Local elections: ex-shipping minister stands for Limassol district governor
Candidacies are being submitted for local elections in the Limassol district on Thursday, with the elections set to take place on June 9. June’s elections will be the first to be held under Cyprus’ new...
View ArticleTurkish Cypriots due in court for Limassol muggings
Two Turkish Cypriot men are due to appear in court for a spate of muggings in Limassol, it emerged on Friday. The two men, 21, were arrested in Limassol after it emerged they had been riding around on...
View ArticleTwo arrested with 80 grams of cannabis
Two men were arrested in Limassol on Friday night after having been found to be in possession of a total of 80 grams of cannabis between them. The pair, aged 27 and 26 years old, were arrested after...
View ArticleThree cars destroyed by arson in Limassol
A total of three cars were destroyed by an arson attack in the car park of an apartment building in the Limassol village of Trachoni on Friday night. Police believe the fire started in a car belonging...
View ArticleOfficer injured during Limassol protest
A police officer was injured at a demonstration in Limassol, leading to the arrested of ten people, police said on Sunday. According to police, during a demonstration outside the Limassol police...
View ArticlePolice arrest four men for drugs posssesion
Four arrested for drugs Police on Monday arrested a total of four people for two cases of drugs possession in Nicosia and Limassol. According to the police, the first case concerns an overnight search...
View ArticleYpsonas students will not attend class over dilapidated buildings
Limassol students will not attend classes over escalating frustration about dilapidated buildings and overcrowding, the parents’ association announced on Tuesday. “On May 17, the students of the six...
View ArticlePolice arrest 13 in Limassol traffic operations
Police in Limassol arrested 13 people, during operations of the traffic squad overnight, they said on Wednesday. According to police, in order to prevent juvenile delinquency and protect the property...
View ArticlePolice arrest 23 yr old in Limassol over firecracker possession
A 23-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, under suspicion of illegally possessing thousands of firecrackers, police said. According to police, the man was found to be in possession of 1,980 firecrackers...
View ArticleFour remanded in Limassol for suspected drug trafficking
Four people in Limassol were remanded for seven days on Friday under suspicion of drug trafficking. The suspects included three men aged 21, 19, and 22, as well as a 20-year-old woman. According to...
View ArticleMan dead after Easter Sunday motorbike crash
A 30-year-old man from Limassol has died after being involved in a road traffic accident on the road between Kalo Chorio and Limassol on Easter Sunday evening. The man, named as Eftychios Charitou, was...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspect in Limassol police car arson
Police on Tuesday said a 21-year-old man was arrested for setting fire to a police vehicle on Easter Saturday in Ypsonas. The Limassol man is suspected of rioting, arson of a police vehicle and...
View ArticlePolice seek suspect in Limassol shooting incident
Police issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a 63-year-old man suspected of firing shots at a vehicle in the Zakaki area of Limassol. However, the man has not yet been located, police said. According...
View ArticleLimassol man arrested for money extortion
Police on Tuesday arrested a 52-year-old resident of Limassol for a case of extorting money with false representations. An 83-year-old resident of a village in the Limassol district reported the case...
View ArticleBlazes hit Limassol: building, motorcycle, café damaged
Firefighters were called to put out three blazes in Limassol in the early hours of Wednesday, which affected the ground floor of a building, a motorcycle and a café. According to an announcement...
View ArticleThird man arrested over police car torching
Police arrested a third man in connection with the torching of a police car in the early hours of Thursday morning. The man arrested is 22 years old and is also from Limassol. His arrest came hours...
View ArticleAircraft being used to fight Ayios Sylas fire
A fire in Ayios Sylas, Limassol, was raging out of control on Thursday, firefighting aircraft were being used to help extinguish it. According to the latest update the fire is moving towards the...
View ArticleEfforts continue to battle Limassol fire
Efforts continued on Friday to fight a fire which broke out in the Limassol village of Ayios Sylas the previous day. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said...
View ArticleLimassol man arrested for case of massive theft of cables and tools
Police on Sunday arrested a 37-year-old man as the suspect in the case of theft of cables and tools worth €140,000. According to the police, the theft was committed last July from a container located...
View ArticleTepak student dorms ‘a dream come true’
Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) rector Panayiotis Zaphiris on Monday called the construction of student dormitories on the former British base settlement of Berengaria, in Kato Polemidia, “a...
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