Children First, which observes child health and behavior have released their findings, which reveals that most Cypriot children aged 6 and 7 have a screen time higher than their safety limits. According to the WHO guidelines, children between the ages of 5 and 13 must not have a screen time that is more than 2 […]
A Lebanese national was arrested at Larnaca airport on grounds of terrorism. The man, aged 25, had an outstanding German warrant against him for the same reason. He had started his journey from Beirut, and intended to run through Cyprus to reach yet another European nation. Cypriot authorities have detained him on the basis of […]
An elderly retired man has lost over 90,000 Euros in almost 7 months. The process started when certain unidentified people reached out to him on social media and convinced him to ?invest? in cryptocurrencies. In reality, the man was simply transferring his money to an account set up by the miscreants – and within the […]
YKAN, the special squad of the Cyprus Police that deals with drug-related offences has seized a package of over 6 kilograms of drugs. Specifically, a total of 6.72 kilograms of cannabis were packed into 6 plastic bags in roughly an equal volume. Cyprus Police could detect the illegal narcotics due to cooperation from the government […]
Cyprus cancelled an upcoming EU meeting in Nicosia after a British military base there was hit by a drone. A spokesperson for the Cypriot EU Presidency Team made the announcement, explaining that they have decided to postpone the talks to a future date. The aim of the meeting was to talk informally about the upcoming […]
An on-road collision led to the death of a young motorcyclist in Nicosia. Christos Tsamis Tsangaris, aged 25, a resident of Pallouriotissa, died due to his motorbike colliding with another?s at high speed. The other motorcycle was being driven by a 19-year-old. The collision led to both motorbikes overturning, although the former one immediately collided […]
Cyprus? Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas has said that the defense is taking every possible measure to safeguard the island nation in light of the Iran war. He said this in a statement to the Cyprus News Agency, right after Iran declared both the Cypriot Navy and the Air Force as ?terrorists? by extension of declaring […]
A police check executed countrywide has led to the arrest of 7 individuals for a litany of crimes, which include unlawful employment, driving without a driver?s license, illegal residency, violating traffic rules, and not abiding by the instructions of an officer of the law. The Police said that they patrolled numerous urban spaces, and overall […]
Cyprus is set to receive over half a million vaccines to combat the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The request was put forward by Maria Panayiotou, the Agriculture Minister of Cyprus to Christophe Hansen and Oliv?r V?rhelyi, the agriculture and health commissioners, respectively. The latter then approved their request. Panayiotou said that V?rhelyi shall be […]
Emily Louise Pugin, the new Australian High Commissioner in Cyprus, has presented President Nikos Christodoulides with her letters of credence. She described the event as an honor, and expressed her pride at serving in a country that has a long-standing, deep friendship with her native Australia. Australia is the biggest center of the Cyprus diaspora […]
Andreas Vyras, the chairman of the Union of Municipalities, has said that Easter celebrations will be celebrated with full pomp and fervor, but will also be fully adherent to rules and regulations, especially those surrounding safety. Vyras said that there will be tighter controls on lambradjies, i.e. the tradition of lighting Easter bonfires. This especially […]
Cyprus? Electricity Authority (EAC) has warned its customers regarding a scam which has been fooling tenants in apartments to part with their hard-earned money. According to them, the scammers make fake requests for them to make large sums of money as payment to get smart meters installed by private electricians. To this point, the EAC […]
Several people were arrested on a variety of offences on an overnight patrol orchestrated by the Cyprus Police. The police checked over eight-hundred-and-ninety-two individuals, including passengers and drivers, and checked thirty-nine properties. Checking the passengers and drivers led to over one-hundred and twenty reports for traffic violations and found seventeen old violation cases under investigation. […]
An apartment fire occurred on the third-floor of an apartment in Engomi after an oil heater caught on fire on its terrace. It started with the Cyprus Fire Department receiving a report in the morning about the fire in the residential building in Nicosia. All residents were evacuated to ensure safety. Immediately, a hydraulic telescopic […]
Cyprus Police has confirmed the death of a woman and three others critically injured after an early morning car crash in Sotira, Limassol. The crash happened at approximately 1:30 AM on Sotira?s Ayia Thekla, with the vehicle being driven by a man, aged 19. There was another man, aged 20, on the passenger?s seat and […]
A construction worker fell from a great height while at work, which has rendered him gravely injured. The worker, aged 24, was admitted to the General Hospital in Paphos after having fallen from an astounding eleven meters high. He has sustained grievous and extensive injuries in multiple places, including his pelvic area, head, neck and […]
A senior citizen died after being run over by another vehicle on the Nicosia-Limassol highway. The mishap took place at around 7:30 pm in the evening, when a vehicle struck and killed the man, aged 70. The man has been identified as Paphos resident Savvas Ioannou, who was a crew member placing traffic cones on […]
Cyprus Police have arrested a man for assaulting two police personnel and allegedly mugging a teenager at knifepoint. The Police said that they were tipped off about the robbery at the Limassol kiosk at a little under 3 pm in the afternoon. This was when they saw the man attack the teenager. The officers took […]
A Larnaca CID police officer shall be produced in Larnaca?s district court for giving his cellphone to a suspect involved in the Larnaca shooting. The officer was arrested by the police?s Internal Affairs, who levied several charges against him, including abusing trust and power, bribery, neglecting duty, letting a cellphone into a police cell, fraud, […]
A team of specialists from tech giant Amazon is going to Cyprus to launch a test program for satellite internet, amid speculation that the island nation is being considered as a potential location. This was announced in the Deputy Ministers? press release, where Nicodemos Damianou and Irene Piki shared the outcome of the Cypriot President?s […]
