Rebekah Gregoriades

Cyprus was re-elected on Friday to the council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for the period 2026-2027, with 136 votes, placing it seventh compared to twelfth in the elections two ...

The Cyprus Football Association on Friday appeared to blame the police for the clashes between football fans in the centre of Limassol on Thursday night, saying the force had changed ...

Cyprus has managed to meet its target for absorbing funds for 2025 made available through Thalia 2021-2027 and ranks fourth among EU member states, head of the monitoring committee Penelope Papavassiliou ...

Electromobility grants totalling €5.62 million were announced on Friday by the transport ministry, in the framework of Cyprus’ recovery and resilience plan. This is the fourth call for applications to promote ...

A total of 25kg of cannabis were confiscated this week after arriving in Cyprus by courier, the police announced on Friday. Cyprus’ drug squad, in cooperation with authorities abroad, managed ...

A 66-year-old woman, who had been hit by a car in July in Limassol, died on Friday in hospital. The woman, Androulla Sirivianou, had been crossing the road on July 30 ...

An autopsy was carried out on Friday on the body of the 49-year-old foreign woman found dead in her bathroom in Paralimni on Thursday and the authorities are awaiting the ...

Strengthening Cyprus’ deterrent capability is a top priority for the government, which is why the cabinet has approved the list of armaments the country intends to procure through the EU’...

Cyprus will prioritise security, economic policy and migration during its upcoming term as president of the EU Council, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking after meeting European Commission secretary ...

An agreement between Cyprus and Lebanon delineating their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) is proof of Cyprus’ role in the region’s shifting geopolitical landscape and strengthens legality in the eastern ...

The situation in the prisons has been threatening the safety of the staff and inmates alike for years, Isotita trade union warned on Thursday, “sounding the alarm before there were ...

Police in Limassol were on Thursday intensifying investigations into a series of arson attacks that gutted four vehicles valued at over €1.5 million, among them a Lamborghini, in an incident possibly ...

No testimony has linked the golden passports of specific individuals with contributions to Disy, the independent authority against corruption said on Thursday. The authority had investigated complaints made by Akel ...

A car veered out of control on Thursday morning in Latsia, Nicosia, hitting pedestrians and a motorcycle, before driving into a cafeteria. The police said the accident happened when driver ...

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola is looking forward to cooperating with Cyprus when it assumes the EU presidency on January 1, in a time of rapid developments and increased ...

The two Greek Cypriots standing trial in the north for alleged privacy violations will be appearing in court on Thursday for a second consecutive day of hearings. On Wednesday, the ...

All carparks in the tourist area of Protaras will be open free of charge until March 31, 2026, the Paralimni-Dherynia municipality announced on Thursday. The decision was taken to facilitate visitors during ...

The water supply to Athienou, Larnaca, will be cut off on Thursday from 7am till 3pm for scheduled works to improve the infrastructure. The Larnaca district local government organisation (EOA) ...

Low barometric pressure Adel, centred in southern Italy, is slowly moving east and is expected to affect Cyprus on Saturday evening, with rain, thunderstorms and hail. On Thursday, the weather ...

Heavy rain caused limited visibility on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway on Tuesday afternoon with the police are urging motorists to drive slowly and keep their headlights on. Kitas weather said the ...

A tank overturned in Klirou, Nicosia, on Tuesday, lightly injuring the three people inside. The defence ministry said the National Guard’s Cascavel armoured vehicle was in a tank driving ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou is confident that reform bills will be tabled in parliament over the coming weeks, despite the social partners saying otherwise. Addressing the pension forum in Nicosia, ...

The course of works to build a dock and install two underwater pipes to transport liquefied petroleum gas to the harbour area in Zygi (Vasiliko) highlights the inability of the ...

Cyprus has accepted, proportionally, the largest number of Ukrainian refugees, allocating more than €39 million during the first two years of the war to provide accommodation, language classes, psychological support, legal ...