Foreign ministry makes representations to UN over Turkish coastguard incident (Update 3)
The foreign ministry has made representations to UNFICYP after a Turkish coastguard fired warning shots at a patrol boat of Cyprus’ port and marine police...
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Syrians rescued off Cape Greco
Marine police early on Saturday rescued two Syrian men who were in a boat off Cape Greco in the Famagusta area. The authorities received a...
Rejected migrant boat taken in by north (Updated)
A GROUP of 175 Syrian migrants, who arrived in Trikomo in the north on Saturday, after being denied entrance to the government-controlled areas on Friday,...
Marine police rescue 455 migrants in 2019
The marine police rescued 455 migrants in 13 different incidents in 2019, its head Theocharis Christodoulou said on Thursday. “The marine police are a specialised...
Six people, including two children, rescued off Larnaca
Six people including two children were rescued on Thursday in the sea area southeast of Larnaca. The Larnaca Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said it...
Woman rescued after panicking during Zenobia dive (updated)
A British woman was rescued on Tuesday morning after she panicked while taking a diving lesson near the Zenobia shipwreck in Larnaca. According to police,...
Group of Syrians rescued off Cape Greco (Updated)
Twenty Syrians were rescued south of Cape Greco on Monday after authorities were notified that their vessel was sailing out of control. A marine police...
24 Syrians on migrant boat rescued off Cape Greco
Twenty four Syrians, 16 adults and eight children under the age of eight were rescued off Cape Greco on the island’s south-east, on Friday afternoon,...
Two rescued when boat capsizes off Paphos
Marine police on Sunday rescued two people on an Israeli-owned boat off the Faros area in Paphos after it capsized. According to port police, the...
Two rescued by marine police off Latchi
Marine police on Sunday rescued two people who’s small craft was filling with water off Latchi in the north-west of the island, due to strong...
