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Limassol man sustained serious head injury following beating
A 40-year-old is being treated with a severe head injury in Limassol, police said on Sunday, following a fight the night before. According to police the man arranged to meet some individuals in Ayios...
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Cyprus strongmen pick up pick-ups (photos)
On Saturday, the world’s strongest men descended on Limassol to pull municipal buses, hoist 200kg stones, and lift diplocambinos clean off the ground! In a historic moment for the island, Cyprus played...
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Man fined €16,000 for possession of duty-free tobacco
A 40-year-old man was issued a €16,000 fine for illegal possession of tobacco products on Monday. According to police report, the man was spotted around 7pm driving Limassol and was stopped for a...
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Two involved in ‘doctor’ scam targeting the elderly remanded (updated)
Two men, aged 35 and 29, were remanded in custody for eight days on Tuesday after posing as doctors to scam thousands of euros out of the elderly in Limassol. The pair are believed to have stolen...
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Man arrested with nine kilograms of cannabis
A 42-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday after police performed a raid on a warehouse in the city, finding almost nine kilograms of cannabis. Police discovered eight packages containing...
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Limassol pizzeria targeted by hooded man carrying gun
A hooded man in Limassol on Friday threatened employees with a gun and tried to set fire to a pizza restaurant. According to a police report, the incident occurred at 4.20am when a balaclava-clad man...
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Limassol Wine Festival concludes this weekend
Taking place in October for the first time in an effort to extend the island’s touristic season, the 62nd Limassol Wine Festival is currently taking place in the heart of the city. All week long it has...
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Arrest for car arson
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the arson of a car in Limassol. The car was set fire to at dawn on July 5 in Limassol. Acting on a judicial warrant, police arrested the...
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Woman arrested for stealing electrical wires
Police in Wednesday night arrested a 38-year-old woman in Limassol for stealing electricity wires. According to Limassol CID following a tip off from members of the public, officers went to an open...
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Delivery driver mugged in Limassol
Police on Thursday are investigating the mugging and injury of a delivery driver in Limassol overnight. Police reported that the incident occurred shortly after midnight when the 28-year-old delivery...
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Girl out of danger after freak road accident
The condition of the seven-year-old girl, who was seriously injured in a freak road accident is stable and out of danger, the doctor who treated her said on Tuesday. Meanwhile Limassol police...
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Court cases into Limassol violence postponed
Scores of riot police officers surrounded Limassol criminal court on Wednesday, as 13 suspects linked to the racist violence against migrants last month arrived for their hearings. The date of the...
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Traffic back to normal, after truck overturns on Limassol highway (update)
The lane of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway that was shut down on Thursday causing massive disruption, after a truck collided into another causing it to overturn, was opened to traffic at around 2.30pm....
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Man arrested for car arson in Limassol
Police on Thursday arrested a suspect for an investigated case of car arson case committed on October 10 in Limassol. The 25-year-old man was taken into custody to facilitate investigations. The...
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The race is on: three cities bidding for EU cultural capital 2030
Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca are all jostling to follow in Paphos’ footsteps In the wake of Paphos’ remarkable achievement in 2017, when the city took the spotlight as a European Capital of Culture,...
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Man foraging for mushrooms finds grenade
A man who went out to pick mushrooms over the weekend was surprised by the discovery of a hand grenade. According to reports, he man went mushroom picking at around 11am on Saturday morning in...
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Limassol police fear further bloodshed after daytime murder
Police are on high alert after Monday’s daylight murder by gunfire of 55-year-old Thanasis Kalogeropoulos as they are deeply concerned it may lead to further bloodshed. Kalogeropoulos was gunned down...
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Man arrested in Limassol for over 6kg cannabis
Police in Limassol on Wednesday arrested a 37-year-old man for possession of over 6kg of cannabis. According to the police, members of an anti-drug patrol followed the man, who was seen stopping his...
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Police certain released photos are of Kalogeropoulos’ murderers
By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas Police are certain that the image released of two men shows the murderers of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, who was gunned down in Limassol earlier in the week,...
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Jewish community holds prayer in Limassol calling for Hamas hostages’ release
Members of the Jewish community and other citizens who held a prayer event on Sunday afternoon in Limassol in the presence of the Chief Rabbi of Cyprus Arie Zeev Raskin. Attendees demanded the help of...
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