Greek Cypriot driver held in north after hitting and killing pedestrian
A Greek Cypriot aged 59, was remanded into custody for three days by a court in the north on Saturday after he hit and killed...
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Paphos-Polis road closed after truck carrying sand overturns
Roads were closed in both directions along the Paphos–Polis Chrysochous route on Tuesday after a truck carrying sand overturned, police said. Drivers from Paphos were...
Four dead, 30 missing as fire sinks California dive boat -U.S. Coast Guard
Four bodies were recovered on Monday by rescuers searching for 34 people missing after a pre-dawn fire sank a scuba diving boat off a Southern...
Tourist seriously injured in hotel fall
A 23-year-old British tourist was seriously injured on Friday night after he fell three metres from a rooftop in Ayia Napa. According to police the...
President undergoes surgery on thigh after fall (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades underwent successful emergency surgery on Saturday afternoon after suffering a fractured thigh bone in a fall. Anastasiades was admitted to the Mediterranean...
Jail for man who caused teen’s road death
A 58-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to eight months in prison after having been found guilty of causing the death of a teenager in...
Boy injured in amusement park ‘doing well’
A seven-year-old boy who was seriously injured in an amusement park accident last week is doing well and is expected to be discharged in two...
British tourist dies after car veers onto pavement in Paphos
A 67-year-old Briton was killed on Friday after he was hit by a car, which reportedly veered onto the pavement on Poseidonos Avenue in Paphos....
Man dies after being crushed by water tanks
A 70-year-old man lost his life on Tuesday after his efforts to perform welding work at his house in Kato Drys in Larnaca led to...
Woman drives into sea in Peyia
A young woman from Russia drove her car into the sea in Peyia on Tuesday afternoon police said. According to authorities, the woman was lost...
Fire service gets 30 calls for help and tackled 15 fires in 24 hours
The fire service responded to a number of calls in the 24 hours up until Wednesday morning, they announced. In total, from 6am on Tuesday...
Man dies from motorcycle accident injuries
Forty-year-old, Ioakeim Loizou died at Nicosia General on Tuesday, due to injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident on July 7 police said. The man was...
Limassol man crushed by van
A man lost his life in Limassol after being crushed by a van on Thursday. Dimitres Zinonos, 56, was backing into a warehouse in Kapsalos,...
Thai minister blames Chinese tour operators for boat disaster
A Thai government minister on Monday blamed Chinese tour operators for the deaths of more than 40 people, most of them Chinese tourists, in a...
Deaths in Thailand tourist boat accident ‘up to 60’ (Update)
Thai rescuers deployed helicopters on Friday in a search for 29 people missing after the sinking of a boat carrying Chinese tourists, with one official...
House to approve driving school for delinquent motorists
Parliament is expected to approve a bill creating a driving school for delinquent motorists, the chairman of the House transport committee said on Thursday. Giorgos...
Workplace accidents have soared since crisis
The number of industrial accidents has risen 34.6 per cent since the economic crisis in 2013 with companies cutting corners to save on costs, it...
Two Chinese dragon boats capsize in river, 17 killed
Two dragon boats practicing to race on a river in China have overturned and 17 people drowned, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday....
Motorcyclist severely injured
A 45-year-old motorcyclist was severely injured on Friday in Ayia Napa after he collided with a car entering a petrol station. The accident happened at...
Woman injured in traffic accident
A 51-year-old woman was seriously injured in Limassol on Thursday while standing next to a parked vehicle that was struck by another car. The accident...
