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21 May, 2025
 

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Car winds up in stormy sea

Car winds up in stormy sea

A video showing a car mysteriously stuck in storm waves in Limassol has gone viral, while a man inside the vehicle was said to have been rescued by a passerby...

Diplomatic hype over eastern Mediterranean

Diplomatic hype over eastern Mediterranean

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias attended Christmas Mass in Istanbul amid diplomatic tensions and power play between Athens and Ankara over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean...

Storms bring White Christmas to Cyprus

Storms bring White Christmas to Cyprus

Cyprus is having a white Christmas while a yellow warning has been extended through Thursday afternoon due to local showers and thunderstorms spread out throughout the island...

Woman in north killed in highway accident

Woman in north killed in highway accident

A woman was killed in a highway accident in the north on Tuesday after her car was struck by a vehicle that crossed over the median and got into the opposite lanes...

Israel opposes Turkey-Libya deal

Israel opposes Turkey-Libya deal

Israel opposes an accord signed last month between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, but the deal was unlikely to lead to a conflict with Turkey, Israel's foreign minister says...

Weather pulls no punches this week

Weather pulls no punches this week

Roads in rural Limassol were affected by rockfall on Tuesday morning, as severe weather continues over Cyprus with rain and heavy winds...

Young man suspected of human smuggling

Young man suspected of human smuggling

A 19-year-old man has been remanded in custody in connection with a human smuggling case, after 33 undocumented migrants reached Cyprus on Sunday...

EastMed deal to be inked January

EastMed deal to be inked January

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades plans to attend a ceremony in Athens for the signing of an agreement on the EastMed pipeline, after Greece announced Sunday the project will proceed despite the objections of Turkey...

Yellow warning as nasty weather moves in

Yellow warning as nasty weather moves in

A low reading in barometric pressure over Cyprus spells some nasty weather in the days ahead, starting Monday night with heavy showers and strong winds but also snow up in the mountains...

Young man dies after car plunges off cliff

Young man dies after car plunges off cliff

The body of a young man was pulled from a car wreck on Sunday, hours after two friends had gone for a ride in rural Limassol and never answered their phones...

Cyprus hails US EastMed bill signed into law

Cyprus hails US EastMed bill signed into law

A new US law geared toward boosting energy and security cooperation in the east Mediterranean is indicative of the significance that Washington attaches to the region, Cyprus' foreign minister said Saturday...

President talks Turkey-Libya deal with Sisi

President talks Turkey-Libya deal with Sisi

President Anastasiades on Thursday had a phone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi with whom he discussed the recent Turkey-Libya memorandum of understanding on maritime boundaries, according to a written statement by Government Spokesman Kyriakos Kousios...

Court rejects remand requests in spy van case

Court rejects remand requests in spy van case

Prosecutors in the spy van case pointed to Wi-Fi antennas installed at Larnaca International Airport, during a remand hearing on Friday where three local employees of an Israeli firm were being accused of multiple charges including privacy laws violations...

Senate-approved EastMed on Trump’s desk

Senate-approved EastMed on Trump’s desk

US Congress’ approval of a spending package that includes the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 signals a “new day in Greek-American relations,” said Senator Bob Menendez, one of the authors of the bipartisan legislation...

Officers named in serial killer probe

Officers named in serial killer probe

An independent probe into police handling of missing complaints in the serial killer case has been completed, with investigators naming some 20 officers for failing to do their job...

Three locals arrested in spy van case

Three locals arrested in spy van case

Cypriot police have arrested three individuals in connection with an investigation into the controversial “spy van” owned by an Israeli company registered on the island...

Lebanon says Greek vessel violated waters

Lebanon says Greek vessel violated waters

Beirut is seeking answers through the United Nations following an alleged maritime violation by a Greek vessel in Lebanese territorial waters...

Warrant issued after dog poop incident

Warrant issued after dog poop incident

An arrest warrant against a male suspect has been issued for assault charges after a sanitation worker issued a citation to a woman for failing to clean up after her pooch...

Cabinet adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Cabinet adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The President’s Cabinet has approved a decision by which the Cypriot Government adopts the definition of anti-Semitism as it has been spelled out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...

US House votes to impeach Trump

US House votes to impeach Trump

Donald Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him on Wednesday with abuse of power and obstructing Congress...

Elderly man dies in rural Nicosia house fire

Elderly man dies in rural Nicosia house fire

Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly man after he was found burned to death in his house in rural Nicosia...

Woman threatens to blow up flight to Cyprus

Woman threatens to blow up flight to Cyprus

Passengers on a flight from Istanbul to the northern part of Cyprus had the scare of their life on Wednesday seconds before takeoff when a female passenger threatened to blow up the plane...

Turkey warns US over Cyprus arms embargo

Turkey warns US over Cyprus arms embargo

Ankara has warned Washington that an impending lift of a US arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus is a “dangerous escalation” that would hamper efforts to reach a peace settlement on the divided island...

Local teen dies in moped crash

Local teen dies in moped crash

A male teenager was killed in a road accident on Wednesday when his moped collided head on with an oncoming vehicle in Limassol...

Man dies after Vasiliko crane mishap

Man dies after Vasiliko crane mishap

A local worker died in hospital on Tuesday hours after he was struck in the head by a crane hook during an incident at EAC’s Vasiliko power station in Limassol...

EastMed bill squeezed through federal budget

EastMed bill squeezed through federal budget

US Senator Bob Menendez on Monday applauded a bipartisan deal on federal government spending that is comprised of 12 appropriations bills, including legislation shaping American strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean...

Ecstasy in Cypriot BBQs seized 'down under'

Ecstasy in Cypriot BBQs seized 'down under'

Australian police have arrested two men for allegedly smuggling 645 kilos of ecstasy hidden inside hundreds of aluminium barbecues, the culmination of a six-month investigation spanning three countries ...

Driver arrested in rural Nicosia fatality

Driver arrested in rural Nicosia fatality

A male truck driver was detained for questioning in connection with a road fatality, where a local man died after being run over by an oncoming vehicle in Episkopeio...

Worker suffocates to death under pile of dirt

Worker suffocates to death under pile of dirt

Both police and the labour office were investigating a work-related fatality on Monday, after emergency rescuers retrieved the body of a local builder from a collapsed retaining wall in Limassol...

Turkish military drone lands in Cyprus

Turkish military drone lands in Cyprus

A military armed drone landed in the northern part of Cyprus on Monday after flying a five-hour mission from its naval base in Turkey...

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