Hospice care could have prevented killing of Briton’s wife
A new hospice is due to open in Paphos, but it came too late to help terminally ill Janice Hunter Just over a year ago, Paphos resident David Hunter, killed his terminally ill wife of 56 years and...
View ArticleWoman dies in fatal road accident in Paphos
A fifty-three-year-old Romanian resident of Paphos, Adriana Mokav, died in a fatal traffic accident early on Monday morning. According to police, at 1:35 am a collision occurred between two vehicles at...
View ArticlePolice arrest third suspect for New Year’s eve car shooting in Paphos
Police on Sunday arrested a third person in connection with the New Year’s eve case of malicious vehicle damage and shootings in Paphos. According to official statement, police arrested a 26-year-old...
View ArticleCar fire breaks out in Paphos in early morning hours
A car fire broke out on Monday in the early morning hours in Paphos. According to Paphos CID at 3:35 am, police received a call about the fire which broke out in a Fiat company car, parked in the yard...
View ArticleNepalese woman missing from her Paphos residence
Police have released a missing person announcement for a 30-year-old woman who has been missing from her residence in Paphos since Sunday morning. Police are asking for information that can help locate...
View ArticlePaphos police issue twenty-seven tickets for speeding on Monday
Traffic police in Paphos, booked sixty-five people in the last 24 hours from 6 am on Monday to 6 pm on Tuesday, a police announcement stated. According to the announcement, of the 65 fines, 27 were...
View ArticleOutlook uncertain for hotels after a difficult 2022
Last year was a difficult for hoteliers, and it is still too early to make predictions for 2023, president of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Thanos Michaelides said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus...
View ArticlePaphos signs contract for central square revamp
A €5 million contract for the revamp of Theoskepasti Square in Kato Paphos and the streets surrounding was signed on Tuesday. According to an announcement released by the town’s municipality, the...
View ArticleIntense rainfall in Paphos, snowfall on Troodos
Intense rainfall caused landslides in the Paphos area overnight, police said on Thursday as a yellow weather warning continued to be in effect. The warning will be in effect all day on, the...
View ArticleContract signed for study into urban mobility in Paphos
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Thursday signed a contract for the provision of services to the development of a sustainable urban mobility plan in the Paphos district. The preparation of the...
View ArticleA ghost village offers ‘the view of kings’
The Turkish Cypriot villages in Paphos abandoned to hunters, hikers and hogs Perched atop his tractor as if it were a steed, the only regular of this remote and forgotten ghost village stretches out...
View ArticlePolice arrest man for removal of copper pipe
Police on Friday arrested a man who detached a copper pipe from a building. According to an official statement, police received a call at 11:30am from an internet installation employee who had been...
View ArticlePolice investigating fire in six vehicles in Paphos
Police are conducting intensive investigations into a fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning in six vehicles at a car repair shop in Paphos. According to official statement, police...
View ArticleOver one hundred potholes to be fixed in Paphos
One hundred and twenty potholes in Paphos are to be closed, mayor Phedonas Phedonos announced on Monday. Moreover, the mayor stated work crews are continuing to coat newly constructed roads with a...
View ArticleForestry dept provides ‘historic’ shelter for hikers in tourism upgrade
Cyprus is upgrading its long-distance hiking experiences by setting up two forest shelters in the Paphos forest. The two shelters, described as historic – they are converted and restored from an old...
View ArticleTwenty-year-old arrested for illegal gun, ammunition
Police on Tuesday, arrested a man for illegal possession of ammunition, a firearm and burglary tools, in Paphos. According to police statement, shortly after midnight, police on patrol spotted a driver...
View ArticlePolice arrest two men wanted since December car chase
Police on Monday arrested two suspects, aged 20 and 21, wanted since December for dangerous driving and causing traffic accidents. According to police statement, the two are facing charges for illegal...
View ArticlePaphos resident remanded for murder after second knocked off his moped
A 45-year-old permanent resident of the island suspected of the premeditated murder of another man was on Sunday remanded in police custody for eight days by the Paphos district court. Police said more...
View ArticlePolice in Paphos arrest man for stabbing incident, drugs
Police have arrested a 55-year-old man who allegedly stabbed and injured a 58-year-old with a knife in Paphos on January 8. According to a police statement, on January 8 the 58-year-old reported that...
View ArticlePolice recover €10,000 stolen from woman’s glove compartment
A sum of money found by police in the possession of a 31-year-old man stopped for traffic violations was identified as being stolen on January 16 from the vehicle of a 67-year-old woman. According to...
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