Incidents
Why do smartphones explode?
The explosion of a mobile phone in the pocket of a schoolboy in Nicosia has sparked serious debate among local officials. Many expressed the need to ban the use of phones in school. But what causes a device to overheat...
1 year ago
Cyprus authorities are on high alert after the escape of a particularly dangerous criminal!
Police and prison authorities in Cyprus are on high alert following the escape of dangerous criminal Theodoros Theofanos, 37, imprisoned and convicted of a brutal double murder in 2011. Theofanos was allowed to visit re...
1 year ago
Police still cannot find the escaped Cypriot criminal
Police continue a fruitless search for prisoner Doros Theofanos, who escaped on Thursday 26 September in Paphos during leave granted to him to visit relatives. As police spokesman Christos Andreou said on the Alpha Kali...
1 year ago
A boat capsized near Larnaca
On Friday afternoon, September 27, an emergency occurred in the Mazotos area of Larnaca. According to the rescue service, at 17:10 it received information that a small boat with two passengers on board had capsized. T...
1 year ago
In Larnaca, children are in danger due to poor school conditions
The secondary school in the Vergina area of Larnaca is in poor condition. Literally, the ceiling is falling off. The students' parents, who were very concerned about this fact, said that action must be taken urgently....
1 year ago
On the night of September 29, another earthquake occurred in Cyprus
According to reports, tremors were felt in Limassol and Paphos on the night of 28-29 September. The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center confirmed the earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale, which oc...
1 year ago
Escaped convicted murderer caught in Limassol
On Sunday afternoon, September 29, police caught and arrested convicted murderer Doros Theofanos, who had been on the run since Thursday. He was detained on the Limassol embankment at about 17:30 after a tip from a local...
1 year ago
The President of Cyprus fired the chief of police and the deputy director of prisons
Back in Cyprus on Sunday evening, September 29, President Nikos Christodoulides fired the chief of police and deputy director of prisons. The move follows the escape last week and subsequent arrest earlier on Sunday of a...
1 year ago
Sacred relics were stolen from the Church of Agia Marina in Paralimni
On Sunday, September 29, Father Augustinos Karas contacted the Paralimni police. He stated that numerous relics had been stolen from the Agia Marina Church. These include Saint Artoforio, two candlesticks, two crosses an...
1 year ago
Cypriot pensioners will protest on October 1
Pensioners in Nicosia will mark the International Day of Older Persons, which is celebrated annually on October 1, by protesting outside the Cyprus Ministry of Finance. The reason is the government's lack of respect for...
1 year ago
