More people seeing police on bicycles this year
More people are seeing police on bicycles this year after the neighbourhood policing unit was expanded in March with 17…
Category: Cyprus
Officials Warn Against Careless Cigarette Disposal
The fire department urged the public to take extra care during the summer heat, warning against carelessly discarding cigarette butts…
Captain and seven crew detained after Kyrenia ferry disaster kills at least seven
Survivor alleges crew reassured passengers as water flooded vessel before abandoning ship themselves Authorities have detained the ship’s captain and…
At least 7 dead after passenger ferry capsizes off north Cyprus coast
At least 7 people have died, and 23 others remained missing after a passenger ship capsized off Kyrenia in northern…
Cypriot businessman killed as storm smashes three boats into rocks off Cape Greco
Dimis Mavropoulos, 76, dies after vessels are driven onto rocks near Agioi Anargyroi; daughter and her partner among injured A…
Larnaca Municipality to Spend Over €2.3 Million on Road Network Upgrade
More than €2.3 million is to be spent on the maintenance and upgrading of the road network in the Municipality…
Concern as Most Cyprus Lifeguard Towers Left Unstaffed
Concern has been raised over the inadequate staffing of lifeguard towers on Cyprus’s beaches. Savvas Ioannou, head of beaches at…
Menogeia Detention Centre to Open as Temporary Holding Facility
Facilities at the Menogeia Detention Centre are to be brought into operation as a temporary holding facility, in a move…
New Cyprus Legislation on Recreational Boats Still Unimplemented Six Months On
Revised legislation governing recreational boating in Cyprus remains unimplemented, six months after it was passed by parliament last February.…
Traders’ Group Calls for Reopening of Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue
The Joint Action Platform for the Revival of the Urban Commercial Core of Every City has called, in a statement,…