Police condemn Easter attacks
A series of attacks against police officers during the Easter weekend has prompted strong reactions from the police, who called for immediate action and greater public awareness.
The police association ...
Teen arrested in Paphos for possession of firecrackers
A 16-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Easter Sunday for illegal possession of firecrackers, as part of a nationwide police operation targeting youth delinquency during the Easter holidays.
According to ...
Lefka village lights own fire in protest against north hijab law
The village of Elia, near Lefka, on Saturday night lit its own fire in protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...
Paphos addiction centre aims to open new inpatient facility
The Tolmi addiction centre in Paphos is aiming to open a new residential addiction treatment facility, with the town’s municipality having given a “positive” response to the idea, the ...
Turkey’s CHP’s Ozel decries ‘bankruptcy’ of country’s foreign policy over Cyprus
Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP, on Saturday decried the “bankruptcy” of the country’s foreign policy in the wake of the signing ...
Accept furious over anti-LGBT lambradjia
Non-governmental organisation Accept – LGBTI Cyprus on Sunday reacted with fury to an image of an Easter bonfire, known as a “lambradjia”, adorned with placards with “LGBT” written on them.
In ...
Turkish govt slams ‘unfounded’ allegations over Cyprus-based corruption involving Erdogan, Fidan
Turkey’s presidential communications directorate on Saturday night slammed “fictitious” and “unfounded” allegations levelled against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding reported ...
Youths throw firecrackers and rocks at police in Larnaca
Rocks and firecrackers were thrown at the police by youths in the Larnaca suburb in Livadia when they responded to a call in the area at around midnight, the police ...
Paphos man ‘seriously injured’ after firecracker is thrown at him
A 40-year-old man from Paphos suffered a “serious injury” to one of his hands after a firecracker was thrown at him, the police said on Sunday.
The police said the ...
Paphos man arrested for illegally possessing 55 firecrackers and four fireworks
A 45-year-old man from Paphos was arrested after being found to be illegally in possession of a total of 55 firecrackers and four fireworks, the police said on Sunday.
The police ...
Fire brigade called to 94 lambradjia-related incidents overnight
The fire brigade were called to a total of 94 incidents related to the lighting of Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, overnight, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday.
He said there ...
Turkish Cypriot politician returns grandparents’ photos to their Paphos village
Hulusi Kilim, the secretary-general of bicommunal political party Volt, on Saturday returned photographs of his grandparents to the Paphos district village of Amargeti, the village in which they had lived ...
Could lab-grown meat ever replace Easter souvla?
If Easter seems the wrong time to mention that lab-grown meat may one day replace our souvla-piled plates on Cyprus’ great meat-eating day, we have to prepare ourselves for the ...
Turkish Cypriot opposition ‘betraying the TRNC’, Tatar says
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday said opposition movements in the north are “betraying the TRNC”.
He told Turkish newspaper Sabah of how opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman “...
Man dies after being hit by wooden pole from Easter bonfire
A 22-year-old man was fatally injured late on Saturday afternoon as he was helping construct an Easter bonfire (lambradjia) in Strovolos, Nicosia.
A large pole fell from the lambradjia stack, ...
Holy light arrives in Cyprus
The Holy Light arrived in Cyprus on a Cyprus Airways flight from Israel at about 6pm on Saturday.
It was welcomed at Larnaca airport with a red carpet and a ...
President calls for unity ahead of Easter celebrations
President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening called for unity and empathy during an Easter address, saying the way ahead was difficult and everyone would be walking it together.
He also ...
Fire service rescues injured hiker
A female hiker lost her balance during a lunchtime walk on Good Saturday in the Foinikaria area of Limassol, falling down a difficult path and injuring herself seriously.
As a ...
Interior ministry has no objection to raising number of MPs
The interior ministry has no objections to legislative proposals put forward by MPs that provide for an increase in their number in addition to the introduction of horizontal voting.
Interior ...
Limassol village decorates epitaph with a difference
As congregations from all churches around the island on Friday night walked under the epitaph and then paraded through nearby streets with it, one village in Limassol did things differently.
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Clay jugs smashed to draw attention to occupation
Following the tradition of Crete, the people of Yeri on Saturday smashed 51 clay jugs, representing 51 years of occupation in Cyprus.
Organised by the Folkloric Association of Yeri, the jugs smashed ...
Six arrested after police attacked with firecrackers
Police intervened in tens of incidents over Friday night of illegal Easter bonfires (lambradjies) and firecracker throwing, while in more than one case police themselves were attacked.
In total, 233 checks ...
Remand after man at Paphos airport found to have swallowed cocaine
A man arrested at Paphos airport after it emerged he had swallowed cocaine to smuggle it into Cyprus was remanded in police custody for eight days on Saturday by Papos ...
Ordinary people, large organisations should be treated differently by banks says CBC chief
Banks in Cyprus should not treat ordinary people with the same level of strictness as they do large organisations and investors, governor the Central Bank (CBC) Christodoulos Patsalides said on ...