Rebekah Gregoriades

Larnaca’s Hala Sultan Tekke will be closed on Tuesday to the general public to allow hundreds of pilgrims expected to make their way to the Islamic monument. The Antiquities ...

“Our common task as leaders is to transform the Mediterranean Sea from a region of competing claims into a platform for cooperation,” President Nikos Christodoulides told the ‘For a More ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested after midnight on Tuesday on suspicion of breaking into a storage area and stealing car spare parts. Two others are already under arrest in connection ...

A 24-year-old woman was arrested just after midnight on Tuesday in Ayia Napa to facilitate police investigations into a case of theft. The police said a 26-year-old had filed a ...

A car belonging to a 33-year-old woman went up in flames in the early hours of Tuesday in Larnaca, with police investigations pointing to arson. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos ...

Tuesday started off with low clouds and mist inland and along the coast, which is set to gradually clear until the afternoon, when clouds will form over the mountains. The ...

Extending the age limit for special education from 21 to 22 is not a solution in itself, chairman of the House education committee MP Pavlos Mylonas said on Friday. Mylonas, who visited ...

China hopes to strengthen its ties with the European Union when Cyprus assumes the rotating presidency of the bloc in the first half of 2026, despite what it sees as “contradictory ...

The cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) is a “blessing” and will not be scrapped, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. “CoLA will be expanded so that it continues to operate, and, ...

Former Bishop of Paphos Tychikos has begun the process of appealing the Holy Synod’s decision to depose him, triggering the archbishopric’s obligation to refer the matter to the ...

Two people from India were assaulted in the early hours of Thursday in Limassol by four other Indian nationals. One of the victims was stabbed and hospitalised. Police said the ...

Cyprus will develop a National Civil Protection Mechanism, while Civil Defence will be turned into a Civil Protection general administration, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced the reactivation of the housing plan for families enclaved in the north after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. The plan provides for grants reaching €15,000 to build ...

The House legal committee and Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou agreed on Wednesday to prepare a final bill that would address problems faced by around 8,000 trapped property buyers. Ioannou said provisions ...

Students sitting Pancyprian exams will be doing so in air-conditioned classrooms, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking before a cabinet meeting, Christodoulides also referred to changes in the education ...

The three dogs that attacked a 25-year-old woman and two children, aged six and three, in the Moni industrial area on Sunday are to be euthanised, sources said on Wednesday — ...

Low-income pensioners can as of Wednesday apply for holiday grants covering full accommodation in mountain resorts and hotels in Pyrgos Tyllirias, the labour ministry announced. The scheme, approved by the ...

Bel Espoir (Beautiful Hope), a “training ship for peace” sailing the Mediterranean, will be in Cyprus from June 6 to 9 as part of the interreligious and intercultural initiative MED25 Odyssey-Bel Espoir, ...

High school online registrations are currently open for students to attend the second and third classes of the gymnasium and all classes of the lyceum and technical schools, the education ...

Official efforts towards nursery school teachers to cancel strike measures were unsuccessful, the education ministry said on Tuesday, hours after the teachers went on strike. The ministry said a dialogue ...

Cyprus’ defence industry has expanded significantly in recent years, growing from just a handful of companies to around 30, and now generates approximately €40 million in annual revenue, the House energy, commerce ...

The government is committed to implementing tax reform on January 1, 2026, and “this is something that cannot be changed,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. The president convened a meeting to ...

The new technical gymnasium will open its doors in September, “signalling a new era for education in Cyprus” and providing “real opportunities” to students, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

More than a thousand people have added their fan cards to the government’s digital citizen app since its integration to promote sports safety was launched on Monday, government spokesman ...