Cypriot police

The United States and Cyprus said Tuesday they're formalizing their collaboration in fighting money laundering, sanctions evasion and other financial crimes with an agreement offering Cypriot law enforcement authorities US expertise.

At least four people have been hospitalized after Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants found aboard a rickety wooden boat some 55 kilometers (34 miles) off the island nation's southeastern tip, authorities said Wednesday.

They have been at sea for six days. 

Two Iranian citizens were arrested in November in Cyprus after allegedly planning attacks against Israelis, reported Kathimerini Cyprus on Sunday. 

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been conditionally released from custody in Cyprus and is to reappear in court on September 14, a Cypriot police official said on Wednesday.

Steinmetz was detained in Cyprus last week on a Romania-issued warrant.

The women were arrested at Larnaca airport and, according to Cypriot police, admitted to being paid between 700 and 1,000 euros to make the trip as 'fake brides' for non-EU nationals trying to secure residence in the bloc.

By Friday morning, Cypriot police had managed to track down 14 of the churchgoers who had taken part in an illegal service at Ayios Georgios Spileon Monastery in Limassol's Erimi village on Thursday, which soon turned into a fiasco as participants had locked themselves in rooms upon the sight of the police while some managed to escape.

A second-division soccer team in Cyprus condemned a "dangerous and cowardly" bombing attack early Friday on the car of the team's vice president.

Aris Limassol's board of directors said in a statement that it hopes the attack isn't connected to the recent upheaval within the sport following allegations of match-fixing and a brief referees' walkout.

Cypriot police have recovered the stolen ashes of a Swedish teenager after a man who said he accidentally stole the urn they were in phoned the family in Sweden, offering a tearful apology and directions to the missing container, the late teen's mother said Monday.

New information has emerged about a controversial spy van in Cyprus, with reports suggesting police may have known about its special capabilities in advance.
According to daily Politis, Cypriot police may have collaborated with an Israeli high-tech company on the island that offers surveillance services from the back of a multimillion euro converted spy vehicle.

Court proceedings against a 19 year-old British woman who faces a public nuisance charge for falsely accusing 12 Israelis of rape have been adjourned until August 27 in order to give her new legal team time to prepare their defense.