#Cyprus police

Two major unions and a growing number of police officers seek to challenge plans by the force to drastically reduce annual days off work. In a joint statement, trade union ...

Authorities on Thursday cautioned the public to be wary of a new type of phone scam where the caller pretends to be a doctor asking for money in return for ...

The police branch of the union Isotita on Tuesday challenged a decision by police chief Themistos Arnaoutis to reduce police officers’ rest days, warning it is prepared to pursue legal ...

The Real Estate Agents Registration Council said on Monday that its president has personally received threats from criminal elements to withdraw a complaint filed against a real estate agent alleged ...

Public safety and faster delivery of justice will be among the top priorities of his ministry, the new justice minister pledged on Monday. Constantinos Fitiris made the remarks during the ...

A 35-year-old was arrested on Thursday afternoon at Larnaca airport on a pending European warrant, in connection with a case concerning participation in a criminal organisation. The police said on ...

Authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal bird trappings, issuing €239,770 in fines and securing the convictions of 55 suspects following reports issued on Thursday. The committee against bird slaughter (CABS), released ...

Two vehicles were torched in the early hours of Thursday in Mesogi, Paphos, and the police are investigating arson. The police were notified at 1.50am that two vehicles parked behind ...

Two people aged 25 and 21were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a burglary of offices in Nicosia and will be taken before a court on Thursday for remand orders. The ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, marking the fifth arrest in connection with the incidents that took place last week at the Apollon club, between Ael and Apollon ...

Police in Larnaca launched an investigation on Wednesday after a resident reported finding a pistol in a suitcase that belonged to a deceased relative. He contacted officers at once and ...

Police in Limassol are investigating a new case of online invoice fraud after a company director reported a payment made to a false bank account. The director told officers his ...

Police have arrested a fourth suspect in the investigation into last Thursday’s disorder at the Apollon club in Limassol. Officers detained a 24-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon. Police said ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis has revived a shelved bid to legalise the police use of tasers, ordering an updated study on the stun weapons five years after the proposal was ...

The police’s efforts to procure anti-drone systems turned into a fiasco dragging on for seven years, until finally the endeavour was dropped altogether, the Audit Office said in a ...

A pedestrian who had been hit by a car on Monday in Paphos died in hospital shortly afterwards. The police said the man – a 69-year-old resident of Paphos – had been ...

Monday’s post mortem on the body of 28-year-old Artem Fomichov from Ukraine showed that he died of a severe head injury and multiple injuries to his body and vital ...

Aliki Nicolaou, the 17-year-old who was killed in an accident on Friday night, died of a severe head injury, a ruptured spleen and injuries to other parts of her body, ...

Police said on Monday that four football fans had been arrested for rioting and drug possession ahead of the Ael-Apollon match at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol on Sunday. According ...

Police have arrested a 21-year-old in connection with clashes outside the Apollon football club in Limassol. A second suspect remains at large. The Limassol CID said two arrest warrants were ...

The Cyprus Football Association on Friday appeared to blame the police for the clashes between football fans in the centre of Limassol on Thursday night, saying the force had changed ...

A 49-year-old woman was found dead in the bathroom of her apartment on Thursday, in Paralimni, with police saying that foul play cannot be ruled out at this stage of ...

The Cyprus Police Association (CPA) will continue to act as the unified voice of all police officers, its new president, Angelos Nikolaou, announced to members on Thursday. He stressed that ...

The Larnaca district court issued a five-day remand order on Wednesday for a 56-year-old man accused of breaking into a home, with police saying he was caught inside the property ...