Man arrested for online child sex abuse
Police on Monday arrested a 52-year-old man for child sexual abuse in the form of disseminating abuse online.
Investigations of the electronic crime unit led police to search his residence, ...
Consumer Alert: Unregulated food is being sold online
Food products are sold online which have been produced at uninspected facilities, warned the consumer protection service and health services of the health ministry on Wednesday.
In a joint announcement, ...
Online hotel booking patterns remain largely unchanged
The online booking of hotel rooms has shown little change since 2016, a European Commission study into six member states, including Cyprus has shown.
The study – also on Austria, Belgium, Poland, ...
Public warned for the ‘umpteenth time’ after three more scam complaints filed with police
Police on Sunday warned the pubic for the “umpteenth time” to be more careful online after three new scam complaints were filed, bringing the total so far this month to ...
Two remanded on suspicion of extorting €5,000 from woman aged 70
Two people have been remanded by the Limassol court for five days, a man aged 30 and a woman aged 51 on suspicion of fraud, and of theft under false pretences.
The ...
Drug sales increasingly being conducted online, police say
Illicit drug sales are increasingly being conducted online, in part because of the pandemic, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of International Day ...
Very few in Cyprus check whether what they read online is true or not
Though 35 per of Cypriots aged 16 to 74 saw untrue or doubtful information on news websites or social media, only 17 per cent verified its truthfulness, according to a survey carried this year, ...
Online system to speed up processing of benefits
A fully automated system to come online perhaps by the end of the year will address the problem of the long delays in the processing and disbursement of benefits, Labour ...
Hate rhetoric is a real and growing problem in European societies, Lottides says
The internet has played a role in fostering xenophobia and racism in Cypriot society, Ombudswoman and Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Thursday.
Lottides ...
One in ten Cypriots fooled into buying counterfeits
One in ten Cypriots say they were misled into buying counterfeits, according to an EU-wide survey released as part of an awareness campaign by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (...
Gesy psychologists will provide online sessions for patients from Jan 20
Clinical psychologists registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to provide online sessions to their clients starting January 20, the psychologist association (Pasypsy) said on Saturday.
Following a ...
New portal for online payments to social security
Authorities on Thursday presented the new portal for online payments of social insurance contributions which will be launched on Friday.
The use of ‘SISnet’ will be made obligatory as of ...