Cyprus Mail 19 December 2025 - by James Morphakis
A minimarket in Paphos was ordered on Friday to suspend operations for two days after inspectors uncovered serious breaches of food safety rules.
The closure followed intensive inspections that began earlier this week, according to Paphos health services director, Dr Christos Christou.
He said the premises were found to be in a “particularly problematic condition”, with multiple food products posing health risks.
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Filenews 19 December 2025
An attack with explosive devices - the first information suggests that they are firecrackers - against his house is denounced by the artist Giorgos Gabriel. According to what he reported on the Dialogos website, the attack took place while he, his wife, his children and grandchildren were inside the house. The complaint is also confirmed by the Police.
As he mentioned, the incident took place on Thursday afternoon and damage was caused to the balcony, fortunately without any injuries. Initially, two motorcycles were heard and explosions followed.
Filenews 19 December 2025 - by Ioanna Mantiipa
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Dr. Maria Panagiotou, visited the fire-affected areas of mountainous Limassol today, where flood protection works were implemented, in order to inspect their effectiveness after the recent rainfall. The aim of the visit was to determine whether the interventions meet the protection needs of the communities.
In her statements from one of the 21 points where gabions have been placed, Ms. Panagiotou said: "The Water Development Department identified 120 kilometers of the points where it was deemed necessary to install the barbed wire and, within a short period of time, all the projects were completed as early as November. We are currently completing the inspection of the points to make sure they are serving the purpose for which they were placed. They responded to the latest rainfall and, where necessary, the necessary corrections will be made."
Filenews 19 December 2025 - by Angelos Nikolaou
One year after the announcements of the President of the Republic for the revitalization of the 'community' of Tylliria, the area is today at the center of developments. With the visit of the Deputy Minister to the President, Irene Piki, and the Ministers of Transport and Agriculture, the course of the implementation of a vision that aspires to make Kato Pyrgos the first climate-neutral community on the island is sealed.
Today's meeting at the community council of Kato Pyrgos aims to check the timetables and solve the challenges arising from the pilot implementation of the institution of the green community.
Filenews 19 December 2025
Although Cyprus has been trying to develop activity in the field of space in recent years, to date, however, there has not been a single compatriot of ours who has made a trip to space. This is now a thing of the past.
Businessman Adonis Pouroulis becomes the first Cypriot and the first native of Paphos to go beyond the limits of the earth's atmosphere, participating in a space mission. Mr. Pouroulis was among the crew of the suborbital flight of the Blue Origin space capsule's New Shepard space capsule, which was launched into space today.