Crime

The remand order against a woman accused of stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife was renewed on Sunday for a further four days. Ukrainian Vitaly Shostak, 62, was ...

A 49-year-old man was arrested in connection with two burglaries in Larnaca, the police announced on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday in connection with a burglary which had ...

A policewoman was injured on Friday night after a metal railing fell on her as police attempted to keep fans of two rival football teams apart after a match on ...

A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of having stolen items from a painting workshop in Limassol, the police announced on Saturday. The thefts were reported on Thursday by ...

A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having stolen parts from substations, the police announced on Saturday. The thefts had been reported on Friday by an employee of the ...

One of two people remanded in custody in connection with an attempted murder in Limassol had recently been released on parole while serving a drug-related sentence, reports said on Friday. ...

A 28-year-old man was remanded in police custody for seven days on Friday as police investigate charges of kidnapping and causing bodily harm to a 31-year-old foreign national. According to ...

Paphos district court on Friday handed down suspended prison sentences to two people found guilty of stealing from churches in the district. According to police, three people, all permanent residents ...

Three people have been arrested and a fourth is being sought on suspicion of illegally issuing residency permits for domestic workers, police said on Friday. The three, two of whom ...

The lawyer and police officer arrested earlier this week in connection with the Swedish fugitive who escaped police custody were hatching his escape plan, it was reported on Friday. Swedish ...

Police on Friday have launched an investigation into attempted murder following the injury of a police officer during violent incidents the previous night ahead of the high-risk football match between ...

Police on Thursday arrested and charged a 32-year-old driver for going more than twice over the speed limit on the Ayia Napa-Larnaca highway. The man clocked 218 km/hour while driving ...

Shots were fired at an apartment block in the northern Nicosia suburb of Omorphita, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Thursday. They said the shots had been fired at around 4.35...

Two people were remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday after having been arrested in connection with an attempted murder in the Limassol suburb of Ayia Phyla on Monday ...

A 26-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Tuesday night after police found him to be in possession of a total of 17 grams of cannabis, as well as “small amounts” ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night after taking out a pistol and firing shots into the air at a petrol station on the road between Morphou and the ...

A 30-year-old man from Kyrenia was arrested on Tuesday night after having stolen his girlfriend’s mobile phone. The man had become irate at around 1pm when, while spending time ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for three days on Tuesday by the Famagusta district court for a burglary and illegal possession of drugs. He was reported to have been stealing ...

A police officer and a lawyer were arrested on Tuesday morning for aiding the escape of the Swedish fugitive that had been held under police custody at a Larnaca hospital. ...

A 41-year-old Greek Cypriot man was shot at the Ayia Fyla area in Limassol on Monday night, which police are investigating as an attempted murder. The shooter fled with the ...

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of 62-year-old Vitaly Shostak in his apartment in Limassol are continuing on Sunday, the police said. Shostak died after being stabbed once in ...

A woman was attacked by a dog in the Kyrenia district village of Thermia, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Sunday. The woman, aged 52, was walking along a street in ...

A 30-year-old man appeared in court on Saturday charged with having deliberately started a fire in an apartment which led to his 70-year-old mother being admitted to intensive care with ...

A 63-year-old woman was remanded in custody on Saturday on suspicion of having stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife. She reportedly denies having committed the crime and ...