Two officers suspended after detainee escapes
Two police officers have been suspended after a 24-year-old suspect managed to escape while in custody at the Yermasoyia police station in Limassol. Police said...
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Four remanded after Limassol murder (Update 3)
All four people arrested over the murder of a 36-year-old man in Limassol on Sunday have been remanded for eight days, police said on Monday....
Smokers can cast ‘vote’ with new ‘butt bins’
A new campaign titled ‘Bin Your Butt’ aims to encourage smokers to rethink how they dispose of their cigarette butts. Launched by environmental non-profit organisation...
Two remanded after man stabbed during construction site fight
Two out of three people arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Limassol on Saturday morning were remanded in police custody for eight days...
Yermasoyia fire brought under control (updated)
A fire near the Yermasoyia dam was extinguished on Tuesday approximately two hours after it broke out, the forestry department said. The fire broke out...
Part of highway closed near Limassol
Part of the Limassol to Nicosia highway has been closed near the junction for Yermasoyia while work continues to fix a hole in the road’s...
Supermarket employee charged with selling vodka to teen girl
A 21-year-old employee at a supermarket in the tourist area of Yermasoyia has been charged with selling alcohol to a 13-year-old girl who was found...
Yermasoyia dam overflows, first time in seven years (Update 2)
Reservoirs around the island are now 51.8 per cent full, senior official from the Water Development Department Phedros Roussis announced on Monday morning. The...
No health issue from Yermasoyia stink, authorities say
The intense odour in the Yermsoyia valley is due to the transfer of quantities of anaerobic water from the Kouris reservoir and there is no...
Yermasoyia offers to host unaccompanied refugee minors
Yermasoyia Municipality in Limassol on Saturday expressed the wish to host unaccompanied refugee minors and suggested the renovation of an old school building to accommodate...
Man gunned down in Limassol in broad daylight (Update 2)
AUTHORITIES on Thursday launched a manhunt for the three persons who shot dead a 47-year-old man in broad daylight in a Limassol tavern. The victim...
Co-op robbed in Yermasoyia (Updated)
A cooperative bank was robbed on Wednesday morning by two armed robbers in Limassol. According to police, the individuals had their faces covered and smashed...
Cut back on garbage or face higher taxes, warns mayor
UNLESS households cut down on the garbage they produce, collection taxes will continue to rise, Yermasoyia mayor Kyriacos Xydias warned on Friday. The Limassol area...
Well organised gang behind supermarket robbery say police
Police suspect that the people behind the armed robbery that took place on Monday morning in Yermasoyia, Limassol may be part of a well-organised crime...
Supermarket employees robbed of €80,000 in takings (Update 2)
Three robbers grabbed some €80.000 at gunpoint from two employees of a security firm outside a supermarket in Yermasoyia, Limassol, on Monday morning, before fleeing...
‘Pink Panther’ mobster caught on DNA match
GERMAN authorities have detained a Serbian national – believed to be a member of the notorious Pink Panther gang – who has been tied to...
Missing octogenarian found sleeping under a bush
The 81-year-old former Bolshoi ballet dancer Vlason Stanislav who went missing from his Limassol house on Friday was found sleeping under a bush on Sunday...
Twenty seven arrested in gambling raid
TWENTY seven people were arrested on Monday night during a police raid in an establishment that was operating as a casino in the Yermasoyia area...
Church: nothing amiss in sale of land to First Lady (updated with comment by the president)
By Angelos Anastasiou The Church, and First Lady Andri Anastisiades on Wednesday hit back at a report in Phileleftheros implying there was something amiss about...
Thieves net around €42,000 from McDonalds robbery (updated)
Wielding pistols, two hooded men pounced on two female McDonalds workers in the early hours of Tuesday in Yermasoyia in Limassol, robbing them of €41,600...
