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Turkish Cypriot police interrogated a group of protesting Greek Cypriots on Tuesday morning. The incident happened as the group was waiting on Glossa beach in Famagusta for the arrival of European Parliament lawmakers on fact-finding mission to the area that...

Cypriot police questioned several foreign citizens over the weekend and Monday in the Famagusta area, after they were found selling laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Early Monday morning, one British man, a Hungarian woman and a Romanian man were arrested selling laughing gas, a pharmaceutical product, without...

Police Chief Michalis Papageorgiou has been fired in the wake of Wednesday’s night’s violent protest by a far-right group at an event being attended by former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in Limassol. President Nicos Anastasiades informed Police Chief...

Over the last two years, there has been an increase in prostitution rings from Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, head of the police anti-trafficking unit, Rita Superman said yesterday, Cyprus Mail reported. Also more Cypriot women are also being driven into...

Three Greek Cypriot police officers were detained by Turkish troops yesterday after they entered the buffer zone near the village of Dhali while chasing a Turkish Cypriot vehicle whose driver failed to stop for a check. The incident happened at...

A police officer in Cyprus has been detained for alleged involvement with a gang suspected of forcing dozens of Chinese immigrants to work as prostitutes. Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said a court on Thursday ordered the officer - a chief...

The Turkish Cypriot administration has opposed a proposal by Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades for the deployment of 2,500 EU police officers to operate in divided Cyprus, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The proposal says that the European Union police force...

Police on Cyprus said they have uncovered a counterfeit money printing gang consisting of Turkish and Greek Cypriots, who had $24 million of fake dollars in possession, Hurriyet Daily News reported. During an operation, police said they seized 352 fake...

The man accused in the killing a Cypriot protester in August of 1996 was seen standing proudly next to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to the occupied territories last weekend. Kenan Akin, who was Minister of Agriculture...

A British woman who claimed she was gang-raped in Cyprus was arrested herself on Sunday on suspicion of making a false accusation, as police released seven Israeli tourists from their custody. The 19-year-old woman had claimed that twelve Israeli teenagers raped...

Kypros Michaelides apologized on Tuesday on behalf of the Cypriot police to the families of the victims of Nicos Metaxas, the admitted serial killer from Cyprus. The new chief of the Cypriot Police Force made his apology during the official ceremony on Tuesday...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades appointed Kypros Michaelides as the new police chief of the country and Stylianos Papatheodorou as the new deputy chief of the police force, on Monday. Michaelides has served as deputy chief under...

  Cyprus' chief of police Zacharias Chrysostomou was sacked by President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday over his force’s failure to properly investigate missing persons reports. The missing women turned out to be the victims of Cyprus' first serial killer. This comes...

The Cypriot Government has had filed a protest to the United Nations over the detention of a Cypriot fishing vessel and its crew by the Turkish occupation forces. “The Government has made strong representations to the United Nations” Government Spokesman...

On Friday Greek Cypriots deepened their military ties with Greece and Israel during a Trilateral Defence Summit. Following the meeting, the ministers issued a joint statement saying that they look forward to enhancing "trilateral defence collaboration for the mutual benefit...