Paphos gets into the spirit of the season
Paphos regional board of tourism (ETAP) has announced that it will be promoting the region as a year-round tourist destination for locals, following the success of its summer campaign to attract...
View ArticleBids accepted for Limassol, Paphos bus service
Three Cypriot companies and one foreign company already active in Cyprus have submitted bids to operate a public bus service in Limassol and Paphos districts, the transport ministry said on Thursday....
View Article€10,000 stolen from Paphos hairdressing salon
Burglars broke into a hairdressing salon in Paphos and made off with €6000 in cash and €4000-worth of products, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. It said that the owner of the salon had filed...
View Article223 charged in 216 domestic abuse cases in Paphos since February
The Paphos police domestic violence branch has investigated 216 cases since its establishment in February this year, bringing charges against 223 people. According to assistant director Michalis...
View ArticleChristmas appeal for Paphos refugee children
Donations of gifts, toys and chocolate are desperately needed to fill up gift bags for children of families connected to the Learning Refuge that are living in the district of Paphos and want to...
View ArticleBreak-in at Paphos jewellery store
By Andreas Pavlou Paphos police are searching for burglars who stole €10-12,000 worth of jewellery from a Paphos jewellers early Wednesday morning. Paphos police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou, said the...
View ArticlePost-mortem held on Paphos murder victim
Paphos police continued their investigation Monday into the killing of a 74-year-old leukaemia sufferer by her husband, 74, who reportedly admitted seeking to put her out of her misery before trying to...
View ArticleCourt orders transfer of murder suspect to mental health hospital
A pensioner who has admitted to killing his wife who was suffering from leukaemia has been transferred to Athalassa mental health hospital for compulsory treatment, police said on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleMan suspected of robbing house of hit and run victim arrested (updated)
A 30-year-old man has admitted to breaking into the home of the victim of Sunday’s hit-and-run and the case has been submitted to the district court, Paphos police deputy chief Michalis Ioannou told...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Omicron casts shadow over Paphos tourism sector
Several scheduled flights to Paphos airport have been cancelled due to the increased severity of the Covid-19 situation in Europe, as well as in Cyprus, according to the Paphos Regional Board of...
View ArticlePaphos fishermen weather tough 2021
Paphos fishermen managed to cope in 2021 despite having a very difficult year, Paphos fishermen’s association head Leonidas Leonidou said on Wednesday. “Our efforts every year centre on keeping stocks...
View ArticleAssault after dog complaint
Police on Thursday said they were looking for a 40-year-old man from Paphos who was accused of assaulting and injuring a neighbour, 53, after the latter complained about his dog roaming the area...
View ArticlePaphos property sales hit €2.5bn in last 5 years
Property sales in Paphos district exceeded €2.5 billion in value over the past five years, a report from independent real estate asset management and advisory firm WiRE has revealed. The lion’s share...
View ArticleClean-up of mining waste at Mavrali beach begins
Some 17,000 cubic metres of mining waste is being removed from Argaka’s Mavrali beach in the Paphos district as part of a clean-up of an environmentally important area, Agriculture Minister Costas...
View ArticleFour remands after large fight in Paphos (update 3)
Four men were remanded for eight days on Tuesday by Paphos district court, in connection with a massive brawl in Paphos on Monday night that saw two people hospitalised and damage to property around...
View ArticleInstallation of smart pylons in Paphos underway
The municipality of Paphos has commenced installation of 56 smart lighting pylons, an innovative project that will contribute to the further improvement and aesthetic upgrade of the town. According to...
View ArticleWest of the island battered by thunderstorms (updated)
Heavy rain caused flooding in Paphos, as thunderstorms battered the west of the island in the morning hours of Thursday. The weather service warned that intense thunderstorms are battering the west of...
View ArticleArrest after burglary tools found in car
Paphos police arrested a 31-year-old man early on Friday after finding drugs, burglary tools and weapons in his car. Officers stopped the car for a check at around 12.40am. During the search, they...
View ArticleUnion complains of overcrowded Paphos schools
Overcrowding is forcing Paphos schools to share facilities and new schools need to be built urgently, district president of the teacher’s union (Oelmek) Giorgos Yiallouris said on Saturday. He cited...
View ArticleLow occupancy means hotels open in Paphos operating at a loss
Occupancy levels of hotels that are open in Paphos are not even reaching 20 per cent, president of the Paphos Hoteliers Associaion Thanos Michaelides said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency,...
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