British woman reported missing in Paphos found (updated)
The 47-year-old British woman who was reported missing was found, police announced on Friday. Fiona Brain from Britain had been reported missing since Tuesday from the house she was staying as a guest...
View ArticlePaphos village prepares for ever-popular tulip festival
A lush carpet of stunning wild tulips will be in full bloom for the annual tulip festival in Polemi village on April 1, say organisers. The festival, which is growing in popularity every year, attracts...
View ArticleRoad network update to be presented in Paphos
A public presentation concerning the upgrading of major roads in Pano Paphos will be presented to the public on Wednesday evening, a municipality spokesman said. “This is another major project for the...
View ArticlePaphos bar owners concerned over new licence regulations
Tough new regulations have been brought in that restaurant and bar owners in Paphos must follow before they can receive their alcohol licences. While most owners accept the need for the new criteria,...
View ArticleCoffin falls out of hearse in Paphos
A coffin with a body inside fell out of a hearse in the middle of a roundabout in Paphos, reports said on Thursday. According to Pafos Press, the incident happened at around 10.45am on the Konia...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Grazie, Paphos
The Grazie Italian Restaurant in Kato Paphos must surely rank among the town’s top 10 restaurants, a place where the menu, the chef and the food that exits the kitchen take priority over the...
View ArticleJournalists’ car torched in Paphos (Updated)
A car belonging to the owners of news portal PafosPress was destroyed by fire early on Monday in what the authorities said was an arson attack. The car was parked in the garage of the owners when the...
View ArticlePaphos veterinary clinic awarded Gold at European awards
A Paphos veterinary clinic has just been awarded a gold International Arch of Europe award at a ceremony held in Frankfurt, Germany. The award is given by Business Initiative Directions (BID) and...
View ArticleMan hands found cash to police
A Paphos man on Friday found an envelope containing €3,500, which he took to the police who are trying to track down the owner. The former police sergeant found the cash outside the town’s hospital. He...
View ArticleManchester-Paphos flight diverted after booze-fuelled row, four women...
An easyJet flight from Manchester to Paphos was diverted to Athens on Friday night and the return flight delayed until Saturday after a group of drunken passengers caused a scene onboard. According to...
View ArticlePaphos farmers call for district desalination unit
Farmers in the Paphos area met on Monday to discuss problems with water cuts and stressed the necessity for a desalination plant in the region. At the meeting farmers in Mandria, Timi, Acheleia,...
View ArticlePaphos goes blue for autism awareness
By Bejay Browne ON Monday evening Paphos town hall, the castle at the harbour in Kato Paphos, archaeological sites the court house and some other buildings will be lit up with blue lights in support of...
View ArticlePaphos braces for bumper weekend
Hotels in Paphos said on Wednesday they were 85 per cent full for the Easter weekend. Head of the Paphos branch of the association Thanos Michaelides said almost all establishments were operating at...
View ArticlePaphos home burgled
Thieves broke into a Paphos residence on Wednesday evening and stole €1,200 in cash as well as jewellery of as yet unknown value. The alarm system of the house in Ha Potami sounded at 9.37am but the...
View ArticleWatch thief remanded in court (Updated)
An 18-year-old arrested for a breaking and entering was remanded for six days at Nicosia district court on Friday. He had been arrested in relation to breaking in to a Paphos store on Posidonos street...
View ArticleConcerns over erosion caused by illegal Peyia ‘marina’
CONCERNS have been raised over coastline erosion which appears to be linked to an illegal ‘liminaki’ or small marina built in Peyia in the 1990s. According to officials, developers of the popular Coral...
View ArticlePolice arrest man in stabbing incidents
Police arrested a man in Paphos in connection with the stabbing of two individuals on Monday evening. He was remanded for eight days on Tuesday. Authorities said they were investigating a case of...
View ArticleMan arrested in Paphos
A man who on Tuesday injured a police officer while resisting arrest was caught with a large amount of jewellery and burglary tools in his car. After a tip off members of the police force stopped a car...
View ArticlePolice launch probe into hospital death
Paphos police have launched an investigation into the death of a 24-year-old man who died in hospital from gastrointestinal problems. The case was reported to the authorities by the family following a...
View ArticleFour injured in two car accidents in Paphos
Four people were seriously injured in two separate car accidents in Paphos on Friday night, police said on Saturday. In the first incident, a 24-year-old Turkish Cypriot man driving with his mother,...
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