Rebekah Gregoriades

Taking into consideration the plethora of projects that have been successfully completed and delivered, those that have been cut short are “the exception to the rule”, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades ...

An enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving both the island’s communities as well as all three guarantor powers and the United Nations, will go ahead in the Swiss ...

Faulty Takata airbags had another day in the sun on Tuesday, as MPs discussed certain dealerships charging car owners to check if their airbags needed replacing, while answers provided by ...

A proposed bill, promising to offer relief to people with disabilities, was presented on Tuesday at the House labour committee and, following an open discussion over coming weeks, will be ...

The Nicosia criminal court will decide on Thursday if Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, will remain in custody until ...

Cyprus is developing intelligent transport systems (ITS) and investing in state-of-the-art technology to improve the capacity of the road network, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. In an address ...

As the dust is still settling over the rubble of the latest modernist building to be razed in the name of development, owners are urged to feel proud that their ...

Two alpine ski athletes are in Bakuriani in Georgia to compete for Cyprus in the 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOF), between February 9 and 16. The main events of the 17th ...

Goat and sheep breeders will march to the presidential palace in Nicosia on February 11, demanding that the agriculture minister enforce her own decree mandating a 5 per cent annual increase in ...

Cyprus ranked 20th out of 27 EU countries for the use of renewable energy in transport in 2023, reaching 7.28 per cent compared to 7.22 per cent in 2022, Eurostat reported on Friday. Across the ...

The Road Transport Department (TOM) has at long last set up a call centre to provide vehicle owners with valid information regarding faulty airbag recalls. Owners can call the helpline ...

Cyprus must implement a comprehensive national strategy for people with autism, House president Annita Demetriou said on Friday, stressing that it is the state’s responsibility to support those diagnosed ...

A Syrian boat captain was imprisoned for three years after he was found guilty by the Famagusta criminal court for causing the death by negligence of a three-year-old girl, also ...

The House will review amendments to animal welfare legislation in the coming months, focusing on dog euthanasia policies and mandatory microchipping to improve pet and gun dog tracking. Plans will ...

Cyprus has recorded a 275.5 per cent increase in bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacterales resistant to carbapenem antibiotics, placing it fourth among EU countries facing this growing healthcare threat. According to ...

MPs expressed general support on Thursday for a bill introducing automatic voter registration, though some raised concerns about allowing 17-year-olds to vote. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou told the House internal ...

Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, who was arrested in early June and is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, ...

The transport ministry has never stopped working on the airbag recall issue, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday, adding that he was saddened by the fact that Yiannos Oxinos, ...

The first payments in compensation to depositors who lost their savings in the devastating bank bail-in of 2013 will be sent out by the end of June this year, Finance Minister ...

Construction works on five more blocks of flats for refugees are set to begin in the first half of 2025, in the framework of the interior ministry’s Ktizo plan. In ...

The recall of vehicles fitted with deadly Takata airbags is proving a nightmare for Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades, and not least because the grieving father of a young man killed ...

Car dealerships in Cyprus are set to collect millions by charging administrative costs or free airbag replacements in affected cars. Toyota’s dealership, which has the largest number of cars ...

The road transport department (TOM) and a car importer could face legal action if the attorney-general’s office determines they bear criminal liability for the death of 24-year-old Kyriakos Oxinos, ...

A policewoman sustained leg injuries during incidents after the AEK vs AEL football match in Larnaca on Sunday, when fans hurled rocks, Molotov cocktails and flares against police officers. The ...