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07 July, 2026
 

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Activists dismantle illegal bird trapping site

Activists dismantle illegal bird trapping site

Environmental activists in Cyprus came across an illegal bird trapping site on Wednesday, managing to save 200 birds while poachers had already killed some before running away...

Woman tells tax office how to reach dead grandpa

Woman tells tax office how to reach dead grandpa

A Cypriot woman responded to a tax office letter addressed to a dead man, giving officials detailed instructions where exactly they could find her grandfather buried 30 years ago in a cemetery to collect unpaid taxes...

Man wanted in women’s fur case

Man wanted in women’s fur case

Police have released a photo of a male suspect wanted in connection with stealing women’s fur coats in Limassol...

Hemp farmer arrested for growing cannabis

Hemp farmer arrested for growing cannabis

A licenced hemp farmer in Limassol has been arrested for growing 120 cannabis plants in violation of industrial hemp regulations...

Teenage girl missing for over 48 hours

Teenage girl missing for over 48 hours

A 15-year-old girl from Nicosia has been missing for 48 hours, with police issuing a missing person alert for the teen who disappeared and turned up other times in the recent past...

Drivers warned of rockslides on mountain roads

Drivers warned of rockslides on mountain roads

Authorities are warning drivers on specific mountain roads to be extra cautious due to rockslide caused by overnight rainfall...

Man in critical condition following Paphos accident

Man in critical condition following Paphos accident

A senior citizen is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle as he was trying to cross a road in the coastal area of Paphos...

Surveillance bill heads to the House

Surveillance bill heads to the House

Two controversial phone tapping bills are heading to the House next month, giving law enforcement officials better tools to carry out covert surveillance but also providing more checks and balances...

Man arrested at Astromeritis checkpoint

Man arrested at Astromeritis checkpoint

A 64-year-old male, suspected of willfully assisting others enter the Republic of Cyprus illegally, was remanded into custody on Wednesday following his arrest at the Astromeritis checkpoint...

Unstable weather and more rain on the way

Unstable weather and more rain on the way

Wednesday and Thursday skies will be partly cloudy with increasing chances of rain and somewhat cooler temperatures with evening showers, while unstable weather patterns will clear out by early Saturday...

Shots fired at casino inspector’s residence

Shots fired at casino inspector’s residence

The home of an inspector at the casino in Limassol was the apparent target of shots fired late night on Tuesday, causing damages but no injuries...

Vehicles block repossession of Cobalt planes

Vehicles block repossession of Cobalt planes

Pilots from the US, who came to Cyprus to repossess planes leased to Cobalt, were not allowed to fly them out, with the governments of the two countries being called to weigh in...

Greek Cypriot priest detained briefly in the north

Greek Cypriot priest detained briefly in the north

Four people detained Tuesday afternoon by Turkish Cypriot authorities in connection with an alleged theft of a piece of church stone with archeological value...

Senior citizen hit by car dies a month later

Senior citizen hit by car dies a month later

A senior citizen died in Limassol on Tuesday, one month following an accident which resulted to his wife’s death and his hospitalization when the couple was struck together by an oncoming vehicle...

Man in court declared father without DNA test

Man in court declared father without DNA test

A man who denies he had a child 28 years ago with his lover and refuses to take a DNA test has lost his appeal case, with the court citing a “compelling sequence of events” that lead to no other reasonable conclusion...

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