Cyprus police search for five missing individuals

Cyprus authorities have issued public appeals for the location of five individuals who went missing between October 7 and October 8, 2026. The missing persons are Kyriakos Charalambous, 33, from Paphos; Ganeva Venelina, 42, from Deryneia; Emiliyan Yordanov, 17, from Nicosia; a 16-year-old girl named Sotiroula, also from Nicosia; and Ayse Radzep Ahmet, 18, from Nicosia.

Police reports state that Kyriakos Charalambous disappeared from his home in Kouklia on the morning of October 7. Ganeva Venelina, a Bulgarian national, also went missing on the morning of October 7 from her residence in Deryneia. In Nicosia, 17-year-old Emiliyan Yordanov, another Bulgarian national, was last seen at 3:00 p.m. on October 7. Additionally, 16-year-old Sotiroula was reported missing in Nicosia on October 7, and 18-year-old Ayse Radzep Ahmet, a Bulgarian national, was reported missing on the same day.

Law enforcement agencies, including the Paphos CID, Deryneia Police Station, and Nicosia CID, are coordinating the search efforts. The public has been urged to provide any relevant information by contacting the respective stations or the Citizen's Hotline at 1460. Investigations into the disappearances are ongoing as police continue to seek the public's cooperation in locating all five individuals.