Paphos regional board plans to boost wedding tourism
A meeting convened by the Paphos Regional Tourism Development and Promotion Company (ETAP) on Monday saw stakeholders and members planning to enhance wedding tourism in the region. Representatives from...
View ArticleBust of former president moved in Paphos
The bust of former president of the Republic Spyros Kyprianou has been moved to a central location in Paphos, the municipality has announced. The bust, which has been displayed at the same spot on...
View Article7,000 revellers to attend Paphos carnival parade
Approximately seven thousand people, along with over 50 floats, are set to participate in this year’s carnival parade in Paphos, according to the events’ coordinator, George Kounnas. Speaking to the...
View ArticleThree remanded for robbing churches in Paphos
The three suspects who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of carrying out a spate of robberies at churches in Paphos were all remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday. Paphos police’s deputy...
View ArticlePaphos buys a thousand wheelie bins
The Paphos Municipality announced on Thursday the purchase of a thousand wheelie bins. They said the bins, which cost a total of €170,000, had been bought to “beautify and improve the town’s image”,...
View ArticleFourth arrest for Paphos church robberies
Police in Paphos on Thursday arrested a fourth man in connection with a spate of robberies at churches in the area. The man, aged 44, is the father of the 16-year-old boy who was arrested on Tuesday as...
View ArticlePaphos tourism board discusses cultural sites with antiquities department
The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week met with the Department of Antiquities, where they examined various issues concerning the museums, monuments, and archaeological sites of the Paphos...
View ArticleHuman excrement found in Paphos school playground
A total of six lumps of human excrement were found in a school playground in Paphos on Wednesday morning. According to local news website PafosPress, the excrements were discovered outside the school...
View ArticleFather of teen church robbery suspect remanded
A 44-year-old man was remanded in custody for six days on Friday, a day after he was arrested in relation to a string of church robberies in Paphos. The man is the father of the 16-year-old boy who was...
View ArticleMemorial event honours former President Kyprianou
A memorial event in honour of former President Spyros Kyprianou was organised on Saturday in Paphos, on the occasion of the relocation of his bust from Spyros Kyprianou Avenue to the area opposite the...
View ArticleInternational short film festival arrives in Paphos
A Greek short film festival which aims to showcase young filmmakers is arriving in Cyprus to screen its award-winning films, starting with Paphos on Monday. According to its announcement, the...
View ArticleEAC announces scheduled power outages in Paphos
The electricity authority (EAC) has announced power outages in several areas of Paphos district on Friday. The outages will happen intermittently between 8am and 5pm. The areas impacted are as follows:...
View ArticleKissonerga coastal path completed at fraction of budget cost
The Kissonerga coastal path has been completed and cost a mere fraction of the budget, the village’s council said on Friday. Mukhtar Giorgos Stylianou explained that while the village had been handed a...
View ArticleMan critically injured after lorry crash
A 38-year-old man suffered “critical” injuries after being involved in a head-on collision with a lorry on Friday evening. The man was driving a car on the road between Polis Chrysochous and Argaka...
View ArticleFurther remand after fight at Paphos mall
A 27-year-old man was remanded for three days on Tuesday in connection with the fracas at Kings Avenue Mall in Paphos on Saturday, bringing to nine the total number of arrests made for the case. Local...
View ArticlePolice seize fireworks and cannabis
Police in Paphos arrested a 29-year-old man on Tuesday after seizing large quantities of fireworks, cannabis and smuggled tobacco. A total of 188 fireworks, 11 grammes of cannabis, 6106 packs of...
View ArticlePolice search for attackers of Chlorakas couple
A couple was attacked by two hooded men in Chlorakas village in Paphos, police said on Thursday. The 51-year-old male victim recounted that he and his wife were at their residence when she left...
View ArticlePaphos man arrested for burglaries
Police arrested a 29-year-old man in Paphos, after he was found with a knife and burglary tool, authorities said on Friday. The man was arrested on Thursday evening, after a patrol car spotted him...
View ArticleFive arrested for illegal stay in Paphos
Five people were arrested in Paphos to facilitate investigations into a case of suspected illegal stay in the Republic in a coordinated operation on Sunday in the village of Tremithousa. According to...
View ArticlePolice investigating car fire in Paphos
Police on Tuesday are investigating a fire which broke out in a car the early hours of Tuesday in Paphos. According to police, at 3.30am officers received the information about the fire in the car,...
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