CRIME ROUND UP

 Filenews 21 December 2024

Police are close to solving a number of cases of residential burglaries and thefts committed in the Famagusta district recently, which, as part of police examinations, proceeded on Friday to arrest a 41-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman. In a search of the apartment where the two suspects live, property was found, which is being investigated whether it is the product of theft.

In a statement, the Police Communication Branch said the 41-year-old and the 43-year-old were arrested yesterday afternoon by members of the Police, with court arrest warrants issued after evidence emerged during the investigation of a number of burglary and theft cases. "These are a total of 18 cases of residential burglaries and thefts, committed in November and December, in the Protaras area, in Paralimni," it added.

JASON ANDRIOS CHRISTOS [15] MISSING FROM HIS HOME IN LIMASSOL

 21/12/24

The Police are appealing for information that may assist in locating JASON ANDRIOS CHRISTOS, 15 years old, who has been missing since December 20, 2024, from his home in Limassol. The 15-year-old is described as being of slim build, 1.70m tall, with short black hair. Anyone who knows anything that may assist in his location is asked to contact the Limassol Police Station on 25-805057 or the nearest Police Station, or the Citizens' Hotline on 1460.

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GOVERNMENT SETS OUT RULES FOR EMPLOYMENT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

 Cyprus Mail 20 December 2024 - by Tom Cleaver

The labour ministry on Friday set out the government’s new rules regarding the employment of third-country nationals in Cyprus who are either students or high earners.

For high earners, Cyprus is now a part of the European Blue Card scheme, with third-country nationals earning above a certain amount and working in certain sectors offered extra rights compared to ordinary third-country nationals, including the right to live and work in 25 European Union member states – all except Denmark and Ireland.

'PEOPLE ARE QUEUEING UP TO DO THIS JOB'

 Cyprus Mail 21 December 2024 - by Theo Panayides

Photo: Christos Theodorides

The island’s overconsumption is highlighted in the tales of a rubbish collector. He has seen it all thrown away, from a tiny kitten to a gold ring

There are times, admits George Rotos, when he’ll run into someone he knows and pretend not to see them – not because he doesn’t want to talk to them but the opposite, because he doesn’t want to put them in the awkward position of having to talk to him.

CYPRUS MAY LOSE ITS CITRUS TREES AFTER ALIEN BUG FOUND

 Cyprus Mail 21 December 2024 - by Rebekah Gregoriades

Cyprus’ citrus trees may be wiped out if a sap-sucking bug thought to have found its way to the island last year through compost in travellers’ luggage, becomes infected with the citrus greening bacterium, the department of agriculture warned on Friday.

Growing concern that the devastating bacterium will enter Cyprus through the same route has spurred the department to launch a public awareness campaign, advising people to refrain from buying plants or plant products abroad and bringing them to the island.

TRUMP TO EU - EITHER YOU INCREASE ENERGY IMPORTS FROM THE US OR THERE WILL BE TARIFFS!

 Filenews 21 December 2024

U.S. President President Donald Trump said on Friday that the European Union, already the biggest buyer of U.S. energy, should increase U.S. oil and gas imports or face tariffs on the bloc's exports that include goods such as cars and machinery.

The EU already buys the lion's share of U.S. oil and gas exports, according to U.S. government data.

There are currently no additional quantities as the United States exports to the limit of its capabilities, but Trump has pledged to further increase the country's oil and gas production.