CRIME ROUND UP

 Filenews 17 May 2026

The presence and action of the Police last night was intense, throughout Cyprus, with organized patrols in key points of urban areas, with the aim of preventing serious criminal acts, ensuring public order and increasing the sense of security of the public.

As a result of the preventive police operations, four (4) persons were arrested for various offenses, such as theft, conspiracy to commit a felony, drunkenness, causing concern and resisting legal arrest.

As part of these operations, during the night, 582 drivers and 169 passengers were stopped and checked. At the same time, 54 inspections of premises were carried out, with the aim of dealing with phenomena of delinquency, where eighteen (18) complaints emerged.

TROZENA AND THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A VILLAGE

Work is nearly completed on some of the 16 restored structures (Christos Theodorides)

TROZENA AND THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A VILLAGE - Cy Mail 17/5 by Eleni Panayiotou



The developer behind revitalising an abandoned village hits back at social media critics

On Friday I drove the road I know so well but this time with a different destination in mind, Trozena. Taking the small winding roads, I passed through the wine villages of Limassol and descended into what can only be described as heaven on earth.

Admittedly, at first glance, Trozena does not seem like much. Looking down from the road, it appears to be a scattering of stone ruins tucked deep in the Diarizos valley; silent and largely forgotten for decades. Yet as I made my way down, what unfolded was something far beyond rocks and stones.

CYPRUS' NEW PERSONAL TAXATION REGIME

CYPRUS' NEW PERSONAL TAXATION REGIME - Cy Mail 17/5


The Cypriot tax landscape has undergone a significant recalibration following the entry into force of a broad package of fiscal reforms, effective as from the January 1, 2026. Although a considerable part of the legislative focus has centred on corporate-related matters, the amendments introduced in the area of personal taxation are also noteworthy, particularly for internationally mobile individuals, foreign executives and high-net-worth investors considering Cyprus as a jurisdiction for relocation, employment and long-term wealth structuring.

The revised framework reflects a clear policy objective of enhancing Cyprus’ competitiveness as an attractive destination for international talent and private capital through the modernisation of existing reliefs, the expansion of targeted exemptions and the reduction of the effective personal tax burden applicable to newly arriving taxpayers.

BRAZEN DOLPHINS ARE NOT A FISHERMAN'S FRIEND

BRAZEN DOLPHINS ARE NOT A FISHERMAN'S FRIEND - Cy Mail 17/5 by Theo Panayides


Dolphins – cute, clever dolphins, the tourist’s friend – are actually a menace, according to fishermen.

“This is an SOS,” says Antonis Zampas, a fisherman in the Famagusta district, describing how increasingly brazen and (he claims) more numerous dolphins are causing such destruction that he – and many of his colleagues – may be forced to withdraw from the sea altogether.

Bottlenose dolphins, the species found near the coast around Cyprus, can be three metres long, and a school includes as many as 10 specimens, says Zampas. The damage they cause as they tear through a fisherman’s net is considerable.

LAKE PARALIMNI DRAINED FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL DESPITE STUDY LINKING OUTBREAKS TO HUMAN ACTIVITY

Environmental group questions the removal of water from the protected wetland during the peak bird nesting season. Photo credit: @BirdLifeCyprus

LAKE PARALIMNI DRAINED FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL DESPITE STUDY LINKING OUTBREAKS TO HUMAN ACTIVITY - KNews 17/5

BirdLife Cyprus says the main mosquito breeding sources in the area are abandoned pools, unfinished construction sites, and stagnant residential water.


BirdLife Cyprus has criticized the ongoing drainage of Lake Paralimni, warning that the work is taking place during the peak nesting season for protected bird species in the Natura 2000 wetland.

The organization questioned the basis for removing water from the lake, despite the process being approved by the Department of Environment and carried out in the presence of state authorities. BirdLife Cyprus said key details remain unclear, including what management framework is being followed, what water level is required to protect breeding birds, who is supervising conditions at the site, and what benchmarks will determine when the drainage ends.

ROMANIA'S BLUNT-TALKING AMBASSADOR TO CYPRUS HAD ONE UNFINISHED DREAM - A CAT MUSEUM

ROMANIA'S BLUNT-TALKING AMBASSADOR TO CYPRUS HAD ONE UNFINISHED DREAM - A CAT MUSEUM - KNews 17/5 by Shemaine Bushnell Kyriakides

As Romania’s outspoken envoy prepares to leave the island, Dan Mihalache reflects on identity, diplomacy, AI, culture and the one dream he never managed to finish.


For an ambassador, Sorin Dan Mihalache is surprisingly easy to describe.

Direct. Blunt at times. Political to the bone. Occasionally unorthodox. A diplomat who still talks like a political insider. And a man who genuinely, deeply loves cats.

Which, in a strange way, made Cyprus the perfect posting for him.

BRAZIL IN THE SALON - Tsada and Peyia - 31 May

 

BRAZIL IN THE SALON

31 May - 11.30am Paphos [Tsada] - Weiss Family [music starts at noon] - venue not suitable for                                                                                          young children]

                3.30pm Peyia - Shoham Family [music starts at 4pm]

Limited seats

Two Brazilian Music House Concerts in Paphos & Peyia – Bossa Nova, Samba & More * 

 *Suggested Donation* : €25

*sign up to reserve your seat in the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRxWvsbQczY3VSF1NOmJuMAI_nuKbsmfpNkSPwYDkYQcn7RQ/viewform?pli=1