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Larnaca 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...
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Ten tonnes of tobacco seized in Larnaca, six arrested
Authorities arrested six men on Monday in connection with the largest illegal tobacco bust in Cyprus, comprising 10 tonnes worth €2 million in unpaid taxes. It is believed to be the biggest haul so far...
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Police issue traffic alert for Wednesday’s islandwide parades
Police on Tuesday issued instructions for traffic arrangements for the October 28 school parades that will take place in all towns on Wednesday morning. In Nicosia, due to the parade, and the liturgy...
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Game fund frees illegally bred hares
THE game and fauna fund has released into the wild 58 hares that were bred illegally and were intended to be sold to hunters, the service’s spokesman Petros Anayiotos said yesterday. The hares, along...
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Man arrested for allegedly threatening his mother and damaging police station
A 28-year-old man allegedly attacked a police officer in Larnaca on Thursday night after causing damage to the police station after threatening to kill his mother. According to police a 55-year-old...
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New four-day remand for tobacco suspect
The Larnaca district court on Saturday extended the remand of a 37-year-old man for four more days as authorities investigate his involvement in a case of almost 20 tonnes of illegal tobacco and...
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Driver found six times over the limit
A driver was found to be six times over the limit after colliding head-on with a taxi while driving into oncoming traffic on the stretch of the Larnaca-Nicosia highway near Kofinou late on Saturday...
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Head wound caused death of Moldovan woman
A woman found tied up and dead in her apartment in Larnaca on Sunday night died from asphyxiation due to inhaling blood and a head wound, state pathologists said first thing on Monday. The 36-year-old...
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Murder of Moldovan woman likely ‘a crime of passion’
Police believe the murder of a Moldovan woman in Larnaca over the weekend was a crime of passion. The 36-year-old Moldovan woman, Daniella Rosca, who holds a Romanian passport, was found on the bedroom...
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Police focus on murdered woman’s acquaintances
POLICE are focusing their investigation on the murder of 36-year-old Daniella Rosca, the Moldovan woman who was found dead in her flat on Sunday, on individuals from her professional circle, police...
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Bar review: Barrel House, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou The Larnaca bar scene is no longer as one-track minded as it once was with a wider of selection of bars popping up around town. Two extremes of rock bars and brightly lit dance bars used...
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Domestic 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...
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Wedding 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...
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Bar 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...
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Man found stabbed on Larnaca street
A 30-year-old Romanian man was found lying on a Larnaca street with a single stab wound to the chest in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The wound had been made with a small sharp object. The...
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Two more planes leave Cyprus for Sharm el-Sheikh (Update 2)
Two more of the 11 planes from the UK that were based in Cyprus flew out to Sharm el-Sheikh from Larnaca on Sunday evening to help repatriate British tourists, Hermes Airports said. Another two left on...
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Restaurant review: Lush, Larnaca
By Andreas Vou A restaurant located right on the beach might not strike one as the ideal place to go in mid-November but the vast array of options makes it as appealing now as it is at the height of...
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Two arrested for growing cannabis
Police arrested two people on Monday night after raiding their home in Tersefanou, Larnaca and finding 12 cannabis plants, they said. The individuals are a man, 27 from Poland and a woman, 28 from...
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Murder suspect released
The 34-year-old gym trainer, who had been remanded for eight days in connection with investigations into the brutal murder of 36-year-old Daniella Rosca, has been released. His release was the result...
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Two arrests in separate traffic incidents
Two men were arrested, one late Saturday and one in the early hours of Sunday for offences related to two traffic incidents, one of which included an assault on police, and the other drink driving and...
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