Plaques from memorial to missing stolen in Strovolos
Plaques honouring people from Strovolos who have been missing since 1974 were stolen from a memorial in the area on Sunday, the municipality announced on...
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Strovolos municipality calls for respect as parking metre destroyed
Strovolos locals were urged by the municipality on Friday to respect public property following repeated damage to parking meters in the area. Ticket machines in...
Arson at Nicosia cafe
A fire that appeared to have been set deliberately damaged a café in Nicosia in the early morning hours of Saturday, the fire service said....
Grenade thrown at Nicosia home
Unknown assailants threw a hand grenade at a residential house in Strovolos, Nicosia, on Friday afternoon, the police press office confirmed to the Cyprus Mail....
Free Wi-Fi at six locations in Strovolos
Free Wi-fi is available at six locations in Strovolos through the EU programme, WiFI4EU, Strovolos Municipality said on Wednesday. It said the service is available...
Traffic disruption, water cuts as improvements get underway
Improvement works to the water supply of parts of Nicosia began on Monday, the Water Board of Nicosia and Strovolos municipality announced. In a joint...
Police publish photos of wanted robbery suspect
Police on Monday published photos of a man wanted in connection with a robbery in Nicosia back in July. The man is wanted in connection...
Strovolos residents complain about fly-tipping (Updated)
Residents in Strovolos complained on Monday that the municipality is ignoring their calls to stop illegal dumping in the area. A nearby resident told the...
Strovolos to ‘slow down’
Strovolos’ historic centre is slated for a facelift after the municipal council approved the area’s redevelopment plans aimed at encouraging people to take it slow...
‘You aided the killer every step of the way’, judge tells double-murder accomplice
Twenty-two-year-old Marios Hadjixenophontos was jailed for 15 years on Thursday after he was found guilty of manslaughter in the double murder of a couple in...
Led lights to save Strovolos nearly €600,000 over eight years
The replacement of 10,000 street lights with Led bulbs in Strovolos has started, and the municipality is expected to save up to 66 per cent...
Double murder defendant acquitted of premeditated murder, guilty of manslaughter (Updated)
A 22-year-old man was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday in the double murder of a couple in Nicosia in 2018. Marios Hadjixenophontos was acquitted...
Suspect arrested after three injured, one seriously, in Strovolos fracas
A 44-year-old man was arrested late Thursday on suspicion of the attempted murder of his employer and another man with a paper cutter. The employer,...
Three being treated for knife wounds after altercation in Strovolos
Three people were being treated for knife wounds on Thursday evening, one of them reportedly being in serious condition, following an altercation in the Strovolos...
Strovolos mayor accuses PWD of dragging feet on problem bridge
Strovolos Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous on Tuesday accused the public works department of dragging their feet when it comes to the construction of a new bridge...
Coordination for factory fires abysmal, former mayor says
POLICE and the fire service are investigating the circumstances under which a large fire broke out on Thursday in the industrial area of Strovolos that...
Woman kills her child, tries to kill herself (Update 2)
A 40-year-old woman stabbed her son, 12, to death and tried to take her own life inside a second-floor flat in Yeri, Nicosia police said...
Tseri avenue ‘a dangerous spot for pedestrians’
A DAMNING report on the state of Tseri Avenue in Nicosia was presented on Thursday detailing the number of road accidents, parking problems, the lack...
No transparency, no accountability: the long fight for a building permit
By Louis Kontozis I first applied for a building permit to Strovolos municipality in early September 2018. In October, I enquired about the progress of...
Wheelchair swing installed in Strovolos park
Strovolos municipality announced on Tuesday that one of its parks now includes a swing for children on wheelchairs. The wheelchair swing – donated by GC...