TALA COMMUNITY NEWS

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

CRIME ROUND UP

Pafos Live 26 August 2026

A fire broke out at dawn in a souvlaki restaurant in the center of the community of Chloraka.

According to the fire service, at 03:03, a call was received for a fire in a ground floor catering establishment in the community of Chloraka.

The Paphos Fire Station responded with two fire trucks and the fire was brought under control at 03:25.

GREEK MINISTER - PERMISSION FROM TURKEY UNNECESSARY FOR INTERCONNECTOR - Cy Mail 26/8 by Tom Cleaver

Permission from Turkey is not required for the Great Sea Interconnector project (GSI), which, if completed, will connect the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, to go ahead, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou said on Thursday.

“Planning for the cable is continuing as normal. Based on international law, permission is not required, let alone for a peaceful infrastructure project which will connect Europe with the Middle East,” he told Greek television channel Skai.

PAPHOS AIRPORT - THE FORGED DOCUMENT CIRCUITS HAVE DISAPPEARED - Filenews 26/8 by Dora Christodoulou

The increased policing at Paphos International Airport, due to the military conflicts in the wider region during 2026, as well as the coordinated operation of the security services of the Republic, apparently managed to completely strike at the networks of forgers and traffickers of forged documents operating in the occupied territories.

For many months, almost the daily life of Paphos airport included news about foreigners attempting to travel through Paphos airport to Western European countries, presenting fake documents supplied by the occupied territories and presenting them as citizens of the European Union.

CAMERAS IN WOMEN'S TOILETS WERE SPOTTED BY THE COMMISSIONER HERSELF - ON-SITE INSPECTIONS ARE COMING IN CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS - Filenews 26/8

A serious incident with a camera in a women's toilet of a catering area was detected by the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection herself, Maria Christofidou, during her personal visit to the premises.

Speaking on the show "Alpha Summer", she said that "in the context of my own visit to a specific restaurant, we had noticed that there were cameras in the women's toilets". She clarified that the installation of cameras in such areas is prohibited.