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Two arrested at Larnaca airport with forged or stolen passports
Two foreign nationals were arrested at Larnaca airport early on Wednesday in connection with the possession of forged or stolen passports. At 2.45am on Wednesday an applicant for political asylum from...
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Fire causes €1m in damage to restaurant and cultural centre (Updated)
A fire that broke out on Thursday morning at the traditional cultural centre and restaurant ‘Ktima Demetriou in Anglisides in Larnaca caused more than €1m in damage, the fire services said. The blaze...
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An underwater Christmas party in Larnaca
The Nemo Dive Centre in Larnaca has released a YouTube video of its underwater Christmas party filmed off the coast. The high-quality video filmed by Alexandros Papanmdreou shows a group of divers in...
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Salt lake turns flamingo pink
By Annette Chrysostomou Around 10,000 flamingos have now arrived at Larnaca salt lake following the recent cold weather and New Year storms, according to game and fauna officer Nicos Kasinis. “Actually...
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Bar review: Mukta, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou Just when you thought there was no more space for another bar in the busy Laiki Yitonia, a new spot has opened up in Larnaca’s go to spot in the colder months. Those who know the...
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Would-be robber with fake pistol charged and released
A 44-year-old man from Ayii Anargyri, Paphos, was arrested on Monday night and will be charged with attempted armed robbery, after he tried to rob a kiosk in Larnaca by brandishing a fake pistol,...
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Property transactions rise 9% in 2015 as external demand surges
By Stelios Orphanides Real property transactions in Cyprus reached 4,952 in 2015, an increase of 9 per cent compared to 2014, as a mix of incentives which include the issue of a Cypriot passport to...
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Pair jailed for smuggling drugs
Two Greek nationals were sentenced to 10 and eight years in jail on Friday in Larnaca for trafficking almost ten kilograms of cannabis and 138 grammes of cocaine. Giorgos Voulgarakis, 55, was sentenced...
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Man seriously injured in ladder fall
A 65-year-old resident of Larnaca was seriously injured after a fall from a ladder on Monday morning. The man was in the process of repairing the gutter on the roof of his house in Larnaca. At 8.15am,...
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Man dies after fall from ladder
The 65-year-old Larnaca resident who injured himself when he fell from a ladder on Monday morning died on Tuesday. Constantinos Constanti, from Ayios Theodoros Karpasia and a British resident seriously...
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Emirates announces second daily service to Athens
Emirates airline has announced the addition of a second daily flight to Athens from March. The addition of a second daily service will take the total weekly Emirates flights serving Athens to 14. The...
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Two appeals delaying installation of underground bins in Larnaca
Two appeals lodged with the Tenders Review Authority are delaying the implementation of the programme for the installation of large underground bins along the tourist coastal area of Larnaca, the...
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Larnaca court remands woman for using her family’s IDs to bring refugees to...
By Evie Andreou A 39-year-old woman from Lebanon was remanded in Larnaca for five days on Wednesday for allegedly assisting refugees to travel illegally to European countries using Cyprus-issued travel...
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Dad of three jailed for 18 months on drugs charges
A man from Larnaca, aged 46 was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of possessing 618 grammes of cannabis. Paraskevas Papapantelis, admitted to the court that he was...
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Man arrested after firing shots
A 42-year-old man from the Larnaca district was arrested Friday night following reports he was shooting in the air with a hunting gun. According to police reports, at around 10pm the man grabbed his...
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Restaurant review: Vlachos Tavern, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou Local taverns are becoming something of a dying art in many places and the promise of ‘authentic Cypriot food’ can often be a loose one, which is why it takes plenty of filtering to...
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Uncontrolled drone movement panicking flamingos, animal party says
The animal party on Tuesday called on civil aviation to do something about the plethora of drone cameras people were using at the Larnaca Salt Lake to photograph flamingos up close. Thousands of people...
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Patient loses his cool, assaults, medical staff at Larnaca hospital (updated)
A doctor and a nurse were physically assaulted and several other nurses were verbally abused on Tuesday morning at the emergency room of Larnaca General hospital when a mentally disturbed young man had...
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KYP officers sentenced to six months each in Dromolaxia scandal (updated)
Two secret service (KYP) officers were jailed for six months each by the Larnaca court on Tuesday after being found guilty of taking bribes in the Dromolaxia land scandal. The sentences handed to...
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Suspended sentence for dog shelter owner who set animals alight
A Larnaca court has given a two-month suspended prison sentence to a man who was supposed to run a shelter for dogs for the municipality but instead maltreated, starved and set them alight to get rid...
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