Rebekah Gregoriades

Wednesday starts off mainly fine with scattered clouds along the west coast. From noon onwards, clouds will gather over the mountains and to the east, bringing isolated showers and short ...

Limassol’s hygiene service gathered what is described as a record 24,700 tonnes of waste materials in two years, including pruning waste, tyres, abandoned vehicles and other bulky items, the municipality ...

Upgrading roads in Strovolos, speeding up repairs at refugee housing estates and improving waste management planning were among the issues raised during a visit by a Disy delegation to the ...

Children came up with a host of ideas for making their neighbourhood greener, from planting more trees and adding benches to creating spaces for play, walking and socialising, during an ...

Customs agents, acting on a tipoff, stopped two Israeli women for luggage inspection at Paphos airport on Monday and found large quantities of duty free cigarettes. The agents found 19 cartons ...

Customs agents confiscated almost 10kg of duty free nargileh tobacco during searches of vehicles in Dherynia and Ayios Dhometios on Monday. Agents at the crossing point in Dherynia pulled over ...

A rubbish lorry overturned into a field on Tuesday morning in Achelia, Paphos, due to a mechanical problem. The driver and two passengers – all foreigners – were lightly injured and taken ...

Key prosecution witnesses will be testifying on Tuesday, as the trial of suspended mayor of Paphos Phedon Phedonos continues before the Paphos criminal court. The hearing, which began in late ...

For Cyprus, respect of international law is not an abstract, theoretical principle, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday evening, adding that an effective multilateral system is of particular importance for ...

Ten people were arrested overnight for illegal residence, possession of drugs and traffic offences. The police pulled over 494 vehicles and checked 641 drivers and passengers. A total of 330 reports were filed ...

Mainly fine weather can be expected on Tuesday before clouds start gathering in the afternoon, bringing isolated showers in the mountains and inland. Winds will be a southeast to southwest ...

Over 205,400 bone marrow donors are currently registered with the Karaiskakio Foundation, which has to date offered more than 1,000 transplants to patients in 36 countries, the foundation said on Monday to mark ...

Teachers’ unions Poed, Oelmek and Oltek will protest outside the presidential palace on October 8 to protest the education ministry’s “insistence on new legislative regulations concerning the teacher appointment system”, ...

Disy senior officials Efthymios Diplaros and Yiannis Karousos shook hands over the party’s presidential election candidate, ending days of strife over who to support. Deputy president Diplaros told Sigma ...

Crisis management and the identification of private businesses considered critical to defence and security will be strengthened under a cooperation agreement signed on Monday by the defence ministry and the ...

Teachers’ organisations are getting ready to announce measures to protest the education ministry’s intentions regarding the appointment system, it was made known on Monday. Cyprus News Agency sources said ...

An 82-year-old man in Greece died after a punch up on Sunday with a 76-year-old over the use of a sunbed at the beach in Vouliagmeni. The man was taken ...

A hairdresser in Turkey was viciously attacked after relatives disapproved of how she had cut their child’s hair. In CCTV footage posted on X, people are seen shouting and ...

The Republic of Cyprus is present at the high-level week of the UN General Assembly, with “a series of contacts scheduled as part of the effort to highlight issues that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has not ruled out “important developments” towards the resumption of UN-led talks for a Cyprus settlement during the UN general assembly and his “full week, with the ...

The police arrested nine individuals overnight in the framework of operations to combat crime and boost public safety. The arrests were made in connection with theft, illegal residence, refusing a ...

A 26-year-old food delivery driver was assaulted on Sunday evening in Yermasoyia, Limassol, and four people have been arrested. Another courier managed to get away shortly afterwards and a third ...

A 16-year-old died in an accident on Sunday afternoon in Argaka, Paphos, when he lost control of his motorcycle, hit the pavement and crashed into an electricity pylon. Paphos deputy ...

Monday starts off sunny, however clouds gathering in the afternoon will bring rain and thunderstorms, mainly in the mountains and inland. Winds will be a southwest to northwest gentle to ...