Man arrested for stealing from beachgoers
A 44-year-old man was arrested after a tip-off that he was stealing from beachgoers in Larnaca.
Policemen were sent to the seen and caught him looking into bags.
The suspect ...
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Three remanded for duty-free tobacco
Three passengers set to board a flight to Britain were remanded on Wednesday for possession of duty-free goods in their luggage.
The customs authorities had found 392 boxes of 200 cigarettes each ...
Nurses-state meeting postponed till Monday
A meeting set for Thursday between nurses’ trade unions Pasydy and Pasyno and the state health services organisation (Okypy) has been moved to Monday.
The postponement was confirmed by Okypy ...
Oroklini arson suspects arrested
Three 17-year-olds have been arrested for the fire on Tuesday at the Oroklini facility for unaccompanied minors.
Police said testimony had been obtained and they will be taken to Larnaca ...
Arrested for firing shots
A 37-year-old man, who allegedly fired shots into the air and then attacked the policeman chasing him, was arrested on Wednesday night in Limassol.
Police found firecrackers in his possession ...
Investigation launched into electrocution
Investigations into how a 64-year-old father of two girls was electrocuted on Wednesday, in Argaka, Paphos, are continuing.
Police said the 64-year-old appears to have been repairing the swimming pool ...
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Water for crops cut by a third (Updated)
Farmers will be getting 33 per cent less water this year for their crops.
Citing the drought, senior executive engineer for the water development department Yianna Economidou said measures had to ...
British high commissioner leaving early
British high commissioner in Cyprus Irfan Siddiq OBE is cutting his service on the island short.
Sources told the Cyprus Mail that Siddiq, who was appointed in August 2022, is set ...
JUNE 2024 ELECTIONS
June 9 elections enter final stage
With 9,000 staff and 3,000 police officers, and a total budget of €6,650,000, 1,845 polling stations will open on Sunday morning in Cyprus for 705,357 registered voters to elect members of the European Parliament and ...
Education minister promises modern schooling
Schools will see modernised analytical programmes, improved all-day programmes and more emphasis on technical education when they reopen in September, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday.
Michaelidou said the ...
Two arrests in Limassol for theft
Two people, aged 20 and 18, have been arrested in relation to cases of money stolen over the past days in Limassol.
The two men are suspected of stealing €40 and €200 from a 67...
Over 3,000 patients in Cyprus with multiple sclerosis, number growing
The number of persons diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is on the rise in Cyprus, with associations calling for a national strategy.
Chairman of the association for multiple sclerosis Savvas Christodoulou ...
Juncker blaming Cyprus for Crans-Montana impasse ‘his personal opinion’
Statements by former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Cyprus issue, in which he blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the stalemate in the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, are his “personal ...