The Paphos police has arrested 2 individuals on DUI and narcotics possession charges. Paphos police has revealed that they stopped a 23-year-old car driver earlier, and upon a search found him to have €1,170 case, along with a scale and 82 gms of cannabis. He has been put under house arrest for 3 days. […]
A three-year-old girl has died, hours after she was found unconscious in a hotel pool in Kato Paphos. The infant, who was found by hotel staff, was with her parents and family members, who intended to stay in the hotel during the weekend. The police’s preliminary investigation has revealed that while the child had […]
The digitization process of the now-defunct Nicosia Airport is now complete. The result of this development includes a “virtual walk” for the old airport, launched under a special scientific project. The project itself, the product of the collaboration of Climate and Atmosphere Research Center, the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center […]
Cyprus’ Foreign Ministry has officially lodged a complaint to the United Nations, seeking the latter to look into the reports of the Greek Cypriot farmer being harassed by Turkish Cypriot soldiers as he was grazing cattle in the buffer zones between the two divisions. Cyprus Mail says that the incident in question was reported […]
A Ukrainian woman has been arrested by the police on grounds of threatening a group of Russians who were celebrating their National Flag Day. The woman, 55, was wielding a knife when a group twenty Russians were in a gathering waving their flags in Larnaca. They were about to begin a car convoy that […]
The Ecologists Movement have informed Cyprus’ Department of Fisheries of a mishap that led to the death of a turtle. The turtle in question died after it got stuck in the engine of the boat of a one of the small cruise lines that were operating in the region. The line is operated by […]
The police in Cyprus have arrested 5 people on alleged trafficking charges after their patrol boat intercepted both with another 32 people from a boat which sank near the southernmost section of the island nation. The five men – all Syrian nationals between the ages of 46 to 53 are currently facing multiple charges, […]
In the interest of public health and safety, the Cypriot government has brought back the mandate for residents to wear masks indoors. The mandate, which makes it compulsory for all above the age of 12 to wear masks indoors, has come after a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases being recorded. According to a statement […]
The employees of Paphos Municipality went on a 2-hour-long strike in the morning hours on grounds of the management of violating labor agreements that should have been honored in 2021. According to an announcement by the trade unions DEOK, SEK, and PEO, the Paphos Municipality failed to implement the filling in of 22 positions […]
In what appears to be an attack motivated by racism, the Cypriot Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for striking another man with a pipe over the head. The victim, a 27-year-old man was seriously injured, and subsequently taken to the emergency department of the Limassol general hospital, but later got a discharge. over […]
A new group of immigrants have been spotted trying to cross over into Greek Cyprus. The migrants were seen arriving in the village of Kato Pyrgos, who’s leader Nikos Kleanthous says that this is actually a frequent phenomenon. In the latest instance, the group of migrants, which had a total number of 29 people […]
Unal Ustel, the Turkish Cypriot leader or self-proclaimed ‘prime minister’ of Northern Cyprus has revealed to Turkish Cypriot media that he has fired two people for using the wrong photo on their lottery tickets. The mistake happened as the ticket, which was supposed to depict Turkish Cypriots, was in reality portraying an image of […]
The fire that had broken out near the Mosfiloti village has been brought under control. The forest department had earlier issued a warning about the same fire, claiming it had already burned through wooded land worth 4 hectares – mostly composed of wild olive and pine trees. A total of 47 members of the […]
The Larnaca Criminal Court has released information that the 22-year-old man who has been charged with the rape of three tourists in the Ayia Napa area will appear in court on August 31. The original hearing for this was meant to take place on July 14. However, the man ended up requesting legal aid, […]
The Cypriot Meteorological Department has issued a fresh Yellow Warning in anticipation of high temperatures prevailing in the island nation. Temperatures in the week are expected to rise as high as 40C in the interior areas. The warning shall remain in effect for around one and a half days, and might be extended if […]
A tourist from the UK was found dead in a swimming pool in a hotel in Cyprus. The tourist, a 21-year-old man was found floating in the water in a prominent Paphos hotel at around 6pm. The lifeguards, who initially spotted his body, hauled him out of the pool and tried their best to […]
Cyprus Police arrested a man on grounds of public nuisance. The man, 24, was intoxicated and in state of near-undress, disturbing passers-by. The man continued to behave offensively towards police officers when they approached to warn him about his conduct. The police then arrested the man and took him into custody. They proceeded to […]
The government of Cyprus is getting rid of the mandatory requirement for visitors to show up with their vaccination or recovery certificates for COVID-19. The government is also removing the requirement for people to wear face masks in all indoor spaces. This of course does not include hospitals, nursing homes or any other indoor […]
The Cyprus police has arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with the fire which broke out in the night near the village of Dierona in Cyprus’ Limassol District, near to the state forest. According to the Cyprus News agency, the firefighters went on scene almost immediately after the fire broke out and were successfully […]
The Cyprus government is putting the full strength of its aviation capabilities into its firefighting efforts in Kantara. The country has sent a helicopter and two firefighting planes after the Turkish Cyprus authorities requested help to fight the disaster, which is taking place on the eastern part of the Kyrenia mountain range. In response […]
