Paphos Life

<r>A Chinese man suspected of having the coronavirus has been hospitalised in Nicosia general, the ministry of health tweeted on Friday night.The man, of Chinese origin who is permanent resident of Cyprus, returned to the island in the last couple of days and was scanned at the airport and after he ...

Pafos Municipality has responded to critics of the development work being carried out on Vrysdoudia Beach. 

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<r>Three new Mediterranean seals The ministry said it was an ???incredibly important event for our island as the births come for the first time in decades.???The three newborn seals are Iris, Nafsika and Triton. They were born in Limassol and Paphos (in the Akamas region). The most recent baby was b...

<r>Phone scammers pretending to be Cyta technicians have been tricking users into installing malware and asking for credit card details, warned the telecommunications authority warned on Wednesday.According to Cyta, subscribers have been receiving unexpected overseas calls from scammers acting on be...

<r>A two-fold government incentive plan to get older, less energy-efficient cars off the roads and promote the use of electric cars will kick off on February 4.The first scheme offers incentives to buy new cars, the second offers incentives to buy electric cars....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.p...

The Health Services have drawn up a plan of action should a coronavirus case be reported in Cyprus.The Health Ministry statement follows the announcement of the first confirmed cases in Europe and the issue of a travel advisory by the Foreign Ministry.The plan of action includes the following:... Re...

<r>Police are looking for the whereabouts of a man who robbed a 31-year-old woman in Paphos on Saturday after hitting her and tying her up.The woman reported that someone had knocked on her apartment’s door at around 10.30pm on Saturday, and when she opened she saw a man she didn???t know, who, forc...

<r>After the coldest night of this year’s winter, Saturday’s temperatures will be closer to the seasonal average with a further rise on Sunday.Overnight temperatures fell to 0 C inland and in the higher Troodos peaks to -7....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.paphoslife.com/news/dry_sunny_and_warmer...

<r>Cyprus is blocking new European Union sanctions against several officials from Russia-annexed Crimea in a bid to secure EU backing for tougher action against Turkey in a separate row over drilling for hydrocarbons, three diplomatic sources said.Nicosia denied linking the two issues and said it ne...

Conor O'Dwyer, a British man who has been involved in a lengthy and exhausting court battle over a property he bought in the Famagusta district in 2005, presented his appeal to the supreme court in Nicosia on Friday morning.O'Dwyer appealed the case filed by developer company Christoforos Karayianna...

<r>The amendment to the rent control law making it easier to evict bad tenants was passed by the House plenum on Friday.It was passed with 31 votes in favour, 15 against and two abstentions.The bill reduces the eviction process for tenants refusing to pay rent, to six months....<br/> <br/> <URL url=...

Archaeologists working on the Paphos Agora Project (PAP) have made an unexpected discovery of several skeletal burials dug into earlier structures, the Department of Antiquities said on Thursday....

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Authorities urged the public to brace for strong winds on Thursday evening accompanied by low temperatures, especially in higher regions, ahead of the arrival of a cold air mass and frost.The Met service said winds on Thursday evening were expected to reach gale force seven while temperatures in the...

<r>It will be another mostly sunny day with the possibility of showers and light snowfall in the higher Troodos peaks in the evening.In its early morning weather bulletin, the Met Office said that weak, relatively low pressure is affecting the area today while a very strong northerly air stream is e...

<r>Authorities have restored water provision at the village of Pissouri but alternative sources will be sought in a bid to avoid supply problems in the future, the Cyprus Mail has learned....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.paphoslife.com/news/pissouri_water_supply_restored"><s>[url=https://www.pap...

<r>Paphos district court on Tuesday remanded a 38-year-old for three days for a house burglary in Peyia.The suspect was arrested on Monday following testimony linking him to the crime....<br/> <br/> <URL url="https://www.paphoslife.com/news/remand_for_man_after_house_burgled"><s>[url=https://www.pap...

<r>An unidentified man is in serious condition in Paphos hospital after being injured.According to police, it was reported at 9.50pm on Sunday that an injured man had been taken to the A&E department of the hospital a little earlier.He sustained stomach injury and underwent surgery due to the se...

Police have sped to a crime scene in Paphos where a woman has been found murdered in her home, philenews reports. The woman - a Syrian national aged 31 years and a mother of five - appears to have been attacked in the face with a sharp object which is said to be what caused her death. The woman was ...

Experts are expected on the island next week to help solve the problem of managing the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) produced by the Pentakomo waste treatment plant which is currently being buried as no buyer has stepped in....

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<r>The road to Olympos has been closed due to heavy traffic, police announced on Sunday.Meanwhile sleet on the Limassol to Paphos highway means it is slippery and dangerous.Also, the road from Prodromos to Troodos is only open to cars with four-wheel drive or snow chains.The roads from Platres and K...