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Four arrested after fight between foreigners
Police arrested four people, three men and a woman, suspected of attacking a couple at their home in Geroskipou on Wednesday evening. According to police, three asylum seekers from Cameroon, aged 32,...
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Paphos comes together over Covid-19
All across the Paphos region, local authorities as well as individuals and organisations have pledged to help in the coronavirus pandemic that is gripping Cyprus. “If anyone needs help in our area I...
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Coronavirus: Paphos mayor threatens to name and shame unscrupulous doctors
The mayor of Paphos has called out an alleged practice by doctors in Paphos who he said were issuing fake sick notes so that employees could have an excuse to stay home. He said that doctors, so that...
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Paphos Green Points remain open
Green Points in Paphos remain open, a Paphos municipality announcement said on Thursday. “The Municipality of Paphos and the Paphos District Household Waste Disposal and Land Use Council inform the...
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Coronavirus: over 8,000 checks in 24 hours (updated)
During the last 24 hours, police carried out 8,435 checks under the ‘prohibiting unnecessary movement’ decree imposed due to the coronavirus, they announced on Friday. Police booked 261 pedestrians and...
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Coronavirus: Paphos opens private testing lab
A facility which will undertake tests to detect possible coronavirus cases is in operation as of Monday in Paphos The former “District Governor’s House”, has been provided free of charge by the...
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Coronavirus: Aradippou mayor reveals many ashamed to take Covid-19 test
By Evie Andreou and Bejay Browne Paphos and Aradippou residents will be asked to take coronavirus tests due to the increased cases registered in these two areas, the health ministry said on Thursday....
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Free coronavirus testing gets underway in Paphos on Saturday
Free coronavirus testing will get underway in Paphos on Saturday, according to an announcement from the Paphos municipality and the ministry of health. “One thousand RNA tests to detect possible...
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Coronavirus: Private testing now underway at Paphos facilities
Private coronavirus testing got underway in Paphos at Attikon on Friday, according to the municipality. “Responding to the Paphos municipality’s initiative to make available its infrastructure for free...
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Coronavirus: Testing begins in Paphos (updated)
Health authorities started targeted testing for the coronavirus in Paphos on Saturday following a high number of cases in the area. Samples were being taken from residents at the old district officer’s...
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Coronavirus: Mayors understand fears but urge people to get tested
Paphos mayor Phaedonas Phaedonos said the mass testing for coronavirus taking place in the city will be a powerful tool for the ministry of health and the scientific community to understand what are...
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Coronavirus: Testing in Paphos to continue for third day
The testing of 1,000 people for coronavirus continues on Monday for the third day in Paphos, from 8am until 4pm. On Saturday, 186 residents of Paphos were tested, and on Sunday another 202, bringing...
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Coronavirus: testing in Paphos may be extended, many negatives in Aradippou
By Bejay Browne and Nick Theodoulou Paphos has experienced a disappointing number of residents turning up for free coronavirus testing which got underway in Paphos on Saturday, and the programme may be...
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Coronavirus: almost 800 people tested in Paphos since Saturday
Some 771 people have been tested for the coronavirus in Paphos since Saturday. The RNA sampling will be completed on Tuesday by testing the mayor, 11 municipality staff and two volunteers, all of whom...
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Papantoniou supermarkets donates respirators to Paphos hospital
Papantoniou supermarkets has donated two respirators to the Paphos General hospital. The donation aims to bolster the hospital’s ability to cope during the coronavirus pandemic. Hospital director Dr...
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Coronavirus: Photo posted of medic wearing bin bags as protection (updated)
A doctor at Paphos general hospital charged Wednesday that medical staff were not being issued with protective gear because it did not exist. The head of the respiratory medicine department, Adonis...
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Coronavirus: Four out of 707 Paphos tests are positive
Out of 707 Covid-19 tests carried out in Paphos in recent days only four were positive, the town’s mayor tweeted on Wednesday afternoon. He gave the news before the official announcement of the daily...
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Coronavirus: bracing for a rise in crime amid lockdown fallout
By Bejay Browne Police and home security experts are bracing for a rise in burglaries and thefts in the coming weeks as the financial fallout from the coronavirus lockdown takes its toll. Even though...
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Two arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property
Paphos police arrested two men on Tuesday on suspicion of possession of stolen goods and munitions. The suspects, aged 24 and 31, were detained after police searched an abandoned farm that was being...
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Woman arrested for Paphos burglaries (Updated)
A 21-year-old woman was remanded on Saturday for six days in connection with a series of break-ins and thefts in Paphos, police said on Saturday. Police suspect her involvement in at least four...
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