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Lolos charged with bribery and corruption
Theofanis Lolos, the director of Enviroplan SA, the company acting as consultant for the state on a number of waste management projects, was on Tuesday charged with bribery and corruption. Lolos, 49,...
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Large investment in Larnaca
A Lebanese investor who has purchased land worth €3.5m in Larnaca on Tuesday announced plans to invest a further €15m to build luxury apartments on the site. Yussef Kanaan, who represents investors...
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Jewellery theft
A white gold solitaire ring and other jewellery worth € 5,000 in total, were stolen from a flat in Larnaca on Wednesday, police said. According to police, a Greek national residing in Larnaca reported...
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Six found guilty of defrauding the state
Larnaca district court on Thursday found six persons guilty of defrauding the state to the tune of €630,000. Sentencing will be passed later this month. The defendants in the case are: Panicos Avraam,...
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Overcharged consumers should be compensated, watchdog says
The consumer association proposed compensating consumers who paid higher charges that went to kickbacks by reducing the rates they pay for rubbish collection and sewerage. In a written statement on...
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Allegation of armed police in Pyla
THE parents of three Turkish Cypriot teenagers have reportedly filed a complaint to the United Nations after armed Greek Cypriot police officers allegedly searched the youths in Pyla, Kibris reported...
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Hijacker extradition hearing postponed
A COURT hearing the request to extradite an Egyptian man who hijacked a domestic Egyptair flight and forced it to divert to Larnaca, gave the state until May 13 to present its case. The state asked for...
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Man with knife arrested for shoplifting
A 39-year-old Azeri man was arrested and detained on Friday afternoon, after he was caught shoplifting at a Larnaca store, a police report said. According to the report, the man, along with a woman and...
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Larnaca murder suspect arrested (update 4)
Police on Monday arrested a man wanted for the murder of 40-year-old Panayiotis Christodoulou, which took place in Larnaca earlier in the day. Christodoulou, who is from Kamares and had four children...
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Bar review: Fat Tuesday, Larnaca
Having a cocktail in hand with a beach view is many people’s idea of heaven yet for residents of seaside towns from April until late in the year, it is very much an everyday reality. Makenzy beach is...
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Man charged for knife possession
Police charged a 27-year-old Larnaca resident for carrying a knife in his car early on Thursday morning. The knife was found during a routine check that took place at around 1am. Officers searched the...
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Police seize 11kg of cocaine, arrest four suspects
Police arrested four men on Thursday evening after finding 11 kilos of cocaine in a car and a house in Larnaca. The four have been remanded in custody for eight days. Drug squad officers found half a...
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Robbers assault man, steal €5,000
Two unknown individuals assaulted a 50-year-old man in Larnaca on Thursday evening and stole €5,000 from him. The man, who is the owner of a Moneygram (cash transfer) office, reported to police that he...
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Israeli heart patient rescued from cruise ship off Paphos
AN Israeli man was rescued from a cruise ship headed to Larnaca early Friday while the vessel was off the coast of Paphos, after suffering pulmonary edema. According to a Defence Ministry...
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Larnaca airport police chief attacked
LARNACA airport’s police chief was attacked by a 35-year-old passenger at the security line, police said on Friday The assailant, from Nicosia, was set to depart for Athens on Thursday. However, while...
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Three charged with petrol theft
Two teenagers aged 17 and 18 and a 43-year-old man, all from Larnaca, were arrested on late Saturday for allegedly stealing petrol worth €100 from garbage trucks owned by a 25-year-old man. According...
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Three remanded after cocaine luggage find (Update)
Three students were remanded for eight days on Monday after they arrived in Cyprus with 12 kilos of cocaine on a flight from Dubai to Larnaca airport. The Nigerian nationals aged 24, 26 and 28 arrived...
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Alitalia resuming flights to Cyprus after six-year hiatus
Italy’s national airline Alitalia will begin flights to Cyprus after a six-year absence, while Greek company Ellinair has officially arrived to Cyprus aiming to directly connect Europe with Russia....
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Restaurant review: Grada Tavern, Larnaca
When it comes to restaurants, the term ‘newer is better’ is rarely true given the fact that, in order to stand the test of time an old establishment must be doing something right. As with elsewhere in...
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Thursday’s quake damages Larnaca bell tower (Updated)
As a result of an earthquake which shook the Larnaca area at 3.18am on Thursday the bell tower of the church of Ayios Ioannis the Theologian in Psevdas partly collapsed. “Today at around 3.18am when...
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