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THEFT OF THOUSANDS FROM PETROL STATION IN POLIS

  • March 21, 2023
  • Current Events
  Over €3,000 were stolen from a petrol station in Polis Chrysochous. Michalis Nikolaou, a spokesperson for the Cyprus police released a statement, which said that initially the owner of the station had reported his alarm going off late in the evening. He later went to his workplace to see the glass doors shattered, €300 […]

7 WHALES SHOW UP DEAD ON CYPRUS SHORES

  • March 18, 2023
  • Current Events
  7 whales showed up dead on the shoreline of the northern coast of the island nation of Cyprus. Yet another 3 dead whales from the same whale species were found washed up in the eastern side of Turkish Cyprus. This the largest large-scale deaths of whales of the same species in Cyprus, which occasionally […]

CYPRUS AND LEBANON SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT

  • March 15, 2023
  • Current Events
  Cyprus and Lebanon have recently signed a military cooperation to increase teamwork and expertise between the two nations. According to a statement by the Lebanese Armed Forces, Cypriot Army’s Colonel Loukas Hadjikonstantas and Lebanese Armed Forces’ Deputy Chief of Staff (Planning) Youssef Haddad signed the agreement in Cyprus itself. Overall, the objective of the […]

GRAND CARNIVAL PARADE BEGINS

  • March 12, 2023
  • Current Events
  The island nation of Cyprus kicked off its Grand Carnival Parade in Limassol’s Central Makarios Avenue. The parade started shortly after noon and had a live broadcast on state TV. The event started from the round of Ayios Nikolaos and ended near the Polemidia (Fairways) traffic lights. The Cyprus Carnival is a nationwide festival, […]

5.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS TURKEY, TREMORS HIT CYPRUS

  • March 9, 2023
  • Current Events
  A 5.5 earthquake has hit central Turkey at around 12 PM, with tremors being felt in neighboring Cyprus. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the earthquake happened 10 km below ground near Emigrazi city. The quake is being considered as an aftershock coming after three weeks after the major earthquake which hit southern Turkey […]

PANIC IN TURKISH CYPRUS AFTER TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE

  • March 6, 2023
  • Current Events
  Many are panicking in Turkish Cyprus in the aftermath of the multiple quakes which devastated southern Turkey and happened due to movement over the very Faultline that Cyprus lays upon. Fearing aftershocks and/or other earthquakes, the government of Turkish Cyprus has speeded up the evaluation of earthquake resistance for all public buildings, especially hospitals […]

LEADERS OF DIVIDED CYPRUS NATIONS MEET IN THE BUFFER ZONE

  • March 3, 2023
  • Current Events
  Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar and Nikos Christodoulides, the new President-elect of Greek Cyprus had their first meeting in the buffer zone. They, however, could not come to any conclusions regarding reunification and peace negotiations. According to a statement by the UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), while the “informal” talk did not […]

POLICE ARREST 10 ILLEGAL GAMBLING

  • March 1, 2023
  • Current Events
  In the latest incident, the Cyprus police have arrested 10 people who were found gambling in a Paphos pub. The police carried out the operation, after a citizen tipped them about the activity. The ten people in question are currently in custody and being charged; their court appearance is due. They were found playing […]

ROMANIAN WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT

  • February 27, 2023
  • Current Events
  A road accident claimed the life of the Romanian woman who was a permanent Cypriot resident. The woman, Adriana Mocanu, 53, was in the rear seat of a car which collided with a different car at the intersection of Neofytos Nicolaides Avenue and Gregori Afxentiou Street. Adriana was killed on the spot. The car […]

HISTORY OF CYPRUS AIRWAYS OBSERVED IN EXHIBITION

  • February 24, 2023
  • Current Events
  Cyprus Airways has been a mainstay of the Cypriot aviation sector, and its long history and legacy has now been celebrated in a brand new exhibition. The exhibition was inaugurated in Nicosia on January 9 – the date of the company’s shutdown in 2015. It continued to operate till January 13, whereupon gave visitors […]

OVER 150,000 CYPRIOTS ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, SAYS STUDY

  • February 21, 2023
  • Current Events
  Larnaca-based KENTHEA (Centre for Education about Drugs and Treatment of Drug Addictions) has revealed that no less than 150,000 Cypriots over the age of twelve are clinically suffering from substance addiction. Said substance ranges from alcohol and nicotine to psychotropic drugs & illegal substances. KENTHEA also found that this number is significantly higher than […]

SIX ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS RECORDED IN JUST TWENTY-FOUR DAYS

  • February 18, 2023
  • Current Events
  A total of six road deaths have been recorded in all of twenty-four days. The latest of these casualties is a 24-year-old man, Kyriakos Oxynos, a recent university graduate, who was killed when his car collided first with an island, and thereafter a tree nearby. The loss of Oxynos, who was a champion footballer […]

AIR SURROUNDING CYPRUS HAS HIGH DUST LEVELS, SAY AUTHORITIES

  • February 15, 2023
  • Current Events
  The Meteorological department issued a warning, stating that the air all over Cyprus will have high dust concentrations. They further advised people to spend as less time as possible in open areas. According to the Department of Labour, the dust levels per square meter at noon are as high as 85.4 μg, 133.8 μg, […]

CYPRUS CRITICIZES “BLOODY” SYNAGOGUE ATTACK IN JERUSALEM

  • February 12, 2023
  • Current Events
  The Mediterranean Island nation of Cyprus has not held back in expressing its grief over the synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel. Cyprus’s foreign minister expressed his horror over a tweet, mourning and loss of lives and echoing the sentiments of thousands of Cypriots. In what is being considered the worst attack right at the onset […]

POLICE ARREST TWO FOR ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING

  • February 8, 2023
  • Current Events
  Cyprus Police has arrested two men who were trying to kidnap another adult male. In a statement to the press, the police stated that the two men, aged 27 and 26 were in the process of kidnapping a 30-year-old man. According to the victim, the 26-year-old man approached him, asking for his help with […]

EARTHQUAKE HITS CYPRUS

  • February 5, 2023
  • Current Events
  The island nation of Cyprus was hit by a major earthquake. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that the earthquake, recorded 5.9 on the Richter scale, actually originated near the city Rhodes in Greece. The organization further reported that tremors of the quake were felt within a 500 km radius as far as Turkey, […]

WORKERS STRIKE IN CYPRUS

  • February 2, 2023
  • Current Events
  A country-wide three-hour strike is set to take place in the afternoon over the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) issue. The strike will involve gathering and protest marches in all major cities of the island nation, in support of indexing wages according to inflation rates automatically. The labor movement will include workers from the […]

POLICE FIND MAN GUILTY OF MURDER

  • January 30, 2023
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police have finally found a man guilty of murdering his girlfriend by pushing her off a cliff. The man, aged 30, was presented before a Mixed Jury Court in Syros, which collectively judged the man as guilty of committing premeditated murders. According to the case history, the man and his girlfriend, then […]

LUXURY CAR DESTROYED IN FIRE

  • January 26, 2023
  • Current Events
  A high-end car was destroyed in a fire in Pegeia. The car in question belonged to a Cypriot citizen, aged 31, living in an apartment complex in the same area. It was parked right outside the apartment where the owner resides. According to initial investigations by the fire department, the disaster seems to be […]

SECOND SUSPECT ARRESTED IN OROKLINI ATTEMPTED MURDER

  • January 22, 2023
  • Current Events
  Another suspect has been arrested in the attempted murder case in Oroklini. The Police has arrested a man, 34 in Famagusta, and are currently searching further connected with said suspect. They have also issued an arrest warrant for another man, 35, who was initially reported missing. Prior to this, another man, 31, was put […]
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  • GRAND CARNIVAL PARADE BEGINS
  • 5.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS TURKEY, TREMORS HIT CYPRUS
  • PANIC IN TURKISH CYPRUS AFTER TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE
  • LEADERS OF DIVIDED CYPRUS NATIONS MEET IN THE BUFFER ZONE
  • POLICE ARREST 10 ILLEGAL GAMBLING
  • ROMANIAN WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
  • HISTORY OF CYPRUS AIRWAYS OBSERVED IN EXHIBITION
  • OVER 150,000 CYPRIOTS ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, SAYS STUDY
  • SIX ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS RECORDED IN JUST TWENTY-FOUR DAYS
  • AIR SURROUNDING CYPRUS HAS HIGH DUST LEVELS, SAY AUTHORITIES
  • CYPRUS CRITICIZES “BLOODY” SYNAGOGUE ATTACK IN JERUSALEM
  • POLICE ARREST TWO FOR ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
  • EARTHQUAKE HITS CYPRUS
  • WORKERS STRIKE IN CYPRUS
  • POLICE FIND MAN GUILTY OF MURDER
  • LUXURY CAR DESTROYED IN FIRE
  • SECOND SUSPECT ARRESTED IN OROKLINI ATTEMPTED MURDER
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