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CYPRUS POLICE HUNTING CAR THIEF

  • May 5, 2023
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  The Cyprus Police are actively searching for a 34-year-old woman who they suspect stole a 61-year-old man’s car and thereafter sold it. According to Michalis Nicolaou, the chief and spokesperson for the CID in Paphos, the woman burglarized the 61-year-old man’s office, and stole several items – including his car keys. The police believe […]

CYPRUS POLICE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OWNER OF TORCHED CAR

  • May 2, 2023
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  The Cyprus Police is requesting the public to help them locate a man from Limassol. The man, Angelous Pericleous, 31, has been missing from his home for over 72 hours. According to the police, there is a strong suspicion that Pericleous might have been abducted, based on the fact that his car was discovered […]

14 PERSONS DIED DUE TO INFLUENZA IN THE WINTER

  • April 30, 2023
  • Current Events
  Over 14 individuals have succumbed to influenza during the winter in Cyprus. Those who passed away include a girl, aged 8, a 24-year-old who had the A-Type Influenza, and a 37-year-old, who died of Type-B Influenza. According to the Ministry of Health’s Valentinos Silvestros, a total of 440 people were hospitalized, including 274 minors. […]

FOUR NEW CYPRUS EMBASSIES TO OPEN IN 2023

  • April 27, 2023
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  The government of Cyprus is all set to open 4 new embassies. According to a statement by Theodoros Gotsis, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, the Cyprus High Commission in Kenya has reopened, whereas three others – in Manama, Bahrain and Buenos Aires, Argentina are set to open soon. Furthermore, the Cyprus embassy in […]

ATTEMPTED MURDER UNDER INVESTIGATION IN DALI

  • April 24, 2023
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  The Dali Police in Cyprus are investigating an attempted murder, which involves a man, aged 26, being attacked and ending up in the emergency room with a skull fracture. According to the statement by the police, the attack happened at 4 am in the morning. The victim, 26, was from Syria while the alleged […]

MAN RETURNS THE WALLET OF A PENSIONER

  • April 20, 2023
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  A man returned the lost wallet of a pensioner containing 288 Euros by submitting it in a police station. According to the Famagusta Police, a man, aged 43 found the unattended purse and promptly submitted it to the local police station. The wallet’s contents include hundreds of Euros worth of cash, along with 3 […]

CYPRIOT AUTHORITIES DEPORT TWENTY-NINE FOREIGN NATIONALS

  • April 18, 2023
  • Current Events
  Cyprus’s Aliens and Immigration Unit along with FRONTEX and Greek immigration enforcement deported several foreign nationals. A Cyprus Police press release says that 29 individuals are being returned to the country of their citizenship. 21 of these were Pakistani and 8 of them Georgian nationals. The mass deportation is the result of the coordinated […]

CYPRUS TO FACE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN

  • April 15, 2023
  • Current Events
  Cyprus is set to face heavy rain and thunderstorms, courtesy the high-pressure atmosphere over the island nation. While the week is set to start off sunny, it is most likely to become turbulent, leading to heavy rains and possibly, thundershowers. The in-between phases would include part-sunny-part-cloudy skies, random clouds, some isolated showers in elevated […]

CYPRIOT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH SAUDI MINISTER OF INVESTMENTS

  • April 12, 2023
  • Current Events
  To improve cooperation between the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Nikos Christodoulides, the President of Cyprus met with the Khalid Al-Falih, the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia at Nicosia’s presidential palace. The event started with Al-Falih conveying the good wishes of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman to President Christodoulides. The […]

CYPRUS POLICE ISSUE SIX HUNDRED TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN 48 HOURS

  • April 9, 2023
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  In what is being considered an alarming number of traffic violations in single weekend, the Cyprus Police stated having issued over 600 tickets within a period of 48 hours. The range of violations was very wide, and included over 297 people who were handed tickets for speeding and 54 for driving under the influence […]

2 ARRESTED FOR STAGING ARMED ROBBERY

  • April 6, 2023
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  The police in Cyprus have arrested two men for staging an armed robbery. The men, both aged 55, “stole” a €30,000 bag, which a hotel worker was transporting to the bank. It was only later that the police understood that the robbery was in fact staged, wherein the hotel worker and his accomplice conspired […]

CYPRUS POLICE INVESTIGATING HARASSMENT CLAIMS

  • April 2, 2023
  • Current Events
  Cyprus Police is currently investigating an incident of harassment and psychological abuse. The police are investigating a permanent resident of the island nation, aged 33, who allegedly harassed and incited psychological violence on his ex-partner, a woman aged 38. Michalis Nicolaou, a spokesman for the police said that the accused in question has been […]

3 INJURED OVER CLASHES IN APARTMENT IN LIMASSOL

  • March 31, 2023
  • Current Events
  A scuffle among some Syrian nationals went brutal, leading to the involvement of stones, wood and other objects being used by the people involved to attack each other. The Cyprus Police have released a statement on the matter, which says that they received a tip at around 8pm in the evening regarding a fight […]

CHILD DEAD IN PARK IN LIMASSOL

  • March 27, 2023
  • Current Events
  The Cyprus Police in Limassol are investigating the death of a 7-year-old child. The child, a Russian national and permanent resident of Cyprus was playing in a park in Garmasogia when he lost his consciousness and soon after died. The ambulance was called and the boy was wheeled over to the emergency room. The […]

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A NIGHTCLUB IN NICOSIA

  • March 24, 2023
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  The Cyprus Police in Nicosia is investigation an attempted murder case in a nightclub. The incident, which took place between two men aged 38 and 24, started out as a fight and escalated quickly into greater violence. Both men were admitted to Nicosia General Hospital and treated for sustaining stab wounds. They were found […]

THEFT OF THOUSANDS FROM PETROL STATION IN POLIS

  • March 21, 2023
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  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
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  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
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  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 […]
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