Drunk driver, five times over limit, crashes into two parked cars
A 53-year-old man from Limassol was arrested on Monday evening after crashing his car into two parked vehicles and later being found to be almost five times over the legal ...
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Primary school set ablaze, police suspect arson
Police are suspecting arson after a primary school classroom went up in flames in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos on Monday night.
A police spokesperson told the Cyprus News Agency ...
Turkish ministry promises legal action over Cyprus-based corruption allegations against Erdogan, Fidan
The Turkish foreign ministry has promised to take legal action over the publication of allegations against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding ...
Erhurman lights fire in Kyrenia as protests against north hijab law continue
Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday lit a fire outside Kyrenia town hall as nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to ...
Lefka village lights own fire in protest against north hijab law
The village of Elia, near Lefka, on Saturday night lit its own fire in protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...
Paphos addiction centre aims to open new inpatient facility
The Tolmi addiction centre in Paphos is aiming to open a new residential addiction treatment facility, with the town’s municipality having given a “positive” response to the idea, the ...
Turkey’s CHP’s Ozel decries ‘bankruptcy’ of country’s foreign policy over Cyprus
Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP, on Saturday decried the “bankruptcy” of the country’s foreign policy in the wake of the signing ...
Turkish govt slams ‘unfounded’ allegations over Cyprus-based corruption involving Erdogan, Fidan
Turkey’s presidential communications directorate on Saturday night slammed “fictitious” and “unfounded” allegations levelled against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding reported ...
Fire brigade called to 94 lambradjia-related incidents overnight
The fire brigade were called to a total of 94 incidents related to the lighting of Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, overnight, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday.
He said there ...
Turkish Cypriot politician returns grandparents’ photos to their Paphos village
Hulusi Kilim, the secretary-general of bicommunal political party Volt, on Saturday returned photographs of his grandparents to the Paphos district village of Amargeti, the village in which they had lived ...
Turkish Cypriot opposition ‘betraying the TRNC’, Tatar says
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday said opposition movements in the north are “betraying the TRNC”.
He told Turkish newspaper Sabah of how opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman “...
First week of nightly protests against north hijab law comes to end
The first week of nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools drew to a close on ...
Envoy appointment ‘expected after Easter’
Developments relating to the appointment of a new personal envoy to Cyprus by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are to be expected after Easter, according to reports on Friday.
“The ...
Firemen cut man out of car after it drives into field
Firemen were required to cut a man out of a car after it veered off a road and came to a halt in a field, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis ...
Trikomo teachers strike over ‘pressure’ amid headscarf crisis
Teachers at Trikomo’s Bekirpasha high school went on strike on Friday over “pressure” being put on them by the north’s ‘education ministry’ in the midst of the “headscarf ...
Teen arrested after being caught driving at 195km/h
An 18-year-old male was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning after being clocked driving at 195 kilometres per hour up the motorway towards Nicosia near Latsia.
He was pulled ...
Trial of journalist Kismir adjourned until May 29
The trial of journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was on Thursday adjourned until May 29.
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Three youths fight each other: one stabbed, all arrested
Three men, aged 20 years old, 19 years old, and 18 years old, were all arrested after getting into a fight with one another, the police announced on Friday.
The incident occurred in ...
Man remanded for huge cannabis, cocaine haul
The 32-year-old man arrested when police found 105.65kg of cannabis and 16.52kg of cocaine, was remanded on Friday for eight days to facilitate investigations.
The suspect was taken before the ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Tatar maintains slender lead over Erhurman in Turkish Cypriot leadership polling
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar maintained the slender lead he holds over challenger and opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman in polling for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership ...
Paphos mayor and bishop at loggerheads over Pontic event
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the town’s bishop Tychikos are at loggerheads over the organisation of an event next month to mark May 19, the day observed by Pontic Greeks ...
Fire protests against north’s hijab law continue into fourth day
Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...
Fines totalling €20,250 issued over death of worker
Four companies and three individuals were fined a combined total of €20,250 over the death of a worker who fell 13 metres on a construction site following a Limassol district court ruling ...
Stewart: Courage to make compromises needed to solve Cyprus problem
United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday said the “courage to make compromises” on the part of political leadership is what is required to solve the Cyprus ...