CRIME ROUND UP

 Filenews 6 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, seven (7) persons were arrested for various offenses, such as possession of drugs and explosives, drunkenness, illegal employment, fine warrants, assault on a police officer, resistance to legal arrest, etc.

CORAL BAY BOWLS CLUB - TASTER DAY - Neo's Sports Club, Peyia - 9 May

 

CORAL BAY BOWLS CLUB - TASTER DAY

Neo's Sports Club, Peyia

9 May - message on Fbook please to book your slot - https://www.facebook.com/groups/5763629423734144

SCOUTING IN PAPHOS - 111 YEARS OLD -Palia Ilektriki, Papho - 8 May

 

SCOUTING IN PAPHOS - 111 YEARS OLD

Palia Ilektriki, Paphos

8 May - 7pm

Speeches and presentations likely to be in Greek

CASINOS GENERATED €34m TAX FOR GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR

CASINOS GENERATED €34m TAX FOR GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR - Cy Mail 5/5 by Elias Hazou

A steady rise in casino gambling proceeds was recorded over the last two years, according to a report handed over to the presidency’s office on Tuesday.

The report, compiled by the Gaming & Casino Supervision Commission, was handed to under-secretary to the president Irini Piki. It covers the years 2024 and 2025.

Established in 2017, the commission’s task is to regulate land-based (or physical) casinos.

THE FOSSIL FUEL UNDERNEATH YOUR FOOD

THE FOSSIL FUEL UNDERNEATH YOUR FOOD - Cy Mail 6/5

When the Strait of Hormuz closed, it did not just raise the price of petrol. It revealed the hidden energy bill of every meal on every table

By Nicolas Netien

On 28 February this year, the war between the United States, Israel and Iran turned the Strait of Hormuz into the most fought-over stretch of water on the planet. Within days, tanker traffic collapsed by more than 90 per cent. On April 13, the United States Navy formalised a blockade of Iranian ports. Negotiations in Islamabad failed.

CYPRUS ELECTRICITY PRICES FASTEST FALLING IN THE EU

CYPRUS ELECTRICITY PRICES FASTEST FALLING IN THE EU - Cy Mail 5/5 by Johanna Pauls


Cyprus has recorded the largest decrease in electricity prices in the European Union, with a drop of 14. 7 per cent, Eurostat data published on Tuesday show.

Overall, electricity prices dropped sharply in Cyprus in the in the second half of 2025 compared to the second half of 2024, ranking the country first before France, which recorded a 12.5 per cent decrease and Denmark, where prices dropped by 11.9 per cent.

Meanwhile electricity prices for households soared in Romania, increasing by 58.6 per cent, followed by a 34.4 per cent increase in Austria and an increase of 32.7 per cent in Ireland.

CYPRUS MAIL - OUR VIEW - WILL CONCRETE BE KEPT AT BAY IN POLIS CAMPSITE UPGRADE?

CYPRUS MAIL - OUR VIEW - WILL CONCRETE BE KEPT AT BAY IN POLIS CAMPSITE UPGRADE? - Cy Mail 5/5

The bulldozers have finally moved in on the long-neglected Polis beach campsite, raising fears of what the future holds for this oasis from the relentless tourist concrete coating most of our coastline.

Polis and the villages towards Pyrgos have long felt they are the also-rans, mostly excluded from the easy money mass tourism provides and is a major reason why the long-delayed Paphos-Polis road is such a source of frustration for the local authorities. The wider, faster road, they argue, is crucial to further tourist development.

No one doubts that the Polis campsite needs a facelift after years of decline. The issue is: what form will that facelift take?