Rebekah Gregoriades

A 43-year-old man arrested on Wednesday afternoon in connection with a burglary and theft case in Nicosia was remanded in custody for six days by the court on Thursday. According ...

The Kouklia desalination plant, destroyed in a fire last December, is expected to resume operations as early as September 20, Paphos district governor Charalambos Pittokopitis said on Thursday. In June, agriculture ...

The 43-year-old man arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fire at a paper processing factory in Ypsonas, Limassol, earlier in the day, has been remanded for seven days. The ...

A fire raged on Thursday morning in Kyrenia district in the north, burning a forested area. It was later brought under control. Turkish Cypriot media said the blaze was in ...

The new laws regarding multiple pensions came into effect on Thursday, after President Nikos Christodoulides signed off on them rather than refer them to the Supreme Court. The legislation abolishes ...

Environmental organisations have lambasted the forestry department’s jubilation over the Akamas report that gave the green light for roadworks to proceed as “arrogant” and “provocative”. Terra Cypria, BirdLife Cyprus, ...

The four-year-old child who was pulled unconscious out of a hotel swimming pool in Chloraka, Paphos, on Wednesday at 2pm, is intubated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia and his condition ...

An 18-year-old from India was allegedly kidnapped in Famagusta area earlier this month by compatriots, who locked him in an apartment room for a week, the police said on Thursday. ...

Thursday’s weather will be mainly fine with clouds over the mountains in the afternoon and temperatures reaching 40C inland. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow warning for high ...

The forestry department said on Wednesday it felt “satisfied and justified” regarding the re-evaluation of works in the Akamas national forest park and the publication of the environmental authority’s ...

More than half of the 81,000 vehicles recalled for faulty Takata airbags have been fitted with new ones, while 33,000 are still pending, the road transport department (TOM) said on Wednesday. TOM ...

The driver of a car, from which a 19-year-old fell and was critically injured, was remanded in custody on Wednesday for two days. On Monday night, the 19-year-old suffered head ...

Customs officers at Ayios Dhometios crossing point found a 20-year-old Sudanese man on Tuesday night in the boot of a car, hiding under blankets in an effort to cross into ...

A 36-year-old man wanted in Poland in connection with a kidnapping was arrested on Tuesday at Paphos airport on arrival from another European country. He man was placed in custody ...

Solar-powered parking payment systems have been installed by the Ayia Napa municipality in municipal carparks located on Kryo Nero and Alexandros Papadiamantis streets. The ticket machines are part of the ...

Fire-stricken residents of mountainous Limassol are receiving support from the government, with some cabinet decisions having already been implemented in full, mountains commissioner Charalambos Christofinas said on Tuesday. He said ...

A website and Facebook page have been set up under the name ‘fothkia.com – The voice of Cyprus’ burned mountains’, urging people to sign a petition to force change so ...

Significant human rights issues, including cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, persisted in the Republic of Cyprus in 2024, according to a US State Department report released on Wednesday. While ...

The Nicosia criminal court will pass sentence on September 10 for five people found guilty of the murder of Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan in the central prisons in Nicosia. On Wednesday, ...

The education ministry envisions an experiential and creative school in which students actively participate and grow into members of society with morals and dignity, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on ...

Fourteen businesses that suffered losses in last month’s wildfire in the Limassol mountainous areas have received a total of €39,760 as the first installment of compensation, the energy ministry announced ...

The 13-year-old boy from Syria who had disappeared from a shelter in Nicosia last week and had been found safe in the north may not be handed over to the ...

Compensation is being paid out to people who lost their homes and livelihoods in the blaze that swept through mountainous Limassol last month, with 286 beneficiaries already receiving approximately €2 million in ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after police found over nine kilos of cocaine during a coordinated operation in Limassol. The man had been under surveillance and was seen ...