Covid-19 testing underway in Polis
Following reports of a surge in coronavirus cases last week, free Covid-19 testing for 300 residents of Polis Chrysochous is underway at the municipality, while...
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Coronavirus: minister orders additional testing at Polis schools (Updated)
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou announced additional testing in Polis Chrysochous schools on Monday, after most students remained at home over concerns about the high number...
Polis Chrysochous parents associations again call for children to stay home
The presidents of the parents associations of the Polis Chrysochous gymnasium, lyceum and technical school on Sunday urged parents to keep their children at home...
Coronavirus: Situation at Paphos schools ‘under control’
The situation regarding coronavirus in Paphos schools is under control, co-ordinator of high schools in the region Andreas Iosif said on Sunday. Speaking to the...
Coronavirus: Few students turn up as Polis schools unofficially shut (Update 2)
Few students showed up at the secondary schools in Polis Chrysochous on Friday morning after Thursday’s decision by the municipality, school board and parents’ association...
Polis Chrysochous municipality says schools to shut (update)
Polis Chrysochous Municipality, school board and parents’ association said late on Thursday that they have decided to close schools in the town for two weeks...
Police investigate attempted murder after stabbing in Polis
Paphos police are investigating a case of attempted murder for which one suspect was arrested on Thursday. At around 7.10pm police received information that an...
Man dies in motorbike crash early Sunday morning
A 24-year-old from Ayia Marina Chrysochous in the Paphos region died early on Sunday morning after a traffic accident. According to the police, the accident...
Environment commissioner calls for support of Akamas region
On a visit to the area on Saturday and participating in a beach clean-up in the Limnis area of Polis Chrysochou, Environment Commissioner Klelia Vasiliou...
Polis strives to create an identity of its own
Images of the area are widely used to promote Paphos but this creates a false impression locals claim The mayor of Polis Chrysochous district...
Coronavirus: A&E at Polis hospital re-opens
The A&E department of Polis Chrysochous hospital is operating with a number of security personnel after three cases of coronavirus were identified at the hospital...
Cash stolen from doctor’s office
The amount of €10,000 in cash is reported to have been stolen from a doctor’s surgery in Polis Chrysochous. The doctor told police that unknown...
Police raid coffee shop in Polis, charging poker players
The crime prevention unit raided a traditional coffee shop in Polis Chrysochous on Tuesday night, where they found and charged seven gamblers participating in a...
Four-year-old air lifted to Nicosia after almost drowning
A four-year-old boy was rushed to Nicosia General after almost drowning in a swimming pool in Peristerona, Paphos on Tuesday, authorities said. The boy, holidaying...
Police searching for two men as argument develops into arson
A 35-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Polis Chrysochou after a scuffle broke out with two other men, 27 and 30, over car...
Polis mayor seeks support in clash with environmentalists
POLIS Chrysochou Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi is trying to drum up support from nearby communities and politicians to fend off “problems” environmentalists cause by opposing development...
Boat’s operator had been steering during crash, police told
The operator was at all times at the helm of the speedboat which crashed into rocks off Latchi on Monday night, killing one woman and...
Gambling joint shut down in Polis
Police in Polis Chrysochous on Sunday shut down an illegal casino. An undercover police officer went to the building where the only the son of...
Actor died of a heart attack
Eighty-three-year-old actor and director Nicos Siafkalis, whose body was found on Tuesday morning on a beach in Polis Chrysochous, died of a heart attack, it...
Boosting the ‘I do’ market in Paphos
WITH the busy wedding season fast approaching, towns in the Paphos region are looking to further increase this lucrative form of income in an area...
