Limassol man dies after falling from his roof
A 69-year-old man died after falling from the roof of his house in the village of Paramythas in Limassol. Police identified the man as Sotiris Chrysanthou, who seems to have lost his balance while...
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The lion of Limassol goes nomad
Cyprus is a land of nomads. Bear with me here. We’re not talking about ancient caravans winding their way through the desert, marking time by the sun and stars. Instead, we’re referring to global...
View ArticleEscaped murderer returned to isolation cell
Convicted escaped murderer, 42-year-old Doros Theofanous, was back at the Central Prisons in an isolation cell on Monday. The convicted double murderer was returned to prison shortly after 11am while...
View ArticleMan arrested after crashing stolen car into police
A 50-year-old man was arrested on Monday night after crashing a stolen car into a police vehicle while trying to escape arrest for having stolen the car in the first place. Police in Limassol saw the...
View ArticleMan arrested for burglary and theft in Limassol
A 23-year-old man wanted theft cases under investigation, was arrested and taken into custody by police on Friday. Police located the suspect in Yermasoyia around 1.30am following evidence that he had...
View ArticleWoman arrested over Limassol car bombing
Police on Friday arrested a 47-year-old woman in connection with a bomb explosion that destroyed a 78-year-old man’s vehicle in Ayios Athanasios in Limassol in the early hours of Thursday. According to...
View ArticleArrests after mob attacks two Indian delivery drivers
Limassol district court issued five-day remand orders against two people, aged 21 and 19, who were arrested in connection with the attack and robbery on Saturday evening against two delivery drivers in...
View ArticlePaphos mayor determined to do away with illegal billboard ‘eyesores’
Mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos is ruffling feathers in his determined campaign to beautify the city and do away with the ‘eyesore’ of illegal billboards, it emerged on Wednesday. Speaking on CyBC’s...
View ArticleLimassol double murder trial adjourned
The trial over the double murder in Limassol was adjourned on Thursday, as the defence lawyers asked for the witness material. Limassol criminal court set the next hearing for November 14, for which...
View ArticleMobility projects to cut traffic and emissions launched
In a bid for greener and more accessible urban areas, Limassol and Larnaca launched their EU-funded viable urban mobility schemes on Friday, aiming to reduce traffic congestion, strengthen public...
View ArticleEight-day remand for drugs suspect
The Limassol district court issued an eight-day detention order for a 47-year-old suspect, who was arrested on Sunday in connection with the discovery of over four kilos of drugs in Limassol. His...
View ArticlePolice investigate two attacks on Limassol delivery drivers
Two new cases involving assaults and robberies against food delivery workers were reported during Tuesday night in Limassol, amid ongoing investigations by the police into similar incidents. Since the...
View ArticlePolice say delivery driver attacks largely racially motivated
Police said on Thursday that they are closely investigating the recent surge in attacks on mostly third country delivery drivers. “These victims are hardworking individuals in Cyprus, simply trying to...
View ArticleCyprus a genuine shipping hub says minister
Cyprus has developed into a modern, effective and comprehensive shipping hub and is now the biggest shipping management centre in Europe and one of the three largest in the world, Deputy Shipping...
View ArticleWoman arrested in Limassol with 224 vials of laughing gas
A 22-year-old woman was arrested in Limassol after she was found with 224 vials of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), police said on Wednesday. Officers pulled over her over at around 8.30pm on Tuesday in...
View ArticlePolice dismantle Nigerian prostitution ring in Limassol
Police are in the process of dismantling a Nigerian prostitution ring in Limassol following the arrest of three women, in coordination with the anti-trafficking unit, it was reported on Wednesday. The...
View ArticlePolice hunt suspect in $40,000 exchange scam in Limassol
Police are searching for a man in his 60s suspected of stealing $40,000 from a currency exchange service store in Limassol through deception. According to the CID, a 54-year-old employee reported the...
View ArticleAnother delivery driver attacked
A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with yet another delivery driver attack in Limassol, in which a 22-year-old was injured. The incident unfolded in the early hours of Saturday morning when...
View ArticleBusy weekend for Limassol police
Police in Limassol were kept busy over the long weekend, taking measures to clamp down on traffic and other crimes and misdemeanors. There was a total of 184 traffic violations from Friday night until...
View ArticlePolice ‘concerned’ by rise of attacks on delivery drivers
The police are “concerned” by the ongoing rise of attacks on delivery drivers in Limassol, they said on Tuesday, ahead of a high-level meeting over the matter on Wednesday. Wednesday’s meeting will be...
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