Two injured when car went into ravine
Two young people ended up in the hospital after their car went into a 30-metre ravine on Saturday at around 4am along the Trimiklini-Pelendri road.
The 25-year-old driver, under unknown ...
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Man falls victim to phone scammer, loses thousands
A 77-year-old man in Limassol fell victim to a fraud, known as vishing, when an unknown person called him over the phone pretending to be an employee of a bank ...
Mostly sunny with increased cloud
Temperatures on Saturday were expected to clock in around 37C inland, 31C along the western coast, 33C along the remaining coast and around 29C in the higher mountains.
Saturday night ...
Police arrest a 25-year-old in connection to burglary and theft
Police arrested a 25-year-old man on Friday in connection to a case of burglary and theft in Larnaca.
According to police, a 58-year-old man filed a complaint saying that between ...
Seventeen years on, relatives of Helios crash victims say justice was never served
Sunday marks the 17th anniversary since the crash of the Helios airways passenger plane in the mountainous area of Grammatikos, Greece that claimed 121 lives, 22 of which were children, making it ...
Erasmus project on water security
An Erasmus+ research project aiming to enhance water security and socio-economic development in the Eastern Mediterranean under climate change comes to an end this month.
WaSec (Innovations in Water Education: ...
Traffic at Larnaca airport restored after minor accident
Traffic has been restored at Larnaca airport after it was diverted because of an accident that took place at the airport’s runway earlier on Friday.
Nobody was injured during ...
Cyprus Institute to help Limassol become a smart city
The Cyprus Institute has announced its role as a scientific coordinator in the Limassol municipality’s participation in an EU mission to become a climate-neutral and smart city by 2030.
In ...
National Guard carried out joint training with US special forces
The ‘Guardian 2022’ tactical exercise involving joint training between national guard’s special forces with their US counterparts was recently concluded, according to an official announcement from the defence ministry.
The ...
Eleven undeclared workers and three fines issued
Labour ministry inspections of hotels detected 11 undeclared workers and the imposition of three €7,500 fines.
The series of inspections were carried out during July at various hotel units on a Cyprus-wide ...
Police arrest three after car chase and shootout
Police arrested three men on Thursday night after a car chase and shootout.
The men were inside a car as the police were conducting checks in the context of crime ...
Defence minister in Israel to discuss bilateral relations
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides met his Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, the ongoing cooperation on armaments and the trilateral pact between Cyprus, ...
Demonstrators protest outside AG’s office over hybrid cat’s death
The Green Party, the Animal Party and other demonstrators gathered outside the attorney-general’s attorney’s office on Thursday to protest the death of the savannah cat Berton who died ...
Zachouri complex reconstruction in its final phase
The reconstruction of the Zachouri mosque square in Larnaca will finish by the end of coming September as the project is currently entering its final phase, the Cyprus News Agency ...
Union calls for more permanent teachers’ posts
Primary school teachers trade union Poed on Thursday reiterated calls for additional permanent positions, saying reliance on a large number of contract teachers creates a series of unnecessary educational and ...
Delays in post from UK expected
The Cyprus Post said on Thursday that due to staff strikes planned between August 26 – September 9 by mail services in the UK, delays are expected in handling and delivery of mail ...
Man arrested for assaulting member of ambulance crew
A first responder was assaulted by a tourist early on Thursday morning prompting the state health services organisation (Okypy) to condemn the incident as totally unacceptable.
A 24-year-old tourist has ...
Ministry making demarches over Azeri president’s meeting with Tatar
The foreign ministry on Thursday voiced “disappointment and dissatisfaction” over a recent meeting between the president of Azerbaijan and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and that Tatar was referred to ...
Man arrested for shoplifting
Paphos police have arrested a 43-year-old man suspected of shoplifting, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday.
It said that a Polis Chrysochous shopkeeper had spotted the man moving suspiciously ...
Weather forecast: Mainly fine, temperatures close to seasonal average
Thursday will be mainly fine with local increased cloud at intervals that may lead to some scattered showers.
Temperatures will rise to 36C inland, around 31C on the southwest and ...
Acceptance of postal items to Armenia resumes
The Cyprus Post announced on Thursday that the acceptance of postal items to Armenia has resumed for all services.
36-year-old arrested for stealing car
Limassol police have arrested a 36-year-old man as they investigate the theft of a car.
The car was stolen between July 7 and 13. It belonged to a company and was parked ...
AG says animal abuse must be investigated immediately, protest planned for Thursday
Allegations of animal abuse must be investigated immediately, Attorney-general (AG) Giorgos Savvides said on Wednesday night in a tweet regarding the death of Berton the Savannah cat.
“Respect and care ...
Turkey prepared for 1974 Cyprus ‘peacekeeping operation’ for ten years, official says
Turkey had to wait until 1974 to invade Cyprus because it did not have enough equipment and ships but had wanted to invade the island for ten years, the Speaker of ...