LIMASSOL Top Stories

Cyprus faces backlash over use of British bases to bomb Houthis
Demonstrators shout slogans and hold placards, condemning Israel's military operations inside the Gaza strip, outside the entrance of RAF Akrotiri, near southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024.
AP / Petros Karadjias
2024-01-21, The Observer
The Cyprus government is facing growing criticism over British military bases on the island being used by UK and US forces to stage airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi...
French President Macron opens Gaza aid conference with appeal to Israel to protect civilians
An Israeli armored personnel carrier and a tank are seen next to destroyed buildings during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.
AP / Ohad Zwigenberg
2023-11-09, North Shore News
PARIS (AP) — French PresidentEmmanuel Macron opened a Gaza aid conference on Thursday with an appeal for Israel to protect civilians, saying that “all lives have equal...
Hong Kong-based Q9 Wins Approval To Run Crypto Services In Dubai
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin network visualization, Purple
Creative Commons / Davidstankiewicz
2022-10-28, Bitcoinist
The Hong Kong-based crypto investment firm Q9 Capital secures its provisional license from the VARA regulatory to operate in the UAE. The platform joins the list of other...
Cyprus ready to host football world2024-05-18
CyprusMail: With the Uefa Under-17 Championship set to begin on Monday, Cyprus is for the first time about to host a major football tournament. A total of 31 football matches will take place between Monday and the final on June 5, with 16 young international teams set to...
Drugs and an outstanding warrant were discovered for a man who tried to escape police inspection2024-05-18
Philenews: Last night, the Police arrested a 26-year-old man to facilitate the investigation of an ongoing case of infliction of serious bodily harm, committed in Limassol last February. The arrest was eventful, as it was preceded by a pursuit of the vehicle driven by...
Cyprus was inhabited earlier than previously thought2024-05-18
CyprusMail: Cyprus may have been inhabited long before was previously thought, according to a new study. The study, carried out by researchers at the Flinders University in the Australian city of Adelaide, led by Professor CoreyBradshaw, showed analysis of archaeological...
Cyprus athletes secure gold and silver medals at International Athletics Meeting in Limassol2024-05-18
CNA: Cyprus athletes secured three gold and three...
Man arrested three months after attack, heroin found in car2024-05-18
CyprusMail: Police in Limassol arrested a 26-year-old man on Friday night, three months after he had allegedly attacked someone, causing serious...
Police conducting ‘intensive investigations’ into hooligan shenanigans2024-05-18
CyprusMail: The police said on Saturday they are conducting “intensive investigations” into a hooligan tit-for-tat which took place on Thursday night in Limassol. CCTV footage...
Limassol’s Propeller Club launch2024-05-18
Ekathimerini: The first Propeller Club event in Limassol convened shipping industry executives and institutional officials, marking a significant milestone in maritime cooperation. Part of the International...
Turkish Cypriot leader condemns political exploitation of Mosque vandalism2024-05-17
CyprusMail: The representative of the Turkish Cypriots residing in Limassol and head of the Tzentit mosque Ayhan Mehmet on Thursday said the acts of vandalism carried out at the Albanian mosque in Limassol, whose walls were found defaced with graffiti earlier this week,...
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The RE:SOURCE 2.0 exhibition announces list of artists2024-05-17
Philenews: The second edition of the environmental art exhibition RE:SOURCE produced by the non-profit charity CityFriends Club in collaboration with the curatorial team ARTNOW, will feature over 30 Cyprus and international artists. All the participants were carefully...
RE:SOURCE 2.0 exhibition announces list of artists2024-05-17
Philenews: The second edition of the environmental art exhibition RE:SOURCE produced by the non-profit charity CityFriends Club in collaboration with the curatorial team ARTNOW, will feature over 30 Cyprus and international artists. All the participants were carefully...
Limassol mosque vandalism being “exploited to create tensions,” says T/C official2024-05-17
Philenews: Ayhan Mehmet, the representative of Turkish Cypriots residing in Limassol and the official of the Jedit Mosque, has dismissed claims that recent vandalism at the mosque was a religiously motivated attack. Speaking to philenews, Mehmet clarified that the...
OPAP Cyprus 3×3 Series in Nicosia completed successfully2024-05-17
CyprusMail: Eleftheria Indoor Stadium hosted the first installment of the OPAPCyprus 3×3 Series 2024, over the May 11-12 weekend. Organisers 3on3 Cyprus LTD and the Cyprus Basketball Federation met audience and participant expectations by organising another...
Lemesos 2030 ‘Out There Together’ event coming in June2024-05-17
CyprusMail: Seven curated walks across the city of Limassol will constitute the very essence of the open-to-the-public collaborative event “Out ThereTogether”, to be held over June 14-16, 2024, organised by Lemesos 2030. At times focusing on the sociohistorical aspect of...