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THE CYPRESS OBSERVER

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The Cypress Observer is your online news source for current events across the country of Cyprus. We strive to bring you the latest news, updates and current events from across the region with a major focus on politics and business.

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MIGRANT DETENTION CENTER TO BE REUSED BY POLICE

Menoyia?s former migrant detention center is all set to be used by the Cyprus Police as detention centers for law enforcement. The step has been taken to use up empty spaces in disuse while helping reduce overcrowding in police detention centers currently in use. Costas Fitiris, the justice minister, has already given the necessary instructions […]

FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUES DOZENS TRAPPED IN ELEVATORS DUE TO COUNTRYWISE POWER CUTS

The members of the Fire Department did an exemplary job rescuing dozens of people stuck in elevators as the entire country was affected by power cuts. While emergency calls were made from every district, most of the calls came from Limassol and Nicosia. The cuts started in the hours of the morning, which explains the […]

TWO CONSECUTIVE FIRES LEAD TO ARSON INVESTIGATION

Two consecutive fires in the same region has led to the Cyprus Police suspecting a deliberate case of arson in the area. Days after a first fire burned over 7 hectares of land in Potamoudes, a second fire broke out over 500 meters away from an earlier blaze in Lysos. Glafkos Kyriakou, a spokesperson for […]

CYPRUS SECOND IN QUANTITY OF LAND AT DESERTIFICATION RISK, SAYS REPORT

A report from a European Commission study has revealed that almost half of Cyprus?s land is looming in the possibility of desertification. This puts the island nation on the second rank in this regard, with Spain?s 53% land at the first place and Greece?s 35% at the second. Cyprus was also found to have the […]

CUSTOMS APPREHEND MAN CARRYING SEVERAL ANIMAL PRODUCT CONTRABAND

A man carrying several items of animal product contraband was apprehended by officials standing guard at the crossing between the divided zones of Cyprus. Specifically, customs agents at the crossing found over 245 kilograms of offal and bovine hides inside the vehicle the man was driving while he was going through the crossing point at […]

BURNT BODY FOUND IN A BURNING CAR IN AVGOROU

Cyprus police made a shocking discovery when they went on alert having received information regarding a car on fire in Avgorou. The burning vehicle was found on a dirt road in the Cypriot municipality, and the fire department was called to the scene to extinguish it as soon as possible. After it was safe to […]

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