Crime

A homemade explosive device detonated at around 3:15am in the Ayia Phyla neighbourhood of Limassol. The explosion occurred at the entrance of a house owned by a 67-year-old woman and ...

Police in Karavas arrested a 50-year-old man on Wednesday evening after he set his own car on fire. The man, who was seven times over the legal alcohol limit to ...

A company in Limassol on Wednesday fell victim to an online scam of over €16,000. According to a police report, an employee of the company disclosed that in December 2023, management entered ...

The Nicosia district court on Wednesday found a doctor guilty of indecent acts against a patient who filed an official complaint against him back in the summer of 2020. Following a ...

The Paphos criminal court sentenced two individuals to seven years in prison on Wednesday after finding them guilty in a case of illegal drug possession with the intent to supply ...

The Famagusta district court on Wednesday handed down a five-year prison sentence on a 46-year-old man found guilty of involvement in the illegal trafficking of migrants. According to the court’...

The 500 “new” police officers joining the force this year announced by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis are actually just planned hires to fill vacancies, a ministry spokesman clarified on Wednesday. “This ...

Police in Paphos charged a worker and his employer for violating labour laws, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to police, during a raid on Tuesday at a construction site, officers ...

Paphos District Court sentenced a 29-year-old man to five months in jail and fined him €2,000 for damaging the courthouse, police said on Wednesday. The man was arrested in early December ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 32-year-old man in Paphos for an investigated case of theft from a vehicle. According to the police, on Monday afternoon, an 80-year-old woman complained that ...

A car fire early on Tuesday morning in Limassol was caused by a low power improvised explosive device police confirmed, a while the vehicle’s owner has not suggested any ...

Measures announced to tackle organised crime came under fire on Tuesday, while Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said their immediate introduction would boost effectiveness as holistic improvements to the structure of ...

An explosive device set a car on fire shortly before 5am in Limassol on Tuesday, while police are investigating a second car fire in the same district. Police reported that ...

Law Commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou on Monday said everything written across social media and press reports over her alleged refusal of an alcotest was far from reality, though she apologized ...

Police on Monday announced eight measures aimed at tackling organised crime and football violence, including increasing the number of front-line officers, more patrols and inspections on all sports fans attending ...

The Court of Appeal on Monday overturned the acquittal of a man who had been accused of possessing and supplying illegal drugs, sentencing him to seven months in prison. The ...

Authorities on Monday were investigating after they received news about gunshots in the Pallouriotissa area of Nicosia. According to reports, at around 10pm on Sunday a group of ten people ...

Paphos District Court issued a three-day remand order on Saturday against a 26-year-old man to facilitate investigations into a case of forgery. According to the police, the man had been ...

Two Greek soldiers were attacked in Athalassa park in Nicosia on Sunday evening. Police on Monday reported that the two 24-year-olds were attacked by a group of unknown perpetrators, while ...

Police arrested a 30-year-old man in Nicosia for illegal drugs possession with intent to supply, the force announced on Monday. Officers arrested the Nicosia resident around 10pm on Sunday when ...

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 ...