Boat with 87 Syrians on board brought into Larnaca port
A vessel possibly coming from Mersin, Turkey arrived on Monday in Larnaca port after it was spotted earlier off Cape Greco. The boat, with 87...
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Latest group of migrants all from Syria
The 120 migrants that arrived in Cyprus late on Wednesday afternoon on a boat that was first spotted in the Cape Greco are from Syria,...
Boat with 122 migrants lands at Paralimni
A boat carrying 122 migrants, most of them from Syria, spotted sailing six nautical miles off Cavo Greco was rescued on Wednesday afternoon and taken...
Russian man killed in quad-bike accident, passenger injured
A Russian man, 29, was killed in Ayia Napa on Saturday when the quad bike he was driving in Cape Greco went into a ravine,...
Boat carrying 28 migrants brought ashore in Cape Greco (Updated)
A boat carrying 28 migrants including nine children arrived early on Thursday in Cape Greco. According to police, a police boat spotted the migrants and...
British woman injured jumping off sea caves
A 43-year-old British woman was injured on Tuesday after jumping off the Cape Greco sea caves, the third such incident to occur after access to...
Access to Cape Greco sea caves to be restricted
Access to the Cape Greco caves, one of the most photographed spots on the island, is to be restricted for safety reasons, it emerged on...
More migrants picked up off Cape Greco
The joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) on Sunday rescued fourteen migrants who were adrift in a boat south of Cape Greco. At 3.58pm, the JRCC...
Is the proposed golf project at Cape Greco going to be a giveaway?
I am not against commercial property development, indeed my income depended on it for very many years. I was able to continue working at that...
Environmental authorities reject Ayia Napa golf course
Environmental authorities have turned down an application for a golf resort in the Ayia Napa area because of the negative irreversible effects on the natural...
Man rescued from sea is in serious condition
A man was said to be in serious condition on Thursday after being rescued from the sea by a passing container ship. The man was...
New group of 29 Syrian refugees escorted to shore
A group of 29 refugees from Syria spotted off Cape Greco were escorted by the marine police to the Ayios Nicolaos harbour in Protaras on...
Authorities declare sea cave jumping ban after serious injuries
Authorities on Monday warned that they will start reporting people jumping off the cliffs at the sea caves in Ayia Napa after a crew was called...
British tourist dies from drowning in Cape Greco
British tourist Alan Duk Tien, 28, died from drowning, a post-mortem examination showed on Tuesday after he was pronounced dead on Sunday. The post-mortem was...
British tourist left with head injuries after crash
A 23-year-old British tourist is being treated in Famagusta General hospital for head injuries after he was involved in a traffic accident on Saturday night....
Man drowns trying to save nephew
A 49-year-old man from Syria drowned on Thursday while trying to rescue his nephew, 18, who was swimming off Cape Greco, Famagusta district. According to...
Tourist injured after jumping off Cape Greco cliffs
A 24-year-old Greek man suffered spinal injuries after trying to dive into the water at Cape Greco, Famagusta, on Sunday afternoon, a police report said....
Civil wedding venue inaugurated in Ayia Napa
British couple Mike and Ruth, were the first to tie the knot at the new civil wedding venue of ‘Aoratos’ in Ayia Napa municipality on...
Migrant smuggling trial set for July
A trial against three men from Syria and Lebanon suspected of attempting to smuggle 26 migrants to Europe last year will begin on July 28,...
British serviceman remembers life in a tent on Cape Greco
Between 1947 and 1963 over two million young men were called up for national service and sent to far flung locations including Korea, Palestine and...
