Rebekah Gregoriades

Pensioners’ union Ekysy said the government’s decision to pay a €250 Easter allowance to low-income pensioners was a “conscious exclusion” of ten times more elderly people than those set to ...

The Cyprus Psychologists Association has rejected a health insurance organisation (HIO) proposal to include counselling in Gesy. In a press release on Monday, the association said 89 per cent of delegates ...

Parliament on Monday passed amendments to the teacher evaluation regulations, to include assessment criteria, a move welcomed by Education Minister Athena Michaelides. The minister said in a post on X ...

Appeals filed by a neurosurgeon and his wife against their conviction for selling medical consumables to a patient that are provided free have been thrown out by the appeals court. ...

A 41-year-old man was remanded on Monday in connection with the attempted destruction of property with explosives in the Famagusta district on April 2. The man, who was arrested earlier in ...

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Iranian man detained for 23 months pending deportation on national security grounds, ruling that his continued detention was not justified. In a ...

A post falsely presented as an official announcement by the police is circulating on social media, including Instagram and Facebook, the police said on Monday. The post refers to the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman had what the UN described as a “fruitful discussion” on Monday, tasking their representatives to continue talks before they meet again ...

A broad package of legislature protecting borrowers and guarantors, and regulating foreclosures and dispute resolution, was passed on Monday by parliament in a tense plenum atmosphere. The plenum approved two ...

A portion of the government’s fuel subsidy introduced last week was not passed on to consumers, but instead “unjustifiably absorbed” by petrol stations, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on ...

A yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place till 5pm on Monday. The Meteorological Department issued the warning for local showers and isolated thunderstorms, as well as hailstones, mainly in ...

Cyprus Post has decided to temporarily suspend sending parcels to the United States, due to problems in the handling of the parcels by customs. In a press release on Friday, ...

Former Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis, currently running for Alma in the May 24 parliamentary elections, testified to the police on Friday and filed a complaint against journalist Makarios Drousiotis – a Volt ...

Polling stations for the May 24 parliamentary elections will be operating in London, Athens, Salonica and Brussels, the interior ministry announced on Friday. It also called on those wishing to vote ...

Special education should be provided in private schools as well, the office of the commissioner for administration and protection of human rights (ombudswoman) said in a report made public on ...

A martial arts instructor was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of a child. The Law Office will now be ...

A new incidence of foot and mouth disease was reported on Friday at a cattle farm in Yeri, within the Nicosia containment zone, while tracing and sampling continue. The Veterinary ...

More electricity smart meters are being installed this month on a large scale, the electricity authority (EAC) announced on Friday, reminding consumers that power will be cut off for about 20 ...

Journalist and Volt candidate Makarios Drousiotis presented evidence to the police on Friday regarding allegations of a corruption ring involving politicians, judicial and financial figures. Before giving his statement, Drousiotis ...

The House unanimously accepted President Nikos Christodoulides’ referral of the amendment to the legislation regarding vehicle insurance, that would scrap discrimination against senior drivers, so that corrections could be made ...

Following a series of complaints over the unavailability of ferry tickets, the audit office found that from 2022 until 2025 ferries on average were running at 49 per cent of full capacity, yet ...

A 46-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Paphos in connection with the attempted destruction of property with explosives. The explosion happened in the early hours of Monday outside the ...

Two people arrested by the police for possession of drugs have been remanded for seven days on Thursday by the Limassol court. Acting on a tipoff, the police stopped a ...

Thick fog in Troodos and falling rocks have made driving dangerous in the mountains. The police are urging drivers to be extremely careful and keep a safe distance from the ...