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Biker killed in Nicosia traffic lights collision
A 30-year old Russian man was killed when the motorbike he was driving was in a collision with a car at a traffic lights in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon, police said. His pillion passenger, a compatriot...
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Probe launched into Vgenopoulos-Christofias campaign donation leak (Update)
By Angelos Anastasiou A police probe has been initiated into the leaking to the press of a statement by land developer Miltiades Neophytou to police investigators in March 2015, in which he claimed...
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Bad weather hits a number of areas (Update 3)
By Andria Kades and Evie Andreou Around 40 people called the fire services for help on Monday after Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol were facing serious problems due the heavy rainfall that ended up...
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Match ban for 15 football hooligans
A Limassol court on Monday banned 15 AEL FC fans, aged between 15 and 24, from their team’s football matches, after they were arrested on Sunday for trying forcibly to enter Tsirion Stadium without any...
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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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Remand in tobacco haul case
A 37-year-old Nicosia man was remanded in custody for four days on Tuesday in connection with almost 11 tonnes of illegal tobacco found in a warehouse in the Aradippou industrial estate in Larnaca. The...
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Paedophile suspect to face trial in Paphos
A 73-year-old man accused of sexually harassing his 11-year-old granddaughter will face trial at the Paphos Assize Court on November 25, the Paphos district court ruled on Tuesday. State prosecutor...
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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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Brothers arrested on drugs charges
Police arrested two brothers on Tuesday afternoon for allegedly possessing 170 grammes of cannabis. Under a court order, police carried out a search in the Limassol residence of the brothers, aged 28...
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Poaching suspect charged and released
A 21-year-old man from Dherynia was arrested Tuesday afternoon, after bird traps and a hunting shotgun for which he did not have licence, were located in his house and car during a search. According to...
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Explosion damages Limassol home
An explosion damaged the entrance of a house owned by a 32-year-old man early Wednesday in Limassol. According to reports, the explosion occurred at around 4am at the entrance of the house, damaging...
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Man suspected of drink driving kills motorist at traffic lights
A 48-year-old whom police suspect was driving his vehicle under the influence of alcohol and who had reportedly been previously convicted for the same offence, and having had his licence suspended...
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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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Eight day remand for suspect with suitcase full of drugs (Update)
THE 23-year-old man who was arrested in Limassol on Thursday in connection with the possession of nearly 15 kilos of cannabis, was remanded for eight days on Friday. The suspect was arrested after he...
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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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Young Paphos father facing child abduction charges
Paphos police are investigating the alleged abduction of a 15-month-old child by the 22-year-old father. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the young man on Saturday night around 10pm went to the...
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Man arrested for suspected car theft
A 33-year-old resident of Nicosia was arrested early on Sunday on suspicion of stealing a car in Paphos in August. According to police, the man was picked up during a traffic stop in the Famagusta area...
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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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Around 200 speeders and 27 drunk drivers a day booked in the past month
Police clocked over 13,000 traffic offences islandwide between October 2 and November 1, just over 6,000 of which were for speeding, which works out on average at 200 speeders a day. They also booked...
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Hunters injured father and sons in Maroni bust up
A group of ten hunters allegedly got into a scrap with a father and his two sons while they were in their fenced orchard at Maroni village in the Larnaca district after the landowner threatened to...
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