Woman stranded on cliff rescued
A young woman, who had sustained an injury and was stranded on a cliff near the Saint Elizabeth chapel in Ayios Ambrosios, Limassol, was brought to safety on Saturday lunchtime ...
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Frenaros residents fuming over massive photovoltaic parks
Residents of Frenaros in Famagusta are furious over planned photovoltaic parks that would cover a combined area almost twice the size of the village itself, it was reported on Saturday.
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‘No road-widening works on Akamas scenic route’
Maintenance works being carried out on the road from Aphrodite’s Baths to Fontana Amorosa in Akamas are in no case works to upgrade or widen the scenic route, the ...
Unknown person stabs 24-year-old in Oroklini
A 24-year-old was injured on Friday night in Oroklini by an attacker bearing a sharp object.
Police said that at 10.50pm an unknown person attacked the 24-year-old, who suffered a ...
Limassol composer Stelios Pisis dies at 48
Limassol composer Stelios Pisis, who was suffering from muscular dystrophy, has died at age 48.
Stelios Pisis started playing the piano at age five, during the time he was being diagnosed ...
EAC target of cyberattack, third in two days
The Electricity Authority (EAC) successfully averted a cyberattack on Friday night, chairman of its board Giorgos Petrou said on Saturday.
Petrou told the Cyprus News Agency that this was the ...
Mainly fine weather, no changes in temperature over next four days
Mainly fine weather is forecast for Saturday, with clouds forming locally at times.
Winds will be northeast to southeast, to become variable in the afternoon, a gentle to moderate breeze ...
Missing vessel from Israel found in Cyprus waters
A sailing boat from Israel reported missing was found during a Cyprus search and rescue operation mobilised the police, the army and the British bases.
The crew members are well.
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Attempted murder investigation after 22-year-old stabbed
Police are investigating attempted murder after a 22-year-old was heavily wounded in a stabbing at a Limassol bar.
A 27-year-old, named by the police as Mehmet Nikola Mehmet, born on ...
Limassol hospital pharmacists to strike October 21-22
Pharmacists at Limassol General Hospital will stage a 48-hour strike on October 21 and 22 to protest having worked without a head pharmacist for the past four months.
During the strike, employees ...
Aykut challenges jurisdiction in Greek Cypriot property case
The defence of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut put forward three pre-trial appeals on Friday, questioning the jurisdiction of the criminal court to try the case and the conditions ...
Hermes Airports averts cyberattack on website, airports not affected
An attempted cyberattack on Hermes Airports’ website was averted on Friday, according to communications director Maria Kouroupi, who assured that airport operations were not affected.
Kouroupi told the Cyprus News ...
Contractor demands an additional €32.3 million for Paphos-Polis road
The contractor responsible for building the new motorway linking Paphos and Polis Chrysochous has requested an additional €32,329,800 to complete phase one of the project by April 29, 2027 – three years later than ...
TV shows we love: Maestro in Blue
If it wasn’t for the charismatic Haris Alexiou playing the grandmother in Greek drama series Maestro in Blue, I may not have watched the first season to the end, ...
Paphos wave breakers to be discussed early November
The installation of wave breakers to protect Paphos’ seafront will be discussed in early November during a meeting between the transport ministry and local municipalities to finalise provisions for funding, ...
Cyprus’ fake news bill threatens free expression, OSCE warns
Draft amendments to the criminal code of the Republic of Cyprus, concerning the criminalisation of fake news, should not be pursued in their current form, the Organisation for Security and ...
Three tonnes of supplies from Cyprus to be dispatched to Lebanon
Almost three tonnes of medicines and consumables have been gathered for Lebanon and the dispatch of aid to Beirut will begin on Friday, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
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German denies usurpation charges, in custody till December hearing
A German real estate agent, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, on Thursday denied any involvement in all 44 charges she is facing.
The German woman ...
Zinovia diver taken to hospital with the bends
A rescue operation was launched on Thursday at 10.42am when a diver was reported to be presenting mild symptoms of decompression sickness.
The diving accident happened in the Zinovia shipwreck ...
Nicosia lab awarded CAP accreditation, among first in Cyprus, Europe
Nicosia laboratory Pedieos IVF Centre, which also serves Aphrodite Egg Bank, has been awarded prestigious accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), recognised as the global gold standard for ...
Cyprus ranks second in EU for low child poverty rates in 2023
Cyprus recorded the second-best child poverty rates in the EU for 2023, slightly lower than first-place Slovenia, Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou said on Thursday.
Addressing a conference in Nicosia on ...
Civil Defence call for enlistment, volunteers welcome
All women born in 2002 and all men born in 1970, citizens of the Republic living in the south, are called to join the Civil Defence by registering at their local Civil ...
Hostage crisis scenario of police, bases training
Cyprus police and the British bases have completed a week-long training course on addressing a hostage crisis, aimed at making Cyprus safer.
The Cyprus police hostage negotiators’ refresher training took ...
Fees still hot potato in new bill for foreign language undergrad programmes
Fees and entrance criteria for foreign language undergraduate programmes to be offered in public universities remain a thorny issue in a new updated bill presented by Education Minister Athena Michaelidou.
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