https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pournara-camp-lockdown-measures-to-be-scrapped-monday
The Interior Ministry announced Friday that lockdown measures at the Pournara camp for refugees and asylum seekers will be scrapped on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-use-tear-gas-at-migrant-camp
Police officers responded with tear gas at a group of migrants at the Pournara camp in rural Nicosia, as the debate over detaining asylum seekers continues on Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/karayiannis-guarded-quarantines-might-be-required-due-to-over-relaxation
The public must continue to show caution and to take all suggested personal protection measures, health advisory committee member Petros Karayiannis said Thursday, noting that the over-relaxation being observed in Cyprus must stop....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-urged-to-provide-trafficking-victims-free-legal-aid
The human trafficking arm of Europe's top human rights body is expressing concern over Cyprus' failure to grant free legal aid and expertise to trafficking victims during criminal proceedings....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brother-denies-manslaughter-in-sister-s-death
The young man who shot and killed his sister in Larnaca pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges on Thursday, admitting only malicious act charges for cutting his sister’s car brakes...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drug-suspect-bites-cop-during-traffic-stop
Police officers have arrested two suspects on drug possession, with one of them also facing assault charges after he bit a drug squad agent on the hand...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-blocks-another-boat-due-to-coronavirus
A video showing a Republic of Cyprus coast guard vessel pursuing a boat of undocumented migrants has emerged, with police saying they blocked the boat due to the coronavirus crisis...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-nervous-over-non-compliant-citizens
Health officials in the Republic of Cyprus have another battle to fight as the island tries to emerge out of the pandemic, with officials having to chase down people who fail to self-isolate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/special-needs-home-has-close-call-with-fire
Thirteen people were evacuated on Tuesday during a fire at a special needs residential facility in Larnaca, with officials saying a slight delay from first responders could have been deadly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-urge-caution-after-32-businesses-booked
After 32 food and drink spots were fined for violating health and safety protocols over the long weekend, police on Tuesday urged caution, highlighting that bars and restaurants are obliged to fully comply with the Health Ministry’s latest decree governing their operation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protaras-club-ignores-covid-19-decrees-faces-suspension-of-operation
Police on Tuesday are expected to request from the Famagusta District Court that it suspends the operation of a Protaras club that operated through the long weekend, stacking up several cases of violations of coronavirus decrees....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-antenna-goes-up-in-flames
Police in Limassol are investigating whether an early morning fire on a cell phone antenna was in fact arson, following a number of other similar incidents...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/roommate-arrested-on-attempted-murder
Police arrested a man on attempted murder charges following an incident in rural Nicosia, after his roommate showed up at a private hospital with an abdominal stab wound...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-vow-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-paphos-incident
A Paphos judge ordered six men and two women in remanded custody for four days following their arrest on charges of public nuisance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boy-extremely-critical-after-beach-accident
A young boy died Monday night, hours after he was pulled out of the water and rushed to the Emergency Room following an incident at a Limassol beach on Monday, with reports saying the person who spotted the child was none other than the Nicosia mayor...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/downtown-clashes-continue-in-cyprus
Police officers have been busy over the weekend with public incidents in two districts, with a number of arrests taking place in Paphos and three people ending up in hospital in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-criminalises-prostitution-in-cyprus
A proposed legislation making paid sex a crime in the Republic of Cyprus is drawing criticism, after the country’s left wing declared the female body is not for sale and cannot be bought...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-jailed-in-another-ayia-napa-rape-case
A man has been sentenced to eight years for the rape of a young British woman, who said she was raped after being driven in a dark remote area outside Ayia Napa last year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mid-teen-caught-driving-on-the-highway
A boy in his mid teens was caught driving on the highway Thursday night, with police discovering a number of items including a fist-load weapon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/handymen-wanted-in-paphos-home-larceny
Two residence maintenance workers are wanted by police in connection with an investigation into stolen money from a holiday home in Paphos...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-calls-for-videotaping-police-interrogations
The House is looking into legislation that would make mandatory the videotaping of custodial interrogations, a move that would allow the Republic of Cyprus to join other modern states in the way suspects are being treated by police...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lockdown-defying-bishops-off-the-hook
Two local bishops who were facing charges in connection with violation of public health laws during the pandemic lockdown are off the hook, with state prosecution reportedly lacking clear and convincing evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-ask-ag-to-not-prosecute-220-people-fined-for-violating-decrees
The three-member committee set up by the police to examine complaints filed by the public involving fines issued for violations of coronavirus decrees suggested to the Attorney-General that 220 of the total 10,400 people booked are not prosecuted....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-jailed-for-threatening-to-torch-building
A man who threatened to set a building on fire near at a government office complex in Nicosia has been sentenced to ten months in prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-caught-in-women-home-alone-attacks
Police have apprehended a suspect in connection with two incidents back in January, when two women said an unknown man attacked them in their own apartments...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-condemns-vandalism-at-limassol-mosque
Limassol police are investigating an incident of vandalism at Koprulu mosque, after gasoline bombs were thrown at the building and graffiti found spray-painted on the outer fence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biker-dies-after-car-cuts-him-off
A local biker from Limassol was killed in a road accident on Monday after he crashed into a vehicle that crossed the road and blocked his way...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-to-make-massive-purchase-for-riot-police-equipment
Greece is planning purchases worth millions of euros to equip the Hellenic Police’s (ELAS) riot force with shields, helmets, uniforms, bullet-proof vests and other supplies, including large quantities of tear gas, in anticipation of a fresh push on the northeastern border with Turkey by undocumented migrants and refugees trying to force their way into the European Union....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-police-vague-over-clues-in-downtown-deaths
Police continue to search for clues in connection with the death of two foreign nationals in downtown Nicosia on Sunday, with investigators not ruling out double murder or murder-suicide...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-attacked-by-gang-in-limassol
A man was sent to the Emergency Room after an attack in Limassol on Sunday, with police arresting two of his friends and searching for seven other suspects...