A young man riding a scooter was run over by a vehicle. The young man, aged 17, was riding his scooter between Chlorakas and Coral Bay when a car ran him over. The car in question left the hotel car park and moved into the road, which is how it hit the […]
The Cyprus Police has announced that they have arrested twelve people for living and working in Cyprus illegally. The arrests, which happened as part of a police raid of three properties in their campaign against illegal staying and working, was done in cooperation with the immigration services of Cyprus. The police found […]
A a young Invernesian boy who was found in a swimming pool unconscious has passed away. The boy, aged six, was vacationing with family (specifically his sister and their mother) in Cyprus’ Paphos, when the unfortunate incident occurred. According to the Cypriot police, the boy (who shall remain unnamed) apparently accidentally fell […]
The migrant crisis has intensified incredibly. This latest of development includes the incident of a man setting himself on fire near the office of migration services in Larnaca after his asylum application was rejected by the authorities. The man did survive, however, and is being treated for burns at the A&E department of […]
In a bid to strengthen the relationship between Turkey and (Turkish) Cyprus, the former has announced the issuance of 2 Navtexes to conduct military exercises. The exercises will be conducted in two phases – the first of which will take place from the first covers the period from October 16th to 20th, and […]
Many Israeli citizens are abandoning Israel and arriving in Cyprus for better opportunities, due to the war with Hamas. A spokeswoman for Cypriot airports revealed that various international airlines have suspended their flights which have Tel Aviv as their destination or departure point. However, several ‘emergency’ flights have been scheduled – including […]
Cyprus has jumped one place ahead to land at the 21st place in the European Institute for Gender Equality’s (EIGE) rankings. The ranking list, which is annually published in the Gender Equality Index (published by the EIGE) had the island nation scoring 60.7 out of 100 total. According to a statement by […]
The University of Cyprus (UCY) has received the honor of being featured in the top universities worldwide list issued by the Times Higher Education international ranking. The organization ranks universities by their capabilities and advancement in science. The UCY announced the news in a press release, elaborating how it is one of […]
Professionals are still on the lookout to find the diver who went missing from the Larnaca coast. The diver in question initially went under water near the shipwreck in Zenobia in the morning with their partner, but did not come back to the surface with them. The partner reported the diver missing, […]
The Cyprus Police have remanded two people over the death of the Serbian national who had been run over on the road. The Police say that the incident will be assumed as a case of manslaughter. The arrested, aged 39 and 28, allegedly got into a fight with the Serbian man, 29, […]
Tetraplegic painter Kyriacos Kyriacou, famous for making marvelous painting with his mouth, has sadly passed away at the age of 67. The gifted artist’s passing comes over 10 months after his hospitalization in Nicosia’s General Hospital. His wife Blanche spoke to the press, emphasizing how his fighting spirit did not fade throughout the time […]
Within weeks of the first detected incident, a second Greek Cypriot national has been arrested over the use of forged documents. The person, 42, was making an attempt to cross the point at Ayios Dometios using fake vehicular insurance papers. The police arrested him once they determined the papers being fake, and he was […]
As the deadly fires that broke out between Limnati and Doros are under control, the fire service has finally begun its investigation into the same. Andreas Kettis, a spokesman for the fire service, informed the CNA that the forces on the ground managed to contain the flares and small fires, while the airborne team […]
To the surprise of many, the men who stand accused for murdering two men in a fight in a bar in Limassol have pleaded not guilty. The accused men, aged 49 and 54, have allegedly murdered Marios Onisiforou, 44 and Michalis Michail, 51, and injured their mutual friend, aged 43. In addition to the […]
The finance ministry of Cyprus has extended 2022’s tax return deadlines till the end of the month of October, 2023. The ministry announced the information on social media platform X (previously known as Twitter). They said that the announcement comes after the submission of a proposal to the council of ministers on the topic. […]
Temperatures are set to soar in Cyprus – with numbers predicted to go as high as 39 degrees Celsius, and potentially higher in the following week. Specifically, the temperature will go up to 39 degrees Celsius inland, 34 degrees Celsius in the east and south-east coastal areas, 32 degrees Celsius in the rest of […]
The police in Cyprus have arrested 5 men – all between the ages of nineteen and twenty, on the basis of a complaint by a tourist from Britain. The tourist, a woman, aged 20 told the police that the men sexually assaulted her in a hotel room. They have already been produced before the […]
Organic farming in Cyprus has made big advances in the past 20 years. Petros Xenophontos, the Minister of Agriculture of the island nation made said announcement at Denia’s yearly organic farming celebration. He further elaborated how the numbers of organic farming have moved up from 0.22% of total farming in 2003, to 5.87% of […]
Stefanos Kasselakis, the new leader of the Syriza party has announced his maiden overseas visit to Cyprus. Aged 35, Kasselakis became the leader of Syriza, winning against Efi Achtsioglou – both of who scores 56.69 and 43.31 percentages of the votes respectively. More recently, Kasselakis was criticized for calling Northern Cyprus as a “statelet” […]
Tensions between the divided regions of Cyprus have always been present on the larger scale, but the recent series of event proves this exists on the smaller scale as well. In the latest incident, a citizen of Greek Cyprus will be produced in a court of Turkish Cyprus over the use of fake vehicle […]
