#Ayia Napa

A 20-year-old man on Friday was found guilty of a rape in Ayia Napa last summer and sentenced to eleven years in jail, according to a decision by the Famagusta ...

A man found dead on a beach in Ayia Napa on Monday died from drowning, an autopsy showed on Tuesday. Georgios Senekkis, 57, from Dasaki Achnas died while harpoon fishing in ...

A 57-year-old man was found dead at an Ayia Napa beach on Monday, police said. The man, Georgios Senekkis, was found by beachgoers unconscious at the Ayia Thekla beach in ...

A 21-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in Ayia Napa, after he lost control of his vehicle, police said on Monday. According to police, around 1.30am no Monday, a 21-year-old lost ...

A 15-meter-long boat was completely destroyed by a fire that broke out on Sunday on a boat docked in the Ayia Napa marina. In a post on platform “X”, fire ...

A 76-year-old Briton, permanent resident of Ayia Napa, suffered fatal electrocution on Thursday morning while gardening. William Edward, who lived in Ayia Thekla – Ayia Napa area – with his wife, was ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zanettou will appear in Famagusta Criminal Court on July 12, in a forgery case against him for using EU funds to upgrade a hotel in the area ...

Two 20-year-old men are in critical condition at Nicosia General Hospital after a quad bike accident Tuesday night in Ayia Napa. According to police, the accident occurred at 11.45pm when ...

Incumbents securing victory in Sunday’s local elections was theme also followed in Ayia Napa where mayor Christos Zannettou retained his position as did Simos Ioannou in Famagusta. Antonis Christou ...

Four people from Switzerland and Scotland are the new “tourism ambassadors” of Ayia Napa, having visited the island 68 and 40 times respectively. Ayia Napa municipality said in a press release that ...

Members of the Pancyprian Association of Sea Sports and Entertainment Facility Owners held a protest outside the Ayia Napa town hall on Friday morning, accusing the municipal council of “arbitrary ...

Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zannettou has been accused of unlawfully securing a €765,000 European grant for a hotel renovation project in which he held a stake. The mayor finds himself entangled ...

Two men who stormed into an Ayia Napa store with a knife and iron bar demanding money were remanded in Famagusta court for eight days on Monday. The two, aged 23, ...

Two women were arrested in Ayia Napa under suspicion of having shoplifted, police said on Friday. The arrests, which took place on Wednesday, involved two women aged 20 and 32, following testimony ...

Seven burglary suspects were remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District Court on Wednesday, after a dawn raid. The raid was part of the investigation of a number of ...

There is set to be a record number of participants in this year’s McDonald’s Ayia Napa Youth Soccer Festival, which will get underway at the end of April. ...

There are at least 20 illegalities at Ayia Napa’s environmentally protected Natura 2000 site, but not a single deterrent measure has been imposed apart from a fine, Cyprus’ Ecological Movement charged ...

Authorities on Thursday were on alert after a boat with around 30 migrants was spotted close to Cape Greco. Reports said the marine and port police were notified of the vessel ...

The town planning department has ordered a stop to any illegal construction for a monastery being built at the environmentally protected area at Ayia Napa’s Cape Greco site. Philenews ...

Controversial works regarding the building of a monastery in an environmentally sensitive area in Ayia Napa are being investigated, it emerged on Thursday. Speaking to CyBC, deputy environmental department director ...

Police on Friday announced the arrest of three men in connection with an armed robbery in an Ayia Napa hotel. The trio, aged 25, 23, and 22 years old, stand accused of conspiracy ...

Deputy Minister of Culture Vasiliki Kassianidou has proposed further ways of promoting Ayia Napa as a tourist destination through the creation of cultural routes. During a tour of Famagusta by ...

The British woman who reported being gang raped while on holiday in Ayia Napa took the stand at Famagusta criminal court this week. The hearing took place behind closed doors ...

By Jean Christou and Elias Hazou Legislators on Thursday dubbed “a classic crime” the commercial development done in a protected area in Ayia Napa, saying the case merits attention from ...