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A 56-year-old man found guilty of assisting third country nationals to enter the Republic illegally was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Thursday. Famagusta district court also found the man ...

Police are investigating an attempted murder in Nicosia on Tuesday, after a man well known to authorities was shot in his home in Acropolis. According to police, Alexis Mavromichalis, aka ...

Sweden’s prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, he said on Thursday, following a wave of ...

A gunman killed three people in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, shooting a local woman and her daughter in their home then storming into a classroom of Rotterdam’...

Two men were arrested on Thursday for stealing a vacuum from a real estate agency in northern Nicosia. The first man, aged 42, was initially arrested as a suspect in the ...

Five Israeli nationals accused of raping a British tourist in Ayia Napa will remain in custody until their trial begins, the Famagusta District decided on Thursday. The decision on whether ...

Multiple firearms and 22 kilograms of cannabis were found by police during the search of a house in Liopetri. The firearms included a shotgun with 61 rounds of ammunition and a loaded ...

The three defendants in the case of missing 31-year-old Angelos Perikleous appeared before Nicosia criminal court on Thursday where the prosecution said it aims to call on 96 witnesses. The case ...

In the early hours of Tuesday, a vehicle owned by a 51-year-old woman was targeted by unknown individuals in Limassol when explosive device was detonated, causing damage to the vehicle. ...

A 39-year-old man has been arrested for burglary in Paphos. According to police, a concerned citizen noticed at 1:45am on Tuesday that a shop on Apostolou Pavlou street had been ...

Two men from Paphos were arrested on Monday for stealing copper pipes and other items worth a total of €9,100, while police are looking for a third culprit. According to Paphos ...

Parents of Italian children who drop out of school could face jail sentences under new steps to counter juvenile delinquency in the wake of a series of high profile crimes ...

Two men, aged 22 and 21, were arrested in Kyrenia on Monday for stealing a cat. The theft occurred at around midnight on August 31, when the cat, named Bob, was taken from ...

A 47-year-old Syrian man that had been arrested on Monday following riots in Chlorakas between migrants and Greek Cypriots far-right extremists will remain in police custody until September 22, which will ...

The scene in Chlorakas, as well as in the neighbouring villages of Emba and Tremithousa, is calm, according to the police. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), police press ...

A 22-year-old Syrian national has been arrested in Paphos for “causing and inciting violence” after posting violent imagery onto his social media accounts. Testimony emerged against the man during an ...

A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday morning after allegedly stabbing another woman of the same age on a street in Limassol on Tuesday night. She was taken into custody ...

A 49-year-old woman is in hospital after being stabbed in her neck and left arm in Limassol on Tuesday night. According to police, the woman presented herself to the Limassol ...

A 37-year-old man is in an “extremely critical” condition after being found in a pool of blood in his home by a relative on Tuesday. According to Famagusta police spokesman ...

A 25-year-old man was remanded in custody for two days on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing of another man of the same age in Nicosia in June. Meanwhile, a 41...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a 62-year-old as part of investigations into a case of theft. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, at around 2pm on Saturday, a shop ...

Dozens of bullets and small amounts of cannabis were found in the car of the 24-year-old who turned himself in in relation to the disappearance of 31-year-old Angelos Perikleous, police ...

Police in Paphos arrested two people on Tuesday night for having allegedly stolen several A/C units from a hotel located in central Poseidonos Avenue. According to a statement released ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 32-year-old man for illegal possession of burglary tools. According to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Nikolaou, the man was stopped for a routine check while driving ...