easter is proving difficult Balconies and verandas are expected to play an important role on Saturday night...
Coronavirus: no risk of food shortages over Easter minister says
There is no risk of food shortages in Cyprus during the Easter period regardless of the problems created by the coronavirus pandemic, Agriculture Minister Costas...
President Anastasiades wishes Catholics Happy Easter
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday wished a Happy Easter to all Catholics in Cyprus, wishing strength during these difficult times. In a message on Twitter,...
Australians, New Zealanders observe Easter online and in backyards
By Lidia Kelly With the coronavirus capsizing Easter traditions, Australians and New Zealanders spent Sunday attending church services virtually, setting up camps in backyards and...
Coronavirus: Covid-19 keeps relics of Jesus’ friend Lazarus behind closed doors
By Michele Kambas Eight days before Orthodox Easter each year, a casket containing remains of Jesus’s friend Lazarus is carried through the streets of Larnaca,...
Coronavirus: Archbishop says Church will follow restrictions ‘to the letter’
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Thursday gave reassurance that the Church would make sure that all measures aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus would be followed...
Coronavirus: Restrictions extended, focus on repatriations (Update 2)
The government on Wednesday extended movement restrictions until the end of April without exceptions in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In...
Coronavirus: ‘Holy Synod has responsibility for Easter arrangements’
Easter cannot be postponed since its sits in the middle of a wider religious period, a theologian said on Tuesday, arguing that the best solution...
Coronavirus: Strovolos mayor asks where parents are as youth carry on with bonfire plans
Municipal crews in Strovolos assisted by police on Friday cleared truckloads of wooden pallets and other wood that would have been used in the Easter...
Police say their Easter clampdown on firecrackers was a success
The steps taken to combat and prevent the use of firecrackers this Easter were effective since no serious injury was reported for the second consecutive...
Pensioners forced to hire private security to protect against bonfire thugs
Failure by authorities to contain the illegal phenomenon of Easter bonfires forced two pensioners from a Nicosia village to hire a private security guard to...
Bonfire season: cutting trees without permit is illegal, forestry department warns
Authorities are warning the public that cutting trees to be used in Easter bonfires is illegal. With Easter around the corner, many rummage around for...
Police up Easter patrols, more arrests made
Police continued their operations aimed at preventing crime and juvenile delinquency in the run-up to Easter, overnight on Thursday. Officers carried out checks near churches,...
Easter fire crackdown continues
Limassol police arrested 16 youngsters overnight in their latest attempt to combat juvenile delinquency in the run-up to Easter. Areas in the Limassol district where...
Police crackdown on unruly gatherings
Police arrested ten youths during the night during a crackdown on unruly gatherings ahead of Easter. After being notified that a group had lit a...
Shops must close Easter Sunday and Monday, labour ministry says
General shops must remain closed on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday the labour ministry said. In an announcement, the ministry said that according to the...
Teen ‘bums and loiterers’ arrested
Two teenage boys, 16 and 17, were arrested in Moni, Limassol, after they were found standing around a fire near a church early Saturday morning,...
