Drownings in Cyprus around EU average, most victims men
WITH 1.18 deaths per 100,000 residents from accidental drownings, Cyprus ranks close to the EU average of people dying in this manner, most of whom...
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Russian tourist dies in sea off Kissonerga
A 67-year-old woman died after being spotted floating unconscious in the sea off Kissonerga on Wednesday. The woman, a Russian national, was spotted floating unconscious...
German tourist drowned, post mortem shows
Drowning was the cause of death of a 67-year-old tourist who was pulled out of the sea off Peyia on Monday, a post mortem...
Elderly tourist dies off Governor’s beach
An 83-year-old woman was found floating unconscious on Friday morning in the sea off Governor’s beach in Limassol. She was pulled from the sea and...
Tourist drowns off Ayia Napa
A 31-year-old tourist from Russia drowned off the coast of Ayia Napa on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The man had been in Cyprus on holidays...
Man saved off Lara bay
A group of four men rescued a 30-year-old man on Monday when they found him floating unconscious in the sea off Lara bay in the...
Lifeguards say longer hours would save more lives
Lifeguards suggested on Saturday that two people who lost their lives while in the sea could have been saved, as the demanded an extension of...
Killer beach claims the lives of two more swimmers
FOLLOWING the death of two tourists in the dangerous waters of a deadly stretch of Paphos coastline in two days, officials have warned...
Tourist died from accidental drowning
A post-mortem revealed on Monday that a 76-year-old female tourist from Germany who lost consciousness while swimming in Pyla, Larnaca, on Sunday morning died from...
Near drowning prompts call for more lifeguards in Paphos
AN eighty-year-old British holiday maker in Paphos escaped drowning on Sunday morning just after 11am when a lifeguard starting his shift spotted the man...
MPs call for more lifeguards
The severe shortage of lifeguards and lack of adequate infrastructure to protect beachgoers was discussed at the House interior committee on Monday, with MPs stressing...
Safer beaches as lifeguard hours extended
Public beaches should be that much safer from Tuesday after long-standing demands by lifeguards to increase the hours beaches are monitored were finally met on...
Lifeguards out in protest on Friday
LIFEGUARDS will hold a protest on Friday, demanding extension of their working hours to prevent more lives from being lost at sea. The vice chairman...
Lifeguards protest after three drownings in one week
The association of lifeguards on Monday renewed their plea for more lifeguards and increased working hours in the wake of three drownings in the last...
Five migrants drown off Samos after boat capsizes
Five migrants – four women and one child – drowned when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Samos close to Turkey’s coast, Greek...
Six migrants drown as vessel sinks off Greek island
Six migrants including one child drowned when their vessel sank off a Greek island close to Turkey, the Greek coastguard said on Wednesday, as the...
‘Humanity swept away’ image sweeps across social media
An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey’s prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after...
Ayia Napa municipality to expand lifeguard hours
By Evie Andreou THE FOUR most crowded beaches in Ayia Napa will have lifeguards until 7pm the Ayia Napa municipality has decided. At the Grecian...
Three drowned in two days (Update three)
By Constantinos Psillides AN 84-year-old woman from Nicosia collapsed and drowned in shallow water shortly before noon on Monday at the Pyla beach along the...
‘Call to extend lifeguards’ hours
By Bejay Browne AS SIZZLING temperatures are set to hit Paphos this weekend officials have called for an extension to lifeguard working hours. The head...
