Crime

The Central Bank of Cyprus on Monday urged the public to be particularly careful in their transactions, due to the circulation of counterfeit US$100 banknotes. “The Central Bank of Cyprus ...

Police arrested a man on Sunday for blackmailing another man and possessing an illegal weapon. According to police, the man, 37, threatened another man, 51, for an entire year from November 2023 until ...

Police said on Sunday a vehicle was severely damaged in a fire that was set in the early hours by an unknown assailant. According to police, at around 2.30 am a 74...

Semi-governmental telecommunications authority (Cyta) and petrol company EKO were the targets of cyberattacks, a source told CNA on Sunday. The attacks on both companies occurred on Saturday, following a spate ...

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 ...

Cyprus authorities on Friday reaffirmed their ‘irrevocable’ commitment to combat human trafficking, on the occasion of the European Day Against Trafficking in Human Beings on October 18. A statement from the ...

Police arrested two men in Paphos on Thursday for an investigated case of theft, on the same day the crime had been reported. The suspects, aged 26 and 50, were taken into ...

Police in Nicosia arrested a 32-year-old man for an investigated case of car theft on Friday. According to the police, the stolen vehicle was located on Wednesday in ​​Nicosia and ...

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 ...

Police said on Thursday that they are closely investigating the recent surge in attacks on mostly third country delivery drivers. “These victims are hardworking individuals in Cyprus, simply trying to ...

Pogo women’s group on Thursday slammed what it called an inadequate sentence after a teacher was jailed for 4.5 years for sexually abusing his students. “Sexual offences against underage girls ...

Two suspects, aged 21 and 28, are expected to appear before a court at a date yet to be set in connection with the explosion of a bomb near a car belonging ...

A 37-year-old man is wanted by police after allegedly evading arrest during a drug car chase in Limassol on Wednesday morning. According to police, members of the drugs squad Ykan ...

Two new cases involving assaults and robberies against food delivery workers were reported during Tuesday night in Limassol, amid ongoing investigations by the police into similar incidents. Since the beginning ...

Police arrested three teenagers for investigated cases of burglaries and thefts in Ayia Napa and Paralimni. Police reported that two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old were arrested on Tuesday for the ...

A 41-year-old man in Paphos has been fined for failing to comply with a game warden’s signal and has been charged with the illegal possession and transportation of explosives ...

Two people were arrested after a drugs raid carried out by police in the Ayios Nikolaos Sovereign Base Area (SBA), British forces announced on Tuesday. The two, a 46-year-old man ...

Two people were remanded in court for eight days on Tuesday after  forged marriage documents were used to obtain residency permits. A third person is also wanted in relation to ...

Police arrested two men, aged 19 and 25, at Larnaca airport on Monday after a large quantity of cannabis, weighing 35 kilos, was found in their luggage. According to a police statement, the ...

The Limassol district court issued an eight-day detention order for a 47-year-old suspect, who was arrested on Sunday in connection with the discovery of over four kilos of drugs in ...

A female prisoner who kicked a police officer in the course of her transfer from Nicosia to Paphos, is to appear before the Paphos district court on Monday. The woman, ...

The Paphos District Court issued a four-day detention order against a 32-year-old employee for an investigated case of shoplifting. According to the police, the security manager of a department shop ...

A delivery driver in Limassol reported getting ambushed by three individuals who attacked him and stole his phone and wallet, police said on Sunday. A 20-year-old man was remanded at ...

Police on Saturday announced the arrest of a 34-year-old man on suspicion of having stolen a car. The car, which the police estimate to be worth €2,000, was reported stolen by ...