Crime

A health ministry decision mandating all adult rape and sexual violence victims go to Nicosia’s Makario hospital for any examination, irrespective of which city they live in, has sparked ...

The state official who refused an alcohol test last week should have resigned, Akel MP Irene Charalambidou reiterated on Saturday. The incident took place at 2.30am on January 11 in Nicosia, ...

Five men were on Saturday remanded for eight days for stealing transformers from the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC) and causing damage of over €100,000 in the past three months. The suspects ...

Limassol police arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the assault of an individual earlier this month, it was announced on Saturday. The arrest of the 24-year-old suspect took place ...

The 22-year-old who was arrested for throwing a firecracker that hit a player during the Salamina – Apoel match has been released. According to the police, the young man from Nicosia ...

A Greek man has been arrested in the north for attacking an individual while yelling ‘Turks out’, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Friday. The suspect was brought on Friday before ...

Four men were on Friday handed long prison sentences in Istanbul for the murder of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali and his chauffeur in February 2022. Mustafa Soylemez, who fired the ...

Inmates at Cyprus’ central prison have engaged in a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Palestine, according to reports. The prisoners, rumoured to number as many as 50, have ...

Two people were arrested in Paphos on Thursday night after being found in possession of tools which could be used to facilitate a burglary and an electric scooter for which ...

A 28-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night for drunkenly attacking a policeman. According to the Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou, police descended on Poseidon ...

Paphos police announced on Friday the arrest of a man in connection with the torching of a police officer’s car. The man, aged 43 and from Limassol, was arrested on ...

The third defendant in the golden passports trial pleaded not guilty on Thursday during a hearing at Nicosia criminal court, while a new state prosecutor has been assigned to the ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) and the Footballers’ Association (Pasp) both called for radical measures to combat football violence following a meeting on Thursday. A set of suggested measures were ...

Five poles belonging to the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC) and aerial cables attached to them were stolen in the village of Ayios Mamas, near Limassol. According to the police, the ...

Police in Paphos are investigating a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday in the courtyard of a tyre shop, which was set deliberately. Paphos police spokesperson ...

Police in Paphos are actively pursuing leads to identify the perpetrators behind Tuesday night’s attack on a public prosecutor’s car. The investigation is focusing on closed-circuit surveillance systems ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Thursday to help police investigations regarding a car theft and illegal possession of property in Larnaca. Police said that shortly midnight, officers in Larnaca ...

In response to the surge of criminal activities throughout Cyprus in recent weeks, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou has proposed the deployment of armed patrols in the streets, it was announced ...

Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man in connection with the throwing of a firecracker at a footballer during a match on Tuesday. He was later remanded ...

Attorney-general George Savvides strongly condemned Tuesday night’s attack on a public prosecutor’s car, which also prompted her colleagues to go on a work stoppage on Wednesday. The incident ...

The 35-year-old woman who crashed her car into a police car as they attempted to arrest her was still on the run on Wednesday. Police fired shots at the car’...

The two men accused of murdering 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city were on Wednesday jailed for three months pending their trial. In court, it was once again ...

Police on Wednesday are continuing investigations into the shooting in Aglandjia, while the 49-year-old victim of what is seen as an attempted murder, travelled abroad without giving a police statement. ...

The 49-year-old man who was the victim of an attempted murder in Aglandjia refused to give a statement to police on Tuesday, a day after an unknown person fired at ...