Candle causes house fire in Larnaca, three receive treatment
A lit candle in front of religious icons caused a fire in a house in Larnaca on Sunday and three people were treated for inhaling smoke and a minor burn.
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Fire destroys sheds in Limassol house yard
A fire on Sunday afternoon destroyed two sheds in a house yard in Mesa Yitonia, Limassol.
The fire department received the call at 5.29pm and sent two fire engines to ...
85-year-old in hospital after slamming into shop window
An 85-year-old was taken to hospital on Sunday afternoon after he drove his car into a shop window in the old town of Nicosia.
The police said the accident happened ...
Car overturns in ditch, driver removed by fire department
An accident in Larnaca at 2.22am on Monday on the Rizoelia-Kalo Chorio road, near the Aradippou exit, resulted in the vehicle overturning and the driver being trapped inside.
Police said ...
Polemidia municipality strike called off after mayor intervenes
Monday’s 24-hour-strike at Polemidia municipality was called off a few minutes in, after mayor Andros Theodorou promised to meet the workers’ demands.
The strikers then returned to their work.
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52-year-old arrested for hurling rocks at social services in Latsia
A 52-year-old man was arrested on Monday morning for throwing stones at the social welfare services’ offices in Latsia, Nicosia.
The police said the man went to the offices just ...
Man arrested for possession of cocaine, cannabis
A 42-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Limassol for the possession of cocaine and cannabis.
The police said the drug squad stopped the man’s car in Limassol after ...
Cyprus ‘shocked and horrified’ over Russian attack on Sumi
Cyprus is “shocked and horrified by Russia’s strike targeting Sumy on Palm Sunday,” the foreign ministry said on Sunday night.
In a post on X, the ministry said “such ...
Car torched in Stroumbi car park
A fire broke out in a car in Stroumbi, Paphos, in the early hours of Monday and the police and fire department believe it was arson.
The fire started at 1...
Rain, snow on Monday, clear skies for rest of the week
Clouds and isolated showers, as well as a bit of snow on Troodos, can be expected on Monday, however Tuesday will bring clear skies with a noticeable rise in temperatures ...
E-government is supposed to make lives easier, so what’s going wrong?
Badgered, bullied and bribed by the EU to improve digitisation, online government services now pledge to simplify and improve the daily lives of the public, so why are so many ...
Walking football club in Paphos strong and growing
In 2019, a group of mates in Paphos set up a walking football club to keep fit, meet new people and continue playing football after the age of 50.
Today, Pafos United ...
Cyprus’ sea level ‘may rise by up to one metre’
Climate change and the future of seas and oceans were discussed on Friday between European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and president of the Cyprus Institute Stavros Malas, ...
Public works defend controversial new bus stops
The public works department has defended the new project for bus stops, saying that “it is not a scandal”, although the tender was given to a bid by €6 million higher ...
Cyprus, France in joint military training exercise
France and Cyprus conducted a joint military training exercise, the French Embassy in Cyprus said on Friday.
In a post on X, the embassy said, “As part of #CLEMENCEAU25 mission, ...
Two sent to jail in drug case
Larnaca’s criminal court sentenced two men, aged 52 and 41, to seven and four years in prison respectively, for the illegal possession of drugs with the intention of selling them.
The ...
Euthanasia cannot be used on healthy animals, says commissioner
Euthanasia cannot be a tool for managing healthy animals, environment and animal welfare commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Friday.
Commenting on recent posts on social media attributed to Theodosiou, the ...
Tenth arrest over violent eviction in Oroklini
The police said on Friday they had arrested a tenth person in connection with the attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in the ...
Illegal processing of personal data raised in usurpation case
A question of illegal processing of personal data was raised on Friday at the Nicosia criminal court, during a trial within a trial in the case of a 49-year-old German ...
Local authorities in funding crisis
Municipalities are struggling to survive, president of their union Andreas Vyras said on Friday, highlighting that Cyprus has the lowest state funding for local authorities in the EU.
“It is ...
Multinational Argonaut 2025 exercise wraps up in Cyprus
The multinational civil-military cooperation exercise Argonaut 2025 concluded on Thursday after three days of manoeuvres across Cyprus’ maritime, air and land domains.
Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said the Republic of Cyprus ...
Eurostat: Cyprus’ minimum wage €1,000 gross
Cyprus is 12th among the 22 EU countries with minimum wages, having set the minimum at €1,000 gross, Eurostat announced on Thursday.
That is nearly twice that of Bulgaria and nearly a ...
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Green taxes on fuel postponed till after May
Green taxes expected to come into effect in May are now being postponed, finance ministry permanent secretary Andreas Zachariades said on Thursday.
Zachariades said the carbon taxes would most likely ...
Avakoum monks’ case postponed again
The court case of two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, has been postponed yet again till May 6, as the former did not appear before the court on Wednesday.
Nektarios’ ...