Posts tagged with "Ayia Napa"

Not a laughing matter: pubs selling laughing gas in Ayia Napa Cyprus

Not a laughing matter: pubs selling laughing gas in Ayia Napa

September 15th, 2018 By Liam Carter Although illegal, the sale of laughing gas in popular tourist destinations is so blatant that many bars and nightclubs are actually advertising and selling the drug themselves. A simple stroll through the centre of Ayia Napa highlights the prevalence of laughing gas or ‘hippy crack’. Many nightclubs and bars...
Noise pollution turning into a mockery in Ayia Napa Cyprus

Noise pollution turning into a mockery in Ayia Napa

August 28th, 2018 The owner of an establishment in Ayia Napa mocked a neighbour who complained about noise by sending him a set of earmuffs and signing a note “with love,” according to the popular resort’s mayor Yiannis Karousos. In a post on his Facebook page, Karousos published a photo of the ‘gift’ censuring the cheeky...
Rental motorcycles destroyed by arson (updated) Cyprus

Rental motorcycles destroyed by arson (updated)

August 21st, 2018 The fire which destroyed 12 three-wheeled rental motorcycles in the early morning hours on Tuesday in Ayia Napa was caused by arson, police announced. Experts found inflammable material at the scene of the fire and police are searching for the arsonists. The fire was detected at 3.40am at a shelter under which the vehicles were...
Foureira gets celebrity star in Ayia Napa Cyprus

Foureira gets celebrity star in Ayia Napa

August 17th, 2018 Greek pop star Eleni Foureira who represented Cyprus this year at the Eurovision song contest and came second with the song Fuego, has been given her own star at the Ayia Napa Celebrity Square, the municipality said on Friday. Foureira was presented with the plaque with her name by Ayia Napa Mayor, Yiannis Karousos, last week while...
Police arrest five Britons over Napa beating Cyprus

Police arrest five Britons over Napa beating

August 16th, 2018 Five Britons, aged 19 and 20, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the beating and serious injury of a 21-year-old man, also from the UK, early on Tuesday in Ayia Napa. The man – who was holidaying in Cyprus - was in serious condition in Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care unit after being attacked by around 12...
Ayia Napa police arrest laughing gas suspect Cyprus

Ayia Napa police arrest laughing gas suspect

August 10th, 2018 Ayia Napa police arrested a 35-year-old man at 11pm on Thursday, on suspicion of distributing laughing gas. Following a lead, police put the 35-year-old’s store on surveillance and they witnessed the man blowing up a balloon using a metal bottle and giving it to an unknown female, who was then witnessed paying the man. Having...
Three fined for attack on Egyptian billionaire, fourth gets suspended sentence Cyprus

Three fined for attack on Egyptian billionaire, fourth gets suspended sentence

August 9th, 2018 The manager of an Ayia Napa nightclub and two of his staff were fined €2,000 each on Thursday for attacking and injuring Egyptian billionaire, Naguib Sawiris, in 2016. Another man involved, was sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for three years. The four had been found guilty earlier in the week for the attack and...
Laughing gas arrest Cyprus

Laughing gas arrest

July 31st, 2018 Famagusta police arrested a 29-year-old man on Monday night in Ayia Napa in connection with the illegal sale of laughing gas. The 29-year-old was found in a warehouse around 11.40pm and had a metal canister containing laughing gas and 16 cartridges. The items were taken as evidence, while the 29-year-old and the 53-year-old owner...
Napa launches pilot recycling programme Cyprus

Napa launches pilot recycling programme

July 19th, 2018 Ayia Napa municipality this week launched a pilot programme for the door-to door collection of recyclable materials. The programme concerns the Kokkines area, the municipality said. It concerns the collection of paper containers and PMD (plastic containers and bottles, metal packaging and drink cartons), which must be placed in...
Nissi beach is worth €28m, 13th in world’s ‘most valuable’ Cyprus

Nissi beach is worth €28m, 13th in world’s ‘most valuable’

July 18th, 2018 Cyprus’ Nissi beach is worth £25m (approximately €28m), according to a study carried out by UK based Canvas Holidays. Making its way across British press on Wednesday, the findings showed that out of the world’s 15 most popular beaches, Venice Beach in California topped the list with a value of £2.39bn (approximately...
Three young women charged with selling laughing gas in Napa Cyprus

Three young women charged with selling laughing gas in Napa

July 15th, 2018 Three woman, two aged 20 and one aged 19 were charged and released on Sunday after being arrested on suspicion of selling laughing gas in Ayia Napa, police said. Following a search of the Ayia Napa apartment the girls were sharing, police said they found 189 balloons, 152 ampoules, 3 metal appliances and a sum of money. The three...
Four new arrests for sale of laughing gas Cyprus

Four new arrests for sale of laughing gas

July 13th, 2018 A police crackdown on the sale of laughing gas continued overnight on Thursday as four more people in Ayia Napa were arrested by dawn. At around 11.30pm Thursday, a 27-year-old woman was seen approaching tourists to sell gas, police said. She was found with an empty bottle and two empty balloons. Five minutes later, a 19-year-old...
Arrest after fights in Ayia Napa Cyprus

Arrest after fights in Ayia Napa

July 9th, 2018 A young man from Paralimni who is suspected of seriously injuring a student from Nicosia was arrested on Sunday evening. The student, 23, reported to Ayia Napa police on Saturday at 10pm that he was attacked and injured in a pub in Ayia Napa by an unknown person. The injured man was taken to a private clinic in Ayia Napa but later...
British tourist arrested for selling laughing gas Crime

British tourist arrested for selling laughing gas

July 5th, 2018 By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou A British tourist, 19, was arrested early Thursday morning in Ayia Napa on suspicion of selling laughing gas and for attacking a police officer. Around 12:30am, a patrol of the Crime Prevention Unit spotted the young man outside a club, approaching tourists to sell them the gas which provides a...
Man found critically injured is British tourist (Updated) Cyprus

Man found critically injured is British tourist (Updated)

July 4th, 2018 A 19-year-old British holidaymaker is in critical condition at Nicosia general hospital after he was found lying in a street in Ayia Napa with multiple injuries early on Wednesday. Police said George Roger Bernard Fitzpatrick was found at around 4.30am outside a multi-level parking lot lying on the ground. Fitzpatrick was rushed to...
British tourist admits role in serious fight injury Crime

British tourist admits role in serious fight injury

July 2nd, 2018 A 24-year-old tourist arrested at noon on Monday reportedly admitted to seriously injuring a fellow Briton, also aged 24, on Sunday in Ayia Napa. The suspect is expected to be remanded in court on Tuesday. He was detained after a man arrested earlier in the day, a 21-year-old Briton, pointed to his involvement when he was...
Ayia Napa mayor says tourism is key Cyprus

Ayia Napa mayor says tourism is key

June 29th, 2018 Tourism should be a national priority, Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos said on Friday. “The decline in tourist arrivals from Russia is now confirmed, since the most recent estimates speak of a reduction of more than 32 per cent from this market, while the decrease from other countries of origin is between minus 2 to minus 7 per...
Dead tourist identified as Irish football player Cyprus

Dead tourist identified as Irish football player

June 11th, 2018 The Irish tourist who was found dead outside the apartment block he was staying in in Ayia Napa at 4am on Sunday was Gaelic footballer Conor Morgan, his club confirmed. Dundalk Gaels regret to announce the death, while on holidays, of our club member and great friend Conor ‘Morgie’ Morgan. Out thoughts and prayers are with his...
Irish tourist, 19, found dead, may have fallen from balcony Cyprus

Irish tourist, 19, found dead, may have fallen from balcony

June 10th, 2018 An Irish tourist, 19, was found dead at a hotel in Ayia Napa in the early hours of Sunday, state radio reported. Police are at the scene, which has been cordoned off. First indications appear to suggest the young man fell from a second-floor balcony where he was staying. His body was found at around 4am. A post mortem is scheduled.
Famagusta-area hoteliers call for measures to stem drop in Russian arrivals Cyprus

Famagusta-area hoteliers call for measures to stem drop in Russian arrivals

June 8th, 2018 The Cyprus Hotel Association Pasyxe Famagusta on Friday called on the government to take corrective measures to stem any reduction in specific markets such as Russia. According to a written announcement ,the board of Pasyxe Famagusta said both arrivals and bookings were lower than last year, especially from the Russian and German...
Cyprus has failed to cultivate repeat tourism, Napa mayor says Cyprus

Cyprus has failed to cultivate repeat tourism, Napa mayor says

June 7th, 2018 By Andria Kades After years of booming tourism, Cyprus has failed to learn how to keep its visitors coming back and continues to rely on external factors such as political unrest in neighbouring countries, the mayor of Ayia Napa said on Thursday. In an opinion piece published in daily Politis, the mayor Yiannis Karousos said that...
Arrests for selling laughing gas Crime

Arrests for selling laughing gas

June 7th, 2018 In two separate incidents on Wednesday Famagusta police arrested women for the illegal sale of laughing gas. At around 4.30 in the afternoon a 19-year-old was seen in Ayia Napa with a cylinder of laughing gas and nine unused ampules, one used, 25 balloons and a small amount of cash. The teenager had been seen in the past selling...
Post mortem on Ukrainian tourist inconclusive Cyprus

Post mortem on Ukrainian tourist inconclusive

June 5th, 2018 A post-mortem carried out on a 65-year-old man who died in Cyprus while on holiday did not reveal his cause of death, the state pathologist said on Tuesday. Ukrainian national Vasyl Voychuk died on Monday morning while in Ayia Napa. After a swim at Pantahou beach he lost consciousness as he began approaching the shore and fell in the...
Noise pollution hitting tourism says Ayia Napa mayor Cyprus

Noise pollution hitting tourism says Ayia Napa mayor

May 16th, 2018 Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos urged the government to suspend a recent law on noise pollution because it was unenforceable and was hurting tourism. In a press release on Wednesday, the popular holiday resort’s municipality said a state of lawlessness existed when it came to regulating noise pollution. It was having an...
Club 18-30 closure welcomed in Ayia Napa Cyprus

Club 18-30 closure welcomed in Ayia Napa

May 16th, 2018 The mayor and tourism board of Ayia Napa on Tuesday welcomed news that Thomas Cook will axe its once popular Club 18-30 holidays, describing as a positive move that the holidays for young clubbers may soon be a thing of the past. “We remain committed to Club 18-30 for summer 2018. However, we are exploring options for the future of...
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