Arrests for cannabis and possession of knives in Emba
Paphos police on Sunday night stopped a car in Emba driven by a 22-year-old man with a 31-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man as passengers.
During the check, the 31-year-old ...
Coral Bay restaurants targeted in illegal employment clamp down
Immigration services are investigating a case of illegal employment in Paphos, involving two employers and two employees.
According to Paphos CID spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, on Friday immigration police carried out ...
Today’s Weather: Warm and humid
On Monday the weather will be mostly clear, although initially there will be temporarily increased cloud cover in the west and north, and in the mountains. Winds will be south ...
Two injured in hospital after road collision involving drunk driver
Two people are being treated for injuries in Limassol general hospital after a road collision between two drivers on Sunday night in Limassol. One of the drivers was found to ...
Limassol students struggle with high rents and shortage of housing
Amidst soaring rent prices, university students in Limassol are scrambling to find accommodation
University student Konstantinos Karseras used to board the 6.30am bus from Paphos to arrive on time for ...
Weekend Escapes: Episode 15 “Protaras by Night”
The lively coastal resort of Protaras is the setting for the fifteenth episode of “Weekend Escapes.” One of the island’s busiest summer resorts, Protaras makes a great vacation site ...
Carob producers call for more incentives as export spikes
Visitors to Cyprus would find it hard not to have noticed herds of goats chewing away on a dark, boomerang-shaped carob, or not sampled the dark velvety syrup, drizzled on ...
Positions of Turkish side diminish prospects for new talks, GC negotiator says
The positions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership make it difficult to try to restart Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelou was quoted as saying on Sunday.
In ...
Four remanded after trying to travel under false pretences
Four people were remanded by the Paphos court on Sunday for five days, two for alleged impersonation using travel documents and the other two for other offences including aiding and ...
More diving jewels for Larnaca’s seabed
Melissa Hekkers went on board to see the sinking of 60 amphorae
By 10am the boat that was driving us to our meeting point was anchored in place. At about one ...
EP president due in Cyprus, says new gas find a promising development
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will be in Cyprus on Friday to discuss the latest gas find in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) among other issues during a ...
Paphos police bicycle unit clocked up over 100 traffic bookings last month
Members of the police bicycle unit handled 106 out-of-court traffic complaints last month, Paphos police said on Sunday.
According to a the head of the traffic police, Michalis Nicolaou, the members ...
Our goals are identical on Cyprus solution
But there is no agreement on how to get there: an open letter to President Anastasiades
I have carefully read your speech at the meeting of the Limassol Reserve Officers ...
Lagarde, ECB board due in Cyprus next month
President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, will be in Cyprus next month.
This will be her second visit to the island this year.
This time the President ...
Couple charged after viral attack say video does not tell the whole story
The dispute between the couple and the asylum seeker dates back to April
The elderly Briton, who was caught on video, beating an Iranian woman outside a house in Kato ...
Explosive device goes off outside Nicosia home, no injuries
An explosive device went off outside a house in Nicosia early on Sunday, police said.
According to police, at 4.15am they received information that an explosion had occurred outside a ...
EU Council chief says Commission was late to respond to energy crisis
In a rare instance of criticism among their own, European Council President Charles Michel has said the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen has been late in responding ...
Twelve irregular migrants arrive on speedboat
Police said on Sunday that a speedboat carrying 12 irregular migrants was spotted 14 nautical miles south-west of cape Greco on Saturday.
According to police the boat travelling at high speed, showed ...
Two dummy explosive devices found in cars owned by Israeli couple
Limassol police on Saturday night found two dummy explosive devices attached to two cars owned by an Israeli couple, permanent residents of Cyprus.
According to police, the dummies were found ...
Paphos police seize sound equipment, laughing gas
Paphos police on Saturday night raided three establishments in Paphos, confiscating sound equipment that violated regulations on noise pollution, they said.
Two sound consoles, two amplifiers and five speakers were ...
Driver in fatal hit-and-run turns himself in
A driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision in which a cyclist was killed early in Saturday has been arrested after turning himself into police.
Romanian national Cristian Rosu, 25, was ...
Adoption of the minimum wage in Cyprus: implications and preconditions for successful implementation
By Andreas Charalambous
The Government of the Republic of Cyprus, following a prolonged dialogue with employers’ associations and trade unions, announced the adoption of a national wide minimum wage. The ...
Nigerians are both victims and perpetrators of crime in north
Many suspicious deaths of Nigerians, have been warned against going to north
By Esra Aygin
The Nigerian Federal Government has advised Nigerians against going to the northern part of Cyprus ...
Setting the Codes for the Heart of a Dream
A multidisciplinary performance in English called Setting the Codes for the Heart of a Dream is coming to Nicosia for two nights this month, at ARTos Foundation, after sell-out shows ...