#Cape Greco

Three migrant boats arrived over the past two days in Cyprus, with almost 200 people arriving on the island, police said on Monday. According to police, the first instance on Sunday ...

A total of 33 irregular migrants were spotted by the police on Thursday evening in the area of Cape Greco, located in the Famagusta district. Specifically, at 9.30pm, the coastal police ...

The European Union’s Habitats Directive was “violated” by the environment department in its greenlighting of construction projects in the Cape Greco area, the Audit Office said on Wednesday. It ...

Two boats carrying a total of 41 irregular migrants arrived in Cyprus on Thursday evening. The boats were spotted on the police’s radar around 12 nautical miles southeast of Cape Greco ...

Authorities on Thursday evening escorted ashore two boats with irregular migrants on board, according to reports. The Sigma news outlet said the two boats – with an as yet undisclosed number ...

Authorities on Monday were looking for a migrant for the second day in a row to no avail, after he jumped into the sea. The Joint Rescue Coordination Center told ...

A total of 190 migrants were rescued off the coast of Cape Greco in three separate boats, police said on Sunday. They were all transported to safety to Larnaca port where ...

Rare sightings of the Red Sprite weather phenomenon were caught on camera this week by a patient Cyprus photographer who spent over seven hours getting the perfect shot. On Wednesday ...

The final count of people who were detected on three boats off Cape Greco on Tuesday was 170, police said on Wednesday morning. An initial count on Tuesday had suggested a ...

Three Category B vessels have been added to the maritime fleet of the Cyprus coast guard, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Monday. “The addition of the vessels is crucial, ...

A wooden boat with 54 irregular migrants on board was intercepted by police seven nautical miles off the coast of Cape Greco on Saturday. Of the 54, 13 were children, seven of whom ...

A man was rescued by a team from the Larnaca Search and Rescue coordination centre on Saturday after jumping from a cliff at Cape Greco. Coastal and maritime police, as ...

Another boat with 50 migrants arrived off the coast of Cape Greco on Thursday, with the people on board safely escorted ashore. According to media reports, the police coast guard spotted ...

A woman was rescued by the fire services after falling at the Cape Greco sea caves in Famagusta, the famous attraction near Protaras and Ayia Napa. Fire services spokesman Andreas ...

A total of 800 kilograms of ‘ghost nets’ were retrieved from Cape Greco by the Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre during the Dixan Clean in Depth environmental programme. Ghost nets are ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 23-year-old boat operator after a vessel transporting 21 irregular migrants arrived on the Famagusta coast. According to police, the 6m long vessel was detected on the ...

A 23-year-old man was remanded in custody on Wednesday in connection with the arrival of a boat carrying 27 migrants. The 23-year-old was brought before the District Court of Famagusta which ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old boat operator, following the arrival of 27 illegal immigrants at Cape Greco. According to police statement the boat was detected by radar in the afternoon ...

A child fell unconscious and was taken to hospital after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Cape Greco early Monday morning. The child, who was on board the ...

The coast guard late on Friday brought 73 people from a fishing boat to safety after they were spotted off the coast of Cape Greco in troubling weather conditions. Famagusta police ...

Seven illegal immigrants arrived at Cape Greco by speed boat on Sunday around 10am. Authorities detected the boat initially 11 nautical miles southeast of the headland. The coast guard intercepted the ...

Another 23 migrants arrived at Cape Greco, police said on Saturday, adding that a 17-year-old was arrested for captaining the ship that brought them. Police said that the boat was spotted ...

The coast guard on Thursday morning escorted a new boat of irregular migrants to the safety of the Golden Coast fishing shelter in Protaras. The boat, which had set off ...

Police on Wednesday reported another migrant boat arrival off the coast of Famagusta. In little over two months, since May 9, the coast guard has intercepted 17 boats, carrying a total of 419 ...