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A 42-year-old woman and her 20-year-old son were remanded in custody for eight days on Tuesday over the fatal stabbing of her 51-year-old British partner in Peyia the previous evening, ...

Proceedings in a terrorism case involving five defendants have been adjourned until Thursday, when the facts of the case are expected to be presented before Larnaca Criminal Court, it said ...

Two 20-year-olds were remanded on Sunday as investigations continue in a case concerning, carrying a weapon to incite terror, and malicious damage to property, police said on Sunday. Shortly after ...

Police are investigating the robbery of a house where three people were attacked and mobile phones stolen, it said on Sunday. At about 8.30 on Saturday night around ten people reportedly ...

The nationwide police operation ‘Plegma’, where authorities on Thursday nabbed 26 people suspected of involvement in a criminal enterprise, is one of the biggest operations against organised crime, the officer in ...

Police are continuing investigations into the murder of 61-year-old Olga Vasilieva as divers recovered her phone from the sea in the Moni area of Limassol, reports said on Wednesday. The ...

A fraud case is being investigated in Livadia, Larnaca, where a 46-year-old man was tricked into withdrawing €800 from his bank account, police said on Tuesday. Two women reportedly approached the ...

A 36-year-old groom and his 28-year-old best man were remanded in custody for two days on Tuesday after a dangerous driving stunt at the Ayios Athanasios roundabout in Limassol, filmed ...

A 32-year-old man arrested in connection with a suspected drug trafficking and dealing was remanded on Tuesday for eight days by Larnaca district court. During investigations officers from the organised ...

A 49-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for killing his 80-year-old father, Giorgos Hadjigeorgiou, in Limassol in July 2025. The Limassol criminal court handed down the sentence ...

Police are investigating the organisers of a Halloween party in Limassol after 13 teens aged 15, 16 and 17 were taken to hospital following excessive alcohol consumption, with all of them discharged on Monday. ...

A second arrest was made on Tuesday over the kidnapping and assault of a 24-year-old Turkish Cypriot man in Limassol, police said. The arrested man is 45, with the police already ...

Twenty people were arrested during a police operation at an apartment complex in central Limassol on Tuesday for staying illegally in Cyprus. The morning operation formed part of a large-scale ...

Police on Monday cautioned about increasingly sophisticated online scams where criminals use artificial intelligence to mimic the faces and voices of loved ones and colleagues. The warning is part of ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Friday ruled that Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas must for a second time respond to charges related to the alleged possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. He had ...

Seven people arrested in connection with an assault on a 16-year-old boy in Latsia on October 9 are expected to appear before Nicosia district court on Wednesday. The suspects are aged 21, 17, 16, 14 ...

The first hearing in the trial of a 58-year-old man accused of murdering Alexandros Antoniou in the village of Konia in November 2025 will be held on January 27 next year, the ...

The trial of a 36-year-old man accused of kidnapping and threatening two women with a knife in a Larnaca flat in March 2026 has been postponed to November 4, police said on ...

A 47-year-old Georgian national suspected of attempting to murder a 44-year-old in Mouttayiaka was remanded in custody for eight days by the Limassol district court on Saturday. Police asked for ...

Police are investigating two robberies in Limassol in which two women were targeted by hooded gangs on motorcycles in the early hours of Saturday. In the first case, a 25-year-old ...

Police arrested seven people on Friday night for offences including illegal stay, drink driving and theft. Officers stopped and checked 699 drivers and 213 passengers. Traffic checks resulted in 330 charges for various ...

Two men aged 20 and 26 were arrested after police found more than a kilo of cannabis, 50g of cocaine and 95g of cannabis resin in an apartment in Limassol on Friday. ...

Two people, aged 18 and 16, were remanded for two days on Wednesday in connection with the shooting to death of a cat in Paphos, police said. The Paphos district court issued ...

A 49-year-old food delivery driver was robbed in Larnaca on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. The man was riding his motorcycle in an area of Larnaca at around 11.20pm ...