Survey: 14% in Cyprus tried alcohol before age 12
Almost 14 per cent in Cyprus used alcohol for the first time when they were under the age of 12 and over 24 per cent tried it out between the ages of 13 and 14, ...
Paphos woman arrested for stealing supermarket alcohol
A 76-year-old woman from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday evening, accused of having stolen alcoholic beverages and other items from a supermarket in the town.
The woman was initially noticed ...
Man punched because ‘headlights were too bright’
A man was punched in the face in the early hours of Monday morning after driving with headlights which were “too bright”.
The man, aged 33, had been driving on the ...
Man arrested with 174 bottles of illegal booze
A 47-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday after police said they found 29 boxes containing a total of 174 bottles of illegal booze hidden in his car.
In ...
Stricter penalties for providing alcohol to minors, says law commissioner
The sale of alcohol to minors or the consumption thereof by minors is illegal, Law Commissioner Louiza Zannetou said on Wednesday.
Zannetou was speaking during a round table discussion organised ...
Cypriot children drink less alcohol but more often than other Europeans
Cypriot children drink more alcohol than their counterparts in the rest of Europe, but in a smaller quantity, according to survey released on Tuesday.
The Espad survey questioned 15 and 16-year-olds ...
‘Alarming data’ from alcohol, drugs survey on kids
Around half of schoolkids in Cyprus have tried alcohol at least once, according to an HBSC survey on health behaviour in school-age children, with officials saying the data is alarming.
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Paphos police issue over one hundred fines over weekend
Police in Paphos arrested two people in the last three days during traffic checks for illegal possession of narcotics.
According to Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou, two people in two ...
Smoking, drinking banned from Kyrenia parks
Smoking – cigarettes and shishas – and drinking alcohol have been banned in parks in Kyrenia following an announcement by its ‘mayor’ Murat Sengul, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Saturday.
According to ...
Mandatory road-safety messages to be included in ads for cars and alcohol
The transport ministry on Saturday announced that the House plenum has approved an amendment to the Road Safety Act 2022, allowing it to regulate advertisements and other such activities that concern ...
Outrage over price hikes in north, higher taxes for booze and cigs
Supermarkets in the north were emptied of alcohol after news hit of a big price hike to be slapped on them through increased taxation.
Some shop owners pre-emptively took bottles ...
Three teens found guilty of boy’s death through negligence during drinking binge (Updated)
In an unprecedented decision, the Larnaca district court on Wednesday found three teenagers guilty in the bullying death of 16-year-old Panayiotis Stefani in 2019 who died from alcohol poisoning.
The three, ...
Alcohol prices in Cyprus marginally above EU27 average
Cyprus alcohol prices were slightly higher than the European Union average in 2020, according to the latest figures released by EU statistics agency Eurostat.
Eurostat said that in 2020, the price of ...
Cyprus Business Now
Beer deliveries in Cyprus have increased year-on-year during the first seven months of the year, a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service has shown.
According to the service, 19.49 million litres ...
Not a nation of drinkers, only 4% imbibe daily
Four per cent of the adult population in Cyprus consumes alcohol daily – half the EU27 average — while 29 per cent never consumed or had not consumed any in the last 12 months, ...
Drinks makers target high-end spirits for post-COVID growth
Major drinks companies are making deals and reaching joint ventures to boost their offerings of spirits priced at $200-a-bottle and up, the fastest-growing segment in the $1 trillion global market for ...