Rebekah Gregoriades

The final day of the women’s competition at the World Apnea 2026 Depth Championships on Wednesday “delivered drama all the way to the final results”, according to the organisers, who ...

Hourly paid government staff are calling off their protests after their collective agreement was approved on Wednesday at an island-wide meeting. The proposal was submitted to the trade unions on ...

Calls for Rialto theatre in Limassol to be handed over to the people are intensifying, as the government appears to be postponing a cabinet decision on a proposal submitted by ...

A priest testified on Wednesday in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial, describing the procedures followed at the Tamasos metropolis, the questioning of monks, their confessions and references to large sums ...

Marina Neophytou was elected as the first female rector of the University of Cyprus on Wednesday, securing 214 votes in the fourth round of elections. “We start together for the day ...

Teachers on Wednesday said they would be going ahead with Thursday’s planned protest outside the presidential palace over the education ministry’s new proposal on teacher appointment reforms, which ...

Halloumi exported every year is valued at €350 million, with 45 per cent of the total reaching the UK, the cheesemakers’ association said on Wednesday. The association’s executive secretary Michalis Koulouros ...

Elections for the new rector and vice-rectors at the University of Cyprus are underway, with results expected to be announced at 1.30pm on Wednesday for the rector and at 6.30pm ...

New antennas at the British bases in Akrotiri cannot be put up until a full environmental assessment is carried out followed by a public debate, the federation of environmental organisations (...

The institutional care of parents and spouses of missing persons is covered by a new law, presidential commissioner Marios Hartsiotis said on Tuesday. Hartsiotis told MPs of the House refugee ...

Significant differences in access to living donor kidney transplantation across Europe are highlighted in a new publication led by assistant professor Andreas Kousios of the European University’s (EUC) school ...

Investing in prevention is an integral part of addressing chronic diseases, by minimising the burden on patients, families and the health system itself, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca airport was placed on alert on Monday evening after a passenger was found on board an airplane bound for Tel Aviv without being on the flight’s manifest, police ...

By Rebekah Gregoriades Benon Sevan, who died on Monday, aged 88, will be laid to rest on Monday, October 12. The funeral will be held at the Armenian church in Nicosia at ...

Works are under way to uncover and remove waste from the former landfill at Vati, as part of efforts to restore the site, deputy head of the Water Development Department’...

The Supreme Court on Monday continued examining the demand of eight communities in the Mitsero area for an interim order stalling works to relocate the asphalt factory from Dhali to ...

Residents of a block of flats in Larnaca said on Monday they were at their wit’s end over what they described as “African terrorism” and called for the immediate ...

Benon Sevan, a diplomat and former UN assistant secretary general, who dedicated his life to promoting the Armenian heritage and served as a representative of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou pledged on Monday to push forward with reforms that would support teachers and improve learning opportunities for children. Teachers, she said, were the “backbone” of education. ...

Two Irish passengers were arrested on Sunday after customs agents found large quantities of duty free tobacco products in their luggage. Following information received, customs agents inspected the luggage of ...

Three individuals aged 20, 22 and 28 were arrested on Sunday in Limassol in connection with the bomb placed outside a shop on Wednesday. They were taken before the Limassol district court, which ...

A pistol was found on Sunday afternoon in the Nicosia district, hidden inside a wooden electricity switch box. Following information received, the police inspected the electricity box, located on the ...

Nineteen people were arrested for various offences, such as illegal possession of drugs and drink driving, while 312 were reported for traffic offences during overnight police operations. The police pulled over 532 ...

Monday starts off cloudy with rain and isolated thunderstorms expected from noon onwards, in the mountains and inland. Winds will be a northwest gentle breeze of 3 Beaufort, and later a ...