Paphos Life

I think that someone bringing across somebody else's sealed package from the UK to Cyprus as their own personal items are leaving themselves very open. Of course we all accept that JimX is an honest person and that the people that have offered to bring it over are honest people (Termites Dream and N...

Can you tell me which places please? Jeanne I live to the East of Limassol in Moni and this village and none of the nearby villages have any recycling bins or places for recycling. Moni did have a reasonable number of paper/metal, plastic/glass but were removed as a) they were to popular, b) other ...

The number of police officers in the EU has slowly been decreasing in recent years. The EU had a total of 1.6 million police officers in 2016, a reduction of 3.4 % since 2009. Overall, there were 318 police officers per 100 000 people in the EU in 2016, or one police officer per 314 people. However,...

For those that drive or still have vehicles back in the UK there are some new traffic laws that come into effect in 2019. How the Highway Code is going to change - Overtaking cyclists Drivers now have to leave enough space for cyclists when overtaking, or face a £100 fine. The Highway Code says ther...

WHL, plenty of banned drivers in the UK get jailed for driving whilst disqualified, just doesn't make the papers (Not usually newsworthy). Paul and Lesley, quite often the UK Police and Court system fast tracked drink driving offences over the Christmas period and people arrested overnight for drink...

Which proves that prison doesn't rehabilitate the offender(s), what it does teach them is to be better at crime and not get caught!

What it does do is it gives the public a short break from the offender.

How about buying one of these to drive around toll and fine free from cameras!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -cops.html

Also the Cyta helpline number (132) was permanently engaged all morning!

JimX have a proper read of the Cypriot papers and news, plenty of reports of Police admittedly not chasing vehicles but firing shots at them to stop! Agreed always an issue whether to pursue a suspect vehicle or not but it is very well monitored and you require permission to pursue a suspect vehicle...

Its all to do with funding from government and EU for road safety to reduce injuries and deaths.

JimX wrote - Are you referring to Cyprus? and car theft, well I have been here a very long time and apart from maybe one or two cars stolen then this is not a true statement, what is lacking is Police patrolling villages, I have never seen them doing this at any time, and yes cars do drive well past...

Most burglars use illegal vehicles to and from committing their crimes and to transport the stolen goods.

Therefore the traffic officer doing vehicle checks of whatever sort (speed enforcement/vehicle defects/documents) is actually assisting in reducing and detecting crime.

Yes it is a good idea that punishments are raised bearing in mind that a lot of peoples income has increased far quicker and more than that the fines have. However you have to get people to actually believe that they are going to get stopped and then prosecuted for them to take any increase seriousl...

At 4.04pm Tues 6 October Devil wrote - And I suppose you think that is going to bucket like hell in central Cyprus and not a drop in western Cyprus? Dammit, as the Hooded Crow flies,we are less than 100 km apart! Here at sunny Moni it didn't rain at all whilst 38km away at Mosfiloti the heavens were...

According to the BBC it appears that snowmen are now snow people.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -show.html

To add some confusion to the racist debate, how about a white man self identifying himself as black! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/04/white-actor-identifies-black-criticised-winning-place-scheme/ A white theatre director, who describes himself as an "African born again", has com...

What is the percentage of disabled badge holders in Cyprus?

What is the percentage of disabled parking spaces in a Cypriot shop/car park?

Quite often a café/shop will have 4/5/6 parking spaces outside their premises and one of those is marked disabled parking only.

There is a film out called Bohemian Rhapsody which is released very soon and took ages to make (10 years) and a number of different directors etc. Full story in https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/16/bohemian-rhapsody-movie-release-date-uk-rating-cast-trailer-and-review-8042568/ Sorry text to long to cut/pa...

ChrisPam, yes most certainly the Police do target drink drivers (and disqualified drivers) in the UK. Basically you identify a vehicle parked on licensed premises (those close to the front doors are best as they have been there the longest), check the index number so you know the address and hence w...

Why has it taken from August 2017 to now for him to sentenced?