#Cyprus police

Police in Paphos arrested a 47-year-old man for attacking an officer, during a routine alcotest, an announcement said on Saturday. According to police, the man was stopped overnight during routine ...

Justice Minister Anna Procopiou announced plans to prepare a national strategy for the protection and safeguarding of members of the LGBT community on Friday. Procopiou was speaking at an event ...

Police in Paphos raided a number of workplaces on Thursday, where it was suspected that people were being employed illegally. Deputy chief of operations Michalis Nicolaou explained that members of ...

A 63-year-old man is wanted by police in Paphos after allegedly swindling two people out of a combined total of €11,500. According to the Paphos police’s deputy chief of operations ...

Cyprus’ police chief has given strict orders for tougher police presence during large gatherings and popular spots across the country, the force’s spokesman Christos Andreou said on Monday. He ...

Police on Sunday arrested two women, aged 42 and 27, to aid investigations into cases of burglaries at two old people’s homes. The reported incidents were brought to the attention of ...

Cyprus is treating the upcoming holiday period as ‘high-risk’ in light of the war raging in the Middle East, and upping security measures amid fears of a ‘lone wolf attack’, ...

The police investigated nearly 500 cases of domestic violence and issued 93 arrests during the months of September and October, statistics released on Tuesday showed. According to data provided to the Cyprus ...

Two more migrant boats were found by Cyprus’ port police in the Cape Greco area, with hundreds of people on board, police said on Sunday. The first boat was discovered ...

Police on Friday had no comment on reports that former President Nicos Anastasiades has held on to two pistols that may be owned by the state. The issue emerged from ...

Children’s Rights Commissioner Despo Michaelidou called for the president’s children to be left out of public discourse on Friday, as the debate between the audit service, police, and ...

A report released by the Audit Office on Thursday highlighted that a total of 164 traffic violations recorded by traffic cameras installed on Cyprus’ roads concern police vehicles. According to the ...

Two cars worth thousands of euros were stolen from a showroom in Limassol in the early hours on Thursday, police said. According to police the perpetrators broke into the offices ...

Windows were damaged at the Paphos district court after stones were thrown at them by a member of the public, police said on Thursday. The damage was noticed on Thursday ...

Two explosions occurred in Nicosia on Thursday in the early morning hours outside café/bars, police said. The first explosion happened outside a café/bar in the centre of Nicosia ...

A group of 179 newly sworn police officers officially pledged their commitment to uphold the laws of the Republic at the Cyprus police academy on Wednesday. The ceremony took place in ...

Almost €15 million has been paid to police officers for overtime work up until the end of September this year, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Tuesday. Speaking to the House ...

The Supreme Court has rejected former police chief Michalis Papageorgiou’s appeal against his sacking in 2014. Papageorgiou was relieved of his duties as police chief after Elam members stormed a ...

In a week-long initiative spanning from November 6 to 11, the police carried out checks on a total of 225 vehicles, comprising 192 trucks and 33 buses. The campaign aimed to scrutinise vehicle compliance, resulting ...

Police have setup a designated unit aimed at preventing terrorist attacks against Palestinians and Israelis in Cyprus in light of the ongoing war in Gaza, the force confirmed on Tuesday. ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou revealed on Tuesday that nine convictions and the identification of 40 exploitation victims were recorded in Cyprus last year in relation to human trafficking and workplace exploitation. ...

The Cyprus’ police force is undergoing changes so it stands by the public, rather than against them, as efforts are underway to help the public trust officers more, Justice Minister ...

The police force is to be modernised, upgraded and reorganised in line with the recommendations of the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (Greco), Justice Minister Anna Procopiou ...

Fighting broke out at Pournara migrant reception centre on Monday afternoon in Kokkinotrimithia, reports said. According to a report on Ant1 news station, the fighting broke out between Africans and ...