Annette Chrysostomou

A man driving at nearly double the speed limit was slapped with four penalty points and a fine of €500 by the Paralimni district court on Monday. Police arrested him in ...

Police booked 220 individuals and two businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols in a day, from 6am on Sunday until 6am on Monday. During this time, 11,816 checks were carried out, 2,879 in Nicosia, 2,265 ...

Parents angered over ministry’s refusal to accept them despite being on its own approved list Rapid saliva tests for coronavirus, an alternative to nasal rapid and PCR tests, have ...

A man being sought by police for organising a carnival party in Episkopi last weekend was located at 8am on Friday morning, police said. According to the police, the 27-year-old ...

Paphos police on Thursday arrested a man wanted for financial fraud in Russia. Interpol Moscow informed Cyprus on February 4 that the 66-year-old man was wanted by Russian authorities. He was ...

Paphos police on Thursday arrested two men in connection with the illegal possession of property. Following a tip-off, officers of the crime detection department searched the home of a 33-year-old ...

Larnaca police on Thursday arrested a motorcyclist in possession of 270 grammes of cannabis. The 20-year-old man was stopped while riding a motorbike without number plates in the Larnaca district in ...

Police booked eight businesses, four of them located in Limassol, for violating coronavirus protocols from Thursday until Friday morning. Three of the establishments are in Larnaca and one is in ...

Police booked 145 individuals, among them two business owners, for violating restrictive measures on Wednesday. One of the business owners will be prosecuted for opening a restaurant without an open space ...

Cyprus is ranked number 14 among the EU member states when it comes to gross monthly earnings, the latest Eurostat figures show. According to the EU figures, gross monthly earnings vary ...

On Tuesday, the first day restaurants, cafes and bars were allowed to open under strict requirements, police booked six businesses and 164 individuals for violations of coronavirus protocols. Of the six ...

Ever-growing road network and careless driving have a massive impact on biodiversity Everyday millions of animals end up as roadkill worldwide, so much so that some wild species are now ...

In 2020, some 20.6 per cent of the EU population was aged 65 years or over; 3 percentage points higher than the corresponding share from a decade earlier, Eurostat reported on Tuesday. In Cyprus, 16.3 ...

Police are investigating the theft of jewellery worth €4,000 from a house in Paphos. A 70-year-old woman reported to police on Tuesday the jewellery was stolen from her home in Moutallos, ...

It has been decided to buy an amount of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine once it will be approved by the European Medicines Agency, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos told state ...

Some 208 coronavirus patients are currently in public hospitals, while another 800 are treated in state hospitals for other illnesses, with the result that more than 80 per cent of the beds are ...

Limassol police on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with a robbery committed earlier this month. On March 6 at around 2.30am an unknown person entered premises in Limassol, and, threatening ...

Police booked 172 individuals for breaching coronavirus measures on Green Monday while carrying out 13,613 checks. In Nicosia, 2,596 checks were conducted, in Limassol 2,903, in Larnaca 1,848, in Paphos 1,192, in Famagusta 2,239 and in Morphou 1,669. ...

The future of a crumbling colonial building located in Nicosia’s Akademias park hangs in the balance, with the forestry department debating whether to tear it down or restore it. ...

With a high-pressure system affecting the area, temperatures are set to rise over the weekend and on Green Monday, while dust levels are expected to be elevated on Monday. On ...

Cyprus is one of three EU countries where one-fifth of enterprises with more than 10 people employed used internet-connected devices last year. On Friday, Eurostat reported that in 2020, 18 per cent of ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 45-year-old male burglary suspect after photos of the stolen goods were posted online in an effort to sell them. Authorities were also seeking a second ...

Police late on Thursday arrested two men in connection with a bakery robbery committed earlier in the day in Limassol. The pair, 21 and 17, were travelling in a car which police ...

From Thursday until Friday morning, police booked 158 persons, including two business owners, for breaching coronavirus protocols. During 24 hours leading up to 6am 13,240 checks were carried out, 3,382 in Nicosia, 2,475 in Limassol, 2,295 ...