Cyprus

High numbers of foreign students being forced into crime part of the problem By Esra Aygin There has been a drastic increase in crimes in the northern part of Cyprus ...

A British tourist is being hailed for restraining a woman on a Jet2 flight from Larnaca to Manchester this week after she ran in her underwear through the plane and ...

The forest department is calling on the public to avoid any actions over the next two days that might cause a fire. It appeals to the public to respect nature ...

Police on Sunday warned the pubic for the “umpteenth time” to be more careful online after three new scam complaints were filed, bringing the total so far this month to ...

The tragedy of the Helios plane crash on August 14, 2005, in which 115 passengers and six crew members lost their lives, continues to haunt both the relatives of the victims and Cypriot ...

The weather on Sunday is expected to be mostly clear with some increased cloud in the west, inland and in the mountains, where there might even be some isolated showers ...

Police have seized four kilos of cannabis from a motorist they stopped during a traffic stop on Saturday evening, they said. Around 6.45pm, drugs-squad officers and traffic police on patrol ...

Sunday marks the 48th anniversary of when the Turkish military launched its second offensive on Cyprus occupying the best part of Mesaoria, Famagusta, Karpasia and Morphou. Turkish troops invaded Cyprus ...

Solving the Cyprus problem and solving the energy crisis go hand in hand With the European energy crisis intensifying and the likelihood of complete Russian gas cut-off increasing – Russian gas ...

Firefighters on Saturday rescued a fox that became trapped in pool of recycled water at the wastewater treatment plant in Athienou. In his post on Twitter on Saturday afternoon, the ...

A car rental company fell victim to online fraud on two occasions during June and July 2022 resulting in the loss of €27,216, police said on Saturday. The fraud took place when ...

Trade union Peo has called on the Electricity Authority (EAC) to take the initiative and detect and correct meter readings instead of expecting consumers themselves having to chase after them ...

Lights, camera, action! It goes a little like that when TEDx events take place, setting the stage for speakers with motivational stories and crowd games. The next local event is ...

Approximately 45,000 passengers per day on 730 flights will arrive and depart from the airports of Larnaca and Paphos during the August holiday this weekend, the airport operator said on Saturday. Hermes ...

The findings of the third investigation on the circumstances leading to the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 will be handed to Attorney-general George Savvides by September 15, it emerged ...

As cybercriminals are constantly looking for ways to make money at the expense of unsuspecting victims, both individuals and organisations often fall victim to various form of fraud, police said ...

The 55-year-old man who was handed to Cyprus police by Spanish authorities on Thursday over an internet scam involving the theft of almost €25,000 from a 57-year-old woman, is not cooperating ...

Two young people ended up in the hospital after their car went into a 30-metre ravine on Saturday at around 4am along the Trimiklini-Pelendri road. The 25-year-old driver, under unknown ...

Deep in the season of beach lounging, road tripping and festival hopping, a few of Cyprus’ charming villages are hosting traditional festivals this month inviting the public to visit and ...

A 77-year-old man in Limassol fell victim to a fraud, known as vishing, when an unknown person called him over the phone pretending to be an employee of a bank ...

Temperatures on Saturday were expected to clock in around 37C inland, 31C along the western coast, 33C along the remaining coast and around 29C in the higher mountains. Saturday night ...

The Municipality of Paphos is proceeding with the replacement of existing water clocks with a total of more than 27,000 smart meters. The replacement is part of the project “Supply, installation, ...

Scammers are advertising and booking holiday homes in Cyprus which they pretend to own, police warned, citing complaints. Several people have complained to the police about online fraud concerning the ...

Police arrested a 25-year-old man on Friday in connection to a case of burglary and theft in Larnaca. According to police, a 58-year-old man filed a complaint saying that between ...