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511. Online road tax renewals go live

The website for road tax renewal payments went live on Monday, with vehicle owners having until early March to pay for either three, six, nine, or twelve months...

512. Fuel prices to drop by 6 cents

513. Woman critical after motorcycle crash

A 25-year-old woman, who was a passenger on a motorcycle, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit following a serious accident on Sunday morning in Nicosia...

514. Trump tweets China to cut tax on US cars

515. Syrian refugees reach northwestern Cyprus

Eight undocumented refugees reached Cypriot shores on Sunday morning, while authorities are dealing with two different accounts of how they reached the island....

516. Mystery scooter in Nicosia drive-by shooting

Statements from three suspects in custody in connection with a mystery scooter believed to have been involved in Monday’s Nicosia drive-by shooting have raised more questions...

517. Biker dies in Paphos motorcycle accident

A 24-year-old biker was fatally injured in a road accident on Friday in Yeroskipou, after he lost control of his motorcycle just days following similar accidents elsewhere on the island...

518. Limassol biker critical following crash

A 19-year-old male is in intensive care in Nicosia following a serious motorcycle accident in Limassol in the early hours Thursday morning, just days after a fatal accident where another biker also in his late teens was killed instantly...

519. Young biker killed in Limassol crash

An 18-year-old man from Georgia was killed in a Limassol traffic accident Saturday evening, when the motorcycle he was riding collided with another car on the main coastal road...

520. Police scanners go after unpaid fines

More people are being called in to the nearest police station to settle traffic fines, according to media reports, with much of the credit going to the recently-installed smart licence plate scanner...

521. New bicycle law goes into effect

A new bicycle law on rights and responsibilities puts restrictions on where and how cyclists can legally ride their bikes while also targeting discourteous drivers who put cyclists in danger...

522. Controversy over urinal still unresolved

A controversial portable urinal for men, in the shape of a naked woman in an explicit sexual position, continues to spark debate in parliament two months after public criticism, with some saying the product goes too far while others say social impact has been overstated...

523. Cyprus 2019 budget to create 3% surplus

524. Traffic camera citations by registered mail

Drivers who commit traffic offences and are caught on camera will receive the bill in the mail, if a current proposal for a new network to be rolled out next year goes forward...

525. Biker dies in Kalispera accident

A 44-year-old man from Nicosia was killed in an accident Monday afternoon, when his motorcycle crashed onto a guardrail on the highway near the town’s state hospital...

526. Greek tourist dies in highway collision

A 64-year-old Greek tourist was killed in a highway collision Sunday evening, while a 30-year-old car driver remains in a private hospital under arrest and in a state of shock...

527. Shots fired as cops arrest car tire thief

A 21-year-old man was arrested Friday morning and another suspect got away during a car chase, when police stumbled upon tire thieves...

528. Bulgaria scrambling over Olympic bankruptcy

The bankruptcy of Cyprus-based Olympic Insurance Company has become the focus of attention and a regulator has resigned, after 200,000 Bulgarians were left without insurance...

529. Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills 35

A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa, killing at least 35 people as vehicles plummeted to the ground, emergency services say....

530. Car registrations pick up this year

Registrations of motor vehicles showed increase in the first seven months of 2018, just as lawmakers get ready to pass a new bill...

531. Price caps on gasoline in some islands expected

The authorities are expected to impose a two-month price cap on fuel prices in the southern Aegean islands where unleaded gasoline has soared to almost 2 euros per liter....

532. Search continues as wildfires death toll climbs to 80

Rescue crews Wednesday continued to search the seaside areas northeast of Athens that were the worst affected by wildfires to locate any further victims, as the official death toll rose to 80...

533. Biker in wedding entourage accident dies in hospital

Police are mourning one of their own, after an off-duty cop who was involved in a motorbike accident succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning...

534. Xylofagou boat accident still under investigation

Authorities are still investigating a boat incident on Wednesday where a 60-year-old woman died after a motorboat capsized off the Xylofagou coast in the Red Cliff area....

535. Cops out and about to promote road safety

Cyprus police is conducting another safety campaign this week, following a series of recent road fatalities, and this time they are focusing on bikers and cyclists...

536. Larnaca man gets 12 years for sodomising step daughter

A Larnaca man was sentenced behind closed doors to twelve years for sodomising his step daughter when she was just twelve years old...

537. Biker dies in Strovolos road collision

A biker from Lakatamia lost his life Sunday in a deadly collision in Strovolos, after his motorbike slammed into a car in front of him...

538. Limassol teenager dies in scooter-car collision

A Limassol teenager was killed in a road accident, when his supercharged scooter collided with a turbocharged vehicle under circumstances that have baffled police investigators...

539. Annual insurance cost climbs for saloon cars crossing north

Saloon car owners in the south who buy annual car insurance to drive north will have to pay a higher price starting Tuesday, following a decision by Turkish Cypriot officials...

540. Biker dies after collision with bus in Larnaca

A Larnaca resident died in an accident on Friday night, when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a bus under circumstances that are still under investigation...