CRIME ROUND UP

 Pafos Live 29/9

The Criminal Court that met yesterday in Paphos, sentenced a 56-year-old man to 17 years in prison for the crime of possession of a large amount of drugs with the purpose of supplying to other persons. The case concerned the location and seizure of 37 kilograms and 451 grams of cannabis in an area of Paphos.

In February 2025, as part of targeted actions to combat drug trafficking, YKAN proceeded to locate and confiscate the large amount of cannabis and arrest the convicted man.

ANCIENT CYPRIOT JEWELLERY REVEALS STORIES OF STATUS AND CRAFT

Jeweller Constantinos Kyriacou says the fundamental craft has not changed

ANCIENT CYPRIOT JEWELLERY REVEALS STORIES OF STATUS AND CRAFT - Cy Mail by Christina Michailides


Jewellery found in Cyprus tombs offers clues to social status, trade, craftsmanship and changing cultural influences across thousands of years

Almost 3,000 years ago, someone in what is now Larnaca (and was then Kition) was buried with an extraordinary collection of gold jewellery. There were earrings, bracelets, rings, a necklace and fibula (brooch) some decorated with semi-precious stones. Among them was a bracelet made with tiny gold granules and an agate that is reminiscent of the Egyptian Eye of Horus.

ALARM IN NICOSIA - A CASE OF BIRD FLU HAS BEEN DETECTED - THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VETERINARY SERVICES

ALARM IN NICOSIA - A CASE OF BIRD FLU HAS BEEN DETECTED - THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VETERINARY SERVICES - Filenews 29/9


A confirmed case of bird flu has been detected in the area of Athalassa Park.

According to the first information, it is a goose that was spotted by a woman in the previous days behaving in an abnormal way. The bird in question died the next day.

GIRGIS SAMY GIRGIS AWAD MISSING FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN AKAKI

GIRGIS SAMY GIRGIS AWAD MISSING FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN AKAKI - 29/9

The Police are asking for information that can help locate GIRGIS SAMY GIRGIS AWAD, 25 years old, who according to the complaint made on 28/09/2026, has been absent from his place of residence in Akaki, since 27/09/2026.

The 25-year-old is 1.70cm-1.75cm tall, with short black curly hair, dark skin colour, brown eyes and a short black beard.

Upon his departure, he was wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and white shorts.

Anyone who knows anything that can help locate him is kindly requested to contact the Morphou Police Department at 22802555 phone number or the nearest Police Station, or the Citizen's Line at 1460.

SNOOKER EXHIBITION with Tom Ford ''Mr Maximum' - Crazy Spoon Snooker & Pool Club- 6 November

 

SNOOKER EXHIBITION with Tom Ford ''Mr Maximum'

Crazy Spoon Snooker & Pool Club

6 November - 6.30pm start- doors open 5pm

Tickets €30 standard, VIP €50 - booking essential 99 048857

Buffet included.   

THE BROADCASTERS - The Hunter Bar, Tremithousa - 10 October

THE BROADCASTERS

The Hunter Bar, Tremithousa

10 October - from 7.30pm

Tickets €3 - order from Robin 99 258479

OLD SAILING MANUALS REVEAL HOW SAILORS HELPED CREATE A GLOBAL VIEW OF EARTH

OLD SAILING MANUALS REVEAL HOW SAILORS HELPED CREATE A GLOBAL VIEW OF EARTH - Cy Mail 27/9


EU-funded researchers have pored over centuries-old sailing manuals and ship logbooks to trace how sailors’ hard-won knowledge slowly built our modern view of a connected planet.

By Gareth Willmer

In September 1522, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe finally returned home. Of the five ships and 270 men that had set sail three years earlier under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, only one vessel and 18 survivors completed the journey. Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines and never made it back.