Sculpture park to open in Geroskipou
A NEW sculpture park in Geroskipou will be inaugurated by the Cyprus Minister of Education and Culture on Sunday. The new park will see ten completed sculptures created by different artists from all...
View ArticlePaphos mayor accuses foreign ministry staff of wrongdoing (Updated)
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has claimed that foreign ministry officials in China and France were involved in dodgy business involving kickbacks and the sale of antiquities. The outspoken mayor, who...
View ArticlePaphos arsonist arrested
Paphos police on Friday arrested a man who was wanted for setting a car on fire in the town two days earlier. The offence occurred on September 20 at 5am when a 60-year-old pharmacist reported to...
View ArticleMan dies in the sea off Paphos
A 54-year-old Russian tourist died while swimming in the sea off the Venus hotel in Paphos, police said on Saturday. His wife said he had entered the water at around 11am and 20 minutes later she saw...
View ArticleDasoudi Park in Paphos in urgent need of clean up
By Bejay Browne Dasoudi Park in central Paphos is a shady, safely enclosed space with a popular cafe, a playground area and a small amphitheatre. It should be a gem, but parents say the park is a...
View ArticleRelief and qualified praise mark the end of road chaos
A year after Tomb of the Kings Road boost for Paphos but further improvements needed By Bejay Browne Roadworks are the one thing businesses fear most. Months and months of dust, disruption, blocked...
View ArticleIllegal advertising signs removed in Paphos town
An operation to remove illegal advertising signs and billboards got underway in the centre of Paphos on Tuesday, according to a municipality spokesman. “This move is part of an ongoing operation to...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Andria steak & grill restaurant, Paphos
I always thought steak houses were dominated by men, men eating nothing but meat. So it was a relief upon stepping into Andria steak & grill restaurant that women were also seated at tables...
View ArticleRepatriation of stranded Monarch passengers continues (updated)
People stranded in Cyprus because of the sudden collapse of British airline Monarch are being flown back to Britain as promised by the UK government, but changes have been made to some of their flight...
View ArticleBomb blast outside garage
A bomb exploded shortly after midnight on Wednesday outside a vehicle repair shop in the industrial area of Mesogi, Paphos. The explosion of the device, which contained a highly explosive material...
View ArticleNew gallery to open in Paphos old town
AN art lover is launching a unique art gallery in the heart of Paphos old town which will see thirty local artists specialising in a raft of different mediums, all housed in an old renovated house....
View ArticleBar review: Bariz, Paphos
Bariz Kafe-Lounge in Paphos old town is a great place to visit for a daytime coffee and catch up with friends or an evening of cocktails or a beer or two. Found in the heart of Ktima – Paphos old town...
View ArticleTwo men re-arrested after stolen goods found
Two men arrested last week in Paphos for a robbery were re-arrested on Sunday with police believing they may have committed two other crimes. The men, aged 29 and 38, were arrested at 2am on Friday,...
View ArticleRestaurant review: City Wok, Paphos
The cool thing these days in the world of dining is to blog about your dinner, it’s big business with a myriad of so called wellness gurus accruing lucrative endorsements from health food brands, while...
View ArticlePaphos mayor attracts abuse at lunch
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos was verbally abused earlier this week while taking EU guests to lunch and has since reported the incident, police confirmed on Friday. The incident, reported in daily...
View ArticlePolice seeking Paphos robbery suspects
Paphos police were seeking two men on Tuesday in connection with a betting shop robbery that took place the previous evening. The two suspects apparently turned off the Yeroskipou establishment’s power...
View ArticlePresident says specialised cancer hospital to be built in Paphos with Russian...
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday plans were discussed in Moscow to build a hospital in Paphos, in cooperation with Russia, where a pioneering method to treat cancer with new technology...
View ArticlePolice investigating dogs’ squalid conditions after woman charged with theft...
Police said on Thursday they were investigating a man who allegedly kept his dogs in wretched conditions and denied claims that they acted one-sidedly following the arrest of a 26-year-old female...
View Article‘Unbalanced’ sewerage fees in Nicosia and Paphos to be slashed
The House interior committee decided on Monday to reduce Nicosia and Paphos sewerage fees for 2017 by 30 per cent and 15 per cent respectively after households received higher bills this year based on...
View ArticlePaphos residents fear landslide
PAPHOS authorities are taking urgent action following complaints from residents and businesses in the Mousallas area of Paphos that they fear land movement and piles of rocks tumbling down the hillside...
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