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As Easter approaches, police have intensified their efforts to address juvenile delinquency and uncontrolled firework displays, bomb squad officer Paris Kyriakou said on Saturday. According to Kyriakou, a total of 11,000 ...

With Easter approaching, stricter controls will be imposed on the lighting of lambradjies (Easter bonfires), while the tradition itself will be respected, chairman of the Union of Municipalities Andreas Vyras ...

Cyprus holidays are deeply connected to religion, history, and community life. While the island observes a full calendar of public holidays, some celebrations are far more important than others and ...

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, ...

The ministry of justice on Wednesday said it was awaiting the convening of the Holy Synod regarding its position on the establishment of a legal framework to regulate the traditional ...

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. ...

The House legal committee on Tuesday denied responsibility for the various crimes surrounding Easter bonfires, known as lambradjies, and other explosives over the weekend, insisting that the bill the government ...

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 ...

Non-governmental organisation Accept – LGBTI Cyprus on Sunday reacted with fury to an image of an Easter bonfire, known as a “lambradjia”, adorned with placards with “LGBT” written on them. In ...

The fire brigade were called to a total of 94 incidents related to the lighting of Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, overnight, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday. He said there ...

A 22-year-old man was fatally injured late on Saturday afternoon as he was helping construct an Easter bonfire (lambradjia) in Strovolos, Nicosia. A large pole fell from the lambradjia stack, ...

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. ...

As the law now stands, the lighting of traditional Easter bonfires – known in Greek as ‘lambradjies’ – is expressly forbidden with no exceptions, the ministry of justice said on Thursday. The ...

Members of parliament on Wednesday expressed their bemusement at the government’s latest bill aimed at regulating traditional Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”. The House legal affairs committee examined the ...

Two children were arrested on Monday in connection with an arson attack on a house in the Larnaca village of Kiti on Saturday night. The pair, aged 14 and 16 years old ...

A house belonging to a 73-year-old man was set on fire on Saturday night as a group of up to 70 youths attacked police who had been called as a lambradjia ...

Local authorities are doing their best to “get through” to minors and minimise the likely inevitable damages from the Easter bonfire tradition, Dali’s mayor said on Monday. Speaking on ...

Meetings discussing preventive measures against firecrackers and bonfires are set to take place in the next few days, ahead of Easter. On Wednesday, police officers and members of the fire ...

Police in Limassol said they are set to intensify checks to clampdown on bonfires in the run up to Easter. An announcement released on Thursday said that, from April 15, police ...

Three people have been charged in Paphos for attacking a police officer and resisting arrest, the force said on Wednesday. According to Paphos CID chief Michalis Nicolaou, the charges include ...

Like every year around the Easter holidays, the use of firecrackers has been on the rise across the island with police striving to control their illegal use and prevent accidents. ...

Three people have been arrested for taking wood to the church yard in Panayia, Paphos on Holy Saturday evening and causing a disturbance, police said on Monday. According to the ...

Strovolos municipality has been clamping down on Easter lambradjia – bonfire celebrations — with seven truckloads of stockpiled wood confiscated in recent days. Strovolos Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous spoke to the media about ...