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Financial experts aim to help promote international standards in Cyprus
A two-day seminar starting in Limassol on Tuesday promises to simplify process to help Cypriot finance firms achieve international standards, organisers said. Local regulators and professional bodies...
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Grenade blast outside Limassol tavern
A grenade blast in the early morning hours of Wednesday caused damage to façade of a tavern in the Zakaki area of Limassol, police said. No one was injured in the 4.25am incident. Investigators...
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Bar review: Hobo Mediterraneo, Limassol
There’s only one place to head to this season and that is Limassol Marina. It has now become the place to go to for a relaxing night out where you get to take in the sea breeze, the hustle and bustle...
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Teenager arrested for school fire
A 17-year-old was arrested in connection with setting a Limassol school on fire on Thursday evening. According to police the fire broke out at around 7.30pm at the 19th elementary school. It started...
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Two women killed in separate road incidents (updated)
A woman died on Friday after slamming into an electricity pole with her car, which caught fire, police said. The accident happened on the road the Fasoula to Limassol road at around 10am. Reports said...
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9-month sentence for illegal firecrackers
A 33-year-old man who was arrested last year when police found thousands of fire crackers and flares in an abandoned house in Limassol, was sentenced to nine months in prison by the Limassol criminal...
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Horse drawn carriage protest in Limassol
By Andria Kades Animal welfare supporters are seeking to shut down a horse carriage service available on the Limassol seafront and marina, claiming that the horses are being cruelly treated. The...
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Government signs contracts for Limassol port commercialisation (updated)
By Stelios Orphanides The government and the winners of a competition for the commercialisation of the Limassol port operations signed the agreements on Monday, in a deal expected to fetch Cyprus...
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Eight-day remand for suspected child abuser (Updated)
A 48-year-old man who was arrested on Tuesday in Limassol in connection with kidnapping and indecently assaulting a minor, was remanded for eight days. An arrest warrant for the suspect was issued on...
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Amathounda protest over feared land development
Residents in Amathounda, Limassol are staging a demonstration on Thursday to protest what they say is the state’s unfair treatment regarding the development of land near ancient sites. The problem,...
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Amathounda landowners hold protest over unfair treatment
Land owners in Amathounda, Limassol, temporarily blocked off a busy road in the tourist area on Thursday claiming they are being treated unfairly, compared with rich business people, as regards their...
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Passengers of Queen Mary 2 offered flaounes as liner docks in Limassol
The Queen Mary 2, one of the biggest cruise ships in the world, docked in Limassol port on Thursday. Its 2,500 passengers were greeted with flaounes by girls dressed in traditional Cypriot costumes on...
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Police nab American wanted for drug trafficking
Police on Thursday nabbed a US national wanted on an international arrest warrant for drug trafficking and who had been reportedly laying low here since last September. The suspect, 35, is wanted by US...
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Limassol bomb blast
A house owned by a 40-year-old in Mesa Yitonia in Limassol was damaged by a bomb explosion early on Friday morning, police said. The high-explosive device had been placed on the front Veranda. Police...
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Limassol man on remand for sending inappropriate texts to niece, 16
A 48-year-old man in Limassol was behind bars on Easter Sunday after he was arrested for allegedly sending text messages “of sexual content” to his 16-year-old niece. By Monday, he was serving his...
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New six-day remand for alleged child molester
A 48-YEAR-OLD man in Limassol was re-remanded for a further six days on Wednesday in connection with allegations of indecently assaulting a minor. He was arrested last week after an eight-year-old boy...
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Fire destroys interior of Limassol home
A fire caused by a saucepan forgotten on a lit stove destroyed the interior of a home in Limassol, the fire service said on Thursday. No one was injured in the incident. The service had been notified...
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Three Cypriot teams chosen for NASA`s space apps challenge [Video links]
Three Cypriot teams were chosen to participate in NASA`s International Space Apps Challenge, following last year’s international success of the Cypriot team ArachnoBeeA, which was selected by NASA’s...
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Europe Day events in Limassol
OVER the weekend Limassol plans an array of events on the occasion of Europe Day, which is observed annually on May 9. The celebrations will be held in the Molos seaside park in Limassol on Saturday...
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Woman 80, dies in road accident, husband, 82, found wandering around in shock
An 80-year-old woman from Phini, in Limassol, died on Saturday evening after the car she was in, driven by her 82-year-old husband went off the road, falling seven metres into a ditch. The accident...
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