Pilgrimage to Hala Sultan Tekke on Wednesday
Up to 1,000 people from the north will take part in a special pilgrimage to Hala Sultan Tekke in Larnaca on Wednesday, The pilgrimage marks the Muslim feast of Eid Al Adha or Kurban Bayram and is...
View ArticleDomestic worker remanded for jewellery theft
A 40-year-old domestic worker was remanded on Tuesday for four days by Larnaca district court, suspected of stealing almost €7,000 worth of jewellery from her employer. Police said they received a...
View ArticleMother charged with kidnapping her son
The 35-year-old woman from the UK who was arrested on Wednesday after being reported by her former partner for taking their eight-year-old child out of the country without his consent has been charged...
View ArticleTwo slightly injured in ‘drive by’ shooting
Larnaca police are investigating what appeared to be a ‘drive-by shooting’ at a wedding in Ormidhia on Saturday night in which a 20-year-old girl and a 61-year-old man were injured but not seriously....
View ArticleFather of three killed in road accident
A father of three young children, Giorgos Hadjigeorgiou, 35, from Paralimni was killed in an accident on his motorcycle in the early hours of Sunday near the Larnaca marina, the Cyprus News Agency...
View ArticleThree arrested in connection with beating and robbing of foreign student
Three men aged 19, 20 and 26, from Larnaca and Dromolaxia have been arrested in connection with an attack on a 22-year-old foreign student on Saturday near Makenzie beach. According to the Police, at...
View ArticleRoad works on Larnaca highway and in Limassol
THE Larnaca public works department announced that it will carry out a number of road works this month. Due to clean-up work on the motorway to Paralimni, 300 metres of the left lane from the Rizoelia...
View ArticleMother charged with kidnapping her son
The 35-year-old woman from the UK who was arrested on Wednesday after being reported by her former partner for taking their eight-year-old child out of the country without his consent has been charged...
View ArticleBar review: Harry’s Inn Garden Bar, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou Away from the busyness of the Phinikoudes, in a quiet Larnaca back street lies a newly developed garden bar which offers a very different experience to the large majority of bars in...
View ArticleWedding tourism to get ‘bigger and better’, CTO says
Wedding tourism is expected to get bigger and better over the next two years, according to the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) with the UK being one of the biggest markets. Around half of the...
View ArticleArson attack on car in Larnaca
A fire which was probably caused by arson, police said, caused extensive damage to a car in Larnaca on Monday morning. The incident happened in the parking lot of an apartment block where the owner of...
View ArticleMan remanded in connection with sexual abuse of a minor
A 43-year-old man living in Larnaca was remanded for eight days on Monday after his partner’s 11-year-old daughter reported to police he had been sexually inappropriate with her over the past three...
View ArticleAnother luxury project for Larnaca
By Annette Chrysostomou Larnaca is to acquire yet another new luxury hotel, this one financed by an Iranian multimillionaire. The project is one of several others also involving considerable foreign...
View ArticleSimmering dispute over ownership of popular diving spot
By Andria Kades A planned €5 entrance fee to dive at the Zenobia wreck off Larnaca has become the bone of contention between the port authority, diving companies and the disputed owner of the sunken...
View ArticleNew development for Phinikoudes
Larnaca municipality sold off the land formerly housing the town hall for €5 million to Lanomex Development Ltd which plans to construct a luxury five-star hotel, a shopping complex, apartments,...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Balti House, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou The Dhekelia road, which used to be home to so many of the Larnaca region’s hotspots a while ago, has been waning over the last decade. Nevertheless, there are a few gems which remain...
View ArticleLarnaca police investigate unprovoked pub assault
Larnaca police are investigating a complaint by a 21-year-old that he was attacked while with friends in the early hours of Sunday at pub in the town. According to a police report, the young man said...
View ArticleRoad works on Larnaca highway and in Limassol
THE Larnaca public works department announced that it will carry out a number of road works this month. Due to clean-up work on the motorway to Paralimni, 300 metres of the left lane from the Rizoelia...
View ArticleAustrian tourist rescued from drowning
A 69-year-old Austrian woman was rescued from drowning early on Sunday in Larnaca, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The woman was swimming off Phinikoudes beach around 7am when her husband noticed that...
View ArticleBar review: CU at Phinikoudes, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou According to the calendar, summer is officially over yet there is no such evidence of that being the case when you take a wonder along Larnaca’s Phinikoudes. With temperatures set to...
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