Paphos Life

<r>A total of 1,282 drivers were fined for parking in spots reserved for the disabled in the first nine months of the year, Phileleftheros reported on Wednesday.This is an improvement on corresponding figures for 2017 (1,914) and 2016 (2,761), but?? shows police and organised groups representing the...

<r>British permanent residents of Peyia, Paphos argue that the state discriminates against them as they are charged more in cemetery taxes and for buying burial grounds than Greek Cypriots, Phileleftheros reported on Monday....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.paphoslife.com/news/peyia_britons_compl...

<r>A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook Cyprus on Monday, the independent organisation EMSC said.The temblor was recorded at 14.09 pm.Its epicentre was in the sea 53km southeast of Limassol at a depth of 10km, EMSC said. The Cyprus geological survey department said the quake measured 4.4 and was at a de...

An early warning has been issued by the European Commission to Cyprus as it is among member states at the greatest risk of failing to meet the EU's 2020 recycling targets for municipal waste.The four worst recyclers are Malta, Romania, Greece and Cyprus. In 2016, all four recycled less than 20 per c...

If you are using your mobile phone while driving, you're putting yourself and others in danger. Keep your hand on the steering wheel. Not only is it dangerous, the police have just announced a new campaign for distracted drivers....

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Summer time ends tomorrow Sunday October 28 and watches and clocks must be moved back one hour at 4.00 am.The change will take effect throughout the European Union which is meanwhile discussing scrapping the twice yearly time change.In mid-September, the European Commission set out an ambitious time...

Two checkpoints - one at Lefka/Aplici and the other at Deryneia will open on November 12, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday.He spoke at the Presidential Palace on his return from a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci at the home of UN special representative Elizabeth Spehar....

<r>Rainfall was estimated to be 175 per cent above the October average the meteorological service reported on Friday.According to the service???s data, total rainfall for October first to the twenty-sixth reached 57.2mm, while the average for the month is 32.7mm....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www....

<r>Local increased cloud early on Friday may lead to isolated showers, but will quickly clear and the weather will be mainly fine,Temperatures will be 23 C inland, the south and east coasts, 22 C on the west and north coasts and 11 C in the mountains.Tonight temperatures will fall to 11 C inland, 13...

129 people, 20 of them Greek Cypriots, were homeless in Cyprus in 2017, according to a Green Party statement.With the statement, the Party condemned the government's "impersonal and cruel policies" and called for the Welfare Services to intervene.... Read the article and chat about it belo...

<r>An elderly man is in critical condition in Paphos Hospital after he was hit by a car while trying to cross Danai Avenue in Kato Paphos a little before midnight on Wednesday.The man had no ID, nor have there been any inquiries with police. It is believed he is a tourist, staying at one of the coas...

<r>A 32 year old man was remanded in custody for two days by Paphos District Court on Wednesday on suspicion of trying to rob a 69 year old man outside a supermarket.The man had just walked out of the shop, shopping bags in hand, when a young man assaulted him trying to grab the bags....<br/> <br/> ...

While Greece is bracing for bad weather from the storm system - dubbed "Orestes" - Cyprus looks certain to emerge unscathed according to the Meteorological Service.Orestes will be depleted by the time it comes to Cyprus, however, it is expected to bring low pressure which might lead to thu...

The reimbursement of travellers who had paid travel agents in cash continues to be an issue following the collapse of Cobalt Air last week, while the government had by Tuesday handled most cases of repatriation....

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<r>The road near Aphrodite’s Baths where a Russian couple were killed over the weekend has been closed at the decision of the police and the Forestry Department, infuriating local authorities in the area....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.paphoslife.com/news/communities_to_protest_closure_of_dange...

Paphos police are investigating the theft of €50,000 euro from a car belonging to a 29 year old woman on Sunday night.The Cyprus News Agency said the woman had reported to police that she had parked her car with the money - which represented the takings of the day from the betting shop where she wor...

<r>Two Russian tourists, a man, 58 and his wife, 48, were killed on Saturday after their rental car went off a cliff and plunged 30 metres onto the rocky coast in the Akamas area in Paphos, police said.The bodies were collected by a marine police boat and were taken to Latchi harbour. From there, th...

Fitch on Friday upgraded Cyprus' credit ratings to BBB- from BB+, the second ratings agency in the space of little over a month to pull the island back into investment grade territory after a bailout in 2013.The outlook was stable, Fitch said in a news release.... Read the article and chat about it ...

<r>Dust levels will be above average on Saturday for the third consecutive day, while the met office is projecting scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.paphoslife.com/news/new_dust_alert_scattered_showers_in_the_afternoon"><s>[url=https://www.paph...

<r>Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou did not rule out suing Cobalt Air to recover the cost of repatriating stranded passengers following the airline???s grounding and assured that the gap it left behind would probably be covered by other airlines by next summer....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https:...