Coronavirus: Card overthrows cash as king
Cyprus was late in the game of digital payments, but the coronavirus has helped change all that, not without controversy Sheltering-in-place during the Covid-19 lockdown...
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Coronavirus: Credit card use spirals in supermarkets and kiosks
Cypriot consumers have increasingly turned to credit cards rather than cash for their daily needs during the coronavirus pandemic, a JCC report indicates. According to...
Government handouts to withdraw old cars, and to buy an electric one
Two proposals, one for the withdrawal of old cars with the purchase of a new one, and another incentive to buy an electric car were...
Man hands found cash to police
A Paphos man on Friday found an envelope containing €3,500, which he took to the police who are trying to track down the owner. The...
Cash stolen from Peyia home
A thief or thieves stole a safe containing money from a residence in Peyia on Monday afternoon, police said. A British visitor told police that...
Cash reported stolen from car
More than €3,000 was stolen from a car in Larnaca, a woman reported to police on Wednesday. The 43-year-old woman told officers that between 8.30pm...
Suspected burglars remanded for four days in Paphos (Update)
Two men were remanded for four days each by the Paphos court on Sunday on suspicion of possessing stolen goods and cash. The men aged...
Cabinet approves more cash for student grants
The cabinet has unanimously approved an increase of €2.25 million for student grants in 2016, raising the amount from €3.75 million to €6 million. In...
Burglars get away with 35,000 euros and jewellery worth 100,000
Burglars stole 35,000 euros and gold jewellery worth around 100,000 euros from the home of a restaurant owner in Argaka in Paphos, it was reported...
Thousands in cash and jewellery stolen from house in Liopetri
Thieves stole €22,500 worth of cash and jewellery from a house in Liopetri on Thursday afternoon, police said. The 52-year-old owner of the house reported...
Separate robberies in Limassol and Larnaca
Police are investigating two separate robberies, one in Limassol and one in Larnaca, both perpetrated in the early hours of Sunday, they said. At around...
Cash stolen from Pyla home
An Austrian resident of Pyla reported to police that burglars had broken into his house and stolen 2,500 euros on Saturday night. The homeowner said...
Couple suspected of stealing close to €500,000 from safety deposit boxes
A Larnaca couple were on Thursday arrested on suspicion of stealing close to half a million euro from a number of bank safety deposit boxes....
Thieves steal supermarket ATM in Nicosia, net 40,000 euros
Thieves with a stolen van removed an ATM from the front of a supermarket in the Acropolis area of Nicosia on Sunday, CyBC reported. The...
Thousands in cash and valuables stolen from Paphos home
Some €100,000 worth of cash and jewellery were stolen from a Paphos residence, police said on Thursday. The owner of the residence, a 45-year-old businessman,...
Postman arrested for nicking cash from envelopes
A 36-YEAR-OLD postman from Limassol was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing money from envelopes. Police said that they started investigating the case when they...
Spate of burglaries at Napa hotels over the weekend nets thieves over €40,000 in valuables and cash
Electronic devices, jewelleries and cash adding up over €40,000 were stolen from hotel rooms in Ayia Napa on Saturday, which had been rented by Italians,...
Greek forced to surrender €500,000 at Cyprus customs
Authorities in Cyprus have confiscated €500,000 from a Greek businessman who tried to fly home with the cash after banks on the island refused to...
Sports officials claimed cash back for deodorants and fancy meals
Deodorants and meals at fancy restaurants were among the items charged by officials to their expense accounts who then had the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA)...
Man arrested on suspicion of theft
A German national living in Paphos was under investigation on Friday after police found a number of silver and gold valuables and silver coins from...