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Seven now confirmed dead as boat capsizes off Cape Greco
A boat with a reported 21 people aboard capsized off the coast of Cyprus on Monday, with seven people having been confirmed as dead so far.
The boat was reportedly located ...
Eight rescued after boat capsizes off Mari
Eight people were rescued off the coast of Mari on Friday evening after their boat capsized.
According to the Joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC), a radio call was received at ...
Four people rescued from sea off Paphos (with video)
Four people from an unmanned vessel spotted 35 nautical miles off Paphos, were taken ashore on Sunday, one being airlifted to the A&E at Paphos hospital due to a ...
Police allay safety fears over repatriations by sea between Cyprus and Lebanon
The police leadership has sought to allay fears coming from the union Isotita that officers lives were being put in danger when they are required to accompany migrants back to ...
Police searching for three missing men after abandoned boat spotted
Procedures to tow the abandoned 10-metre sailing boat found on Wednesday in the sea off Potima in Paphos have got underway after a briefing from the shipping department, Paphos police ...
Mystery boat found off Peyia
Maritime police are trying to identify the owners of a boat that was found stranded at sea with no one on board near Peyia, in the Paphos district, on Wednesday.
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Police arrest two men in connection with Famagusta boat migrant case
Two men aged 23 and 20 were arrested on Monday to facilitate police investigations into an ongoing case of assisting third-country nationals in illegally entering Cyprus by sea on Thursday, September 1.
In ...
Police rescue girl aged 8 whose inflatable boat was swept out to sea
Police on Thursday rescued an eight-year-old girl whose inflatable boat had been carried out to sea.
The girl was paddling on the inflatable off a beach in Protaras, when winds ...
Migrant boat in Paphos takes off without departure permit (updated)
The vessel with 61 irregular migrants which was intercepted a day earlier, departed Kato Paphos port late on Thursday without a departure permit, authorities said.
According to the spokesman of the ...
Cabinet saves abandoned Clerides boat from scrapheap
A boat that once belonged to the late President Glafcos Clerides and is named after his daughter may be spared the scrap heap after the cabinet on Friday authorised the ...
Boat destroyed by fire in Pomos
A fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday on a boat docked at Pomos in Paphos completely destroyed the vessel, authorities said.
According to police, the fire ...
Migrant boat spotted off Cape Greco
A vessel with around 100 migrants was spotted off Cape Greco on Wednesday afternoon.
The boat was spotted at around 2 pm around 14 nautical miles off Cape Greco.
A vessel of the ...
Migrant boat turned away, given supplies
Police said on Friday that a boat with migrants was refused landing while 19 other Syrian refugees were picked up in Peristerona later in the day.
A boat with approximately 25 migrants ...