https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/irish-student-s-ayia-napa-death-shocks-community-back-home
There are still questions over the death of a young Irish national in Ayia Napa, who appears to have fallen to his death early Sunday, sending shockwaves in his local community back home...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/girl-electrocuted-after-touching-live-wire-in-paphos
A 6-year-old girl in Paphos was electrocuted when she touched an electric live wire that had been left hanging from an EAC utility pole...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-found-guilty-of-abusing-man-in-custody
The Republic of Cyprus will have to pay €25,000 to a Canadian citizen, following a decision by the European Court of Human Rights that found he was abused while in police custody and authorities did not carry out an effective investigation into his complaint...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/case-on-hold-against-doctor-points-to-cover-up
An internal probe of a senior doctor at one of the state’s public hospitals has been on the back burner for over a year, with reports suggesting a cover up...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-tourist-found-dead-in-water-off-nissi-beach
The body of a Russian tourist vacationing in Cyprus was found Sunday morning off the coast in Ayia Napa, with authorities receiving a missing person report hours later...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biker-dies-after-collision-with-bus-in-larnaca
A Larnaca resident died in an accident on Friday night, when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a bus under circumstances that are still under investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-mayor-sticks-to-his-guns-in-turkish-cypriot-property-saga
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos is dismissing a response issued by the Interior Ministry regarding the latest Turkish Cypriot property saga, while reiterating allegations he made about favouritism and criminal activity in his town...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fire-breaks-out-after-car-slams-into-nicosia-supermarket
A fire broke out at a supermarket after a vehicle slammed into the entrance of the building, with the driver getting out safely seeking help...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-prison-employees-condemn-attacks-on-colleagues
Greece’s Federation of Prison Employees has condemned what it said was another instance of violence against colleagues at the Diavata penitentiary near Thessaloniki....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trial-of-ex-deputy-police-chief-can-go-forward
The Supreme Court has ruled that an independent report should be handed over to the defence team of the former deputy chief of police, who is facing charges in connection with the leaking of information in the Ayia Napa mob killings of 2016...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-minister-calls-for-special-task-force
Organised parents and teachers met with the education minister to discuss safety and health issues in public schools, but union representatives did not take part during talks over teacher evaluations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-officials-gives-list-to-cyprus-central-bank
Officials from the US Department of Treasury have asked authorities in Cyprus to scrutinize a number of personal accounts, following a recent visit to the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biker-on-road-trip-dies-in-paphos-collision
The holiday weekend turned deadly for a 33-year-old aircraft engineer, who died on his way to enjoy an outing with friends when his motorcycle collided head on with a car on a main road east of Paphos...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/film-producer-weinstein-to-surrender-on-sex-assault-charges
Film producer Harvey Weinstein was expected to surrender to authorities in New York on Friday, months after he was toppled from Hollywood’s most powerful ranks by scores of women accusing him of sexual assault, a person familiar with the case said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/complaints-against-police-remain-a-challenge
The special task force looking into complaints against the police is having a tough time investigating cases, primarily due to lack of funding but also possible conflicts of interest...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/white-house-bars-democrats-from-seeing-classified-documents
Two Republican lawmakers, and no Democrats, are expected to attend a meeting scheduled for Thursday to review classified information relating to US President Donald Trump’s suggestion the FBI might have used an informant to gather information on his 2016 election campaign...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-accuses-police-of-double-standards-in-waitress-death
Police are scrambling to move an investigation forward that left a 24-year-old waitress dead in Nicosia, with the family’s lawyer accusing cops of double standards...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rift-between-teachers-and-minister-gets-bigger
Organised teachers are up in arms over the education minister’s comments during a probe in the aftermath of a school boy’s death, when he asked union educators to stay away from the investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/opposition-parties-walk-out-of-novartis-debate
Lawmakers of the opposition walked out of a parliamentary debate on Friday ahead of a vote on whether to request the prosecution of 10 prominent politicians named in a bribery scandal involving Swiss drugs manufacturer Novartis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teacher-in-stavros-school-under-investigation
An internal probe into a ‘problem teacher in connection with the fatal injury of a 10-year-old student has angered union teachers, who visited the school premises while their colleagues were talking to investigators...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-killed-in-two-road-accidents-on-same-night
Three people were killed in two separate collisions Thursday night, with two victims dying in a head on-collision on Paphos-Polis road and another biker in Limassol slamming into a car driven by a man under the influence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/post-grenfell-review-finds-uk-s-building-regulations-system-broken
A government review ordered after the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 71 people in London in June last year has found that Britain’s buildings regulation system is broken, but has stopped short of recommending an outright ban on combustible cladding...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-calls-on-doctors-to-stand-with-him
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou held a press conference to address criticism over his actions and ask state doctors to pay no attention to those who oppose reform in the industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-state-medics-plead-not-guilty
The two Larnaca doctors, who are facing charges of gross negligence in the death of a 10-year-old school boy, pleaded not guilty on Thursday and were set free on bail until their trial in September...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-reimbursed-attorney-who-paid-off-porn-star
President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time in an ethics disclosure that he repaid more than $100,000 to former personal attorney Michael Cohen, renewing questions about Trump’s ties to porn star Stormy Daniels...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-admit-handcuffing-larnaca-doctors-was-not-necessary
Police say handcuffing the two ER doctors in the aftermath of the school boy’s death ‘could have been avoided’ while adding that their focus remains the investigation of the serious incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doctors-strike-but-there-are-cracks-in-their-united-front
State doctors are going forward with a two-hour work stoppage in public hospitals to protest what they call “unworkable conditions” but there are already cracks in their united front...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/six-greek-bank-staff-linked-to-gang-that-netted-€2-7-million-from-safe-deposit-boxes
Six bank employees are being charged as members of a criminal ring believed to have netted more than €2.7 million in cash and valuables from safe deposit boxes of a branch of National Bank in Thessaloniki over a period of 17 years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stavros-death-could-be-turning-point-in-health-debate
The state is footing the bill for the funeral of 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis, whose death from a traumatic brain injury resulted in the arrest of two doctors and reopened the health debate in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doctorts-clash-with-minister-following-boy-s-death
State doctors say working conditions are to blame for the death of a school boy that led to the arrest of two emergency medics, with the health minister describing the connection as “most unfortunate” as the incident is under three separate investigations...
