https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/carob-wars-suspected-in-car-arson-attack
Police are investigating an apparent arson in rural Limassol where a car was set on fire, with detectives turning their attention to a rather suspicious graffiti found nearby...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dead-fox-draped-over-street-sign-in-limassol
A photo of a dead fox hanging from a street sign has been shared with police, after the Animal Party Cyprus got word of the despicable act in rural Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-on-bicycle-dies-in-limassol-accident
An unidentified female on a bicycle was killed Monday evening when she was struck by a vehicle, which also crashed into a utility pole causing a blackout in a borough in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-accused-of-‘cooking-up-witnesses
A lawyer for a man acquitted in a drug trafficking case is calling on authorities to investigate evidence that emerged during his trial, citing unreliable witnesses getting cozy with police and violations of jailhouse protocol including late night birthday parties and consumption of illegal delicacies...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/local-leaders-arrested-in-asphalt-plant-demo
Two local community leaders in rural Nicosia were arrested on Tuesday after they physically blocked an earth digger that was prepping ground for an asphalt plant in the area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/lidl-continues-to-expand-its-stationary-trade-and-now-operates-more-than-12-000-stores-internationally
Lidl continues to expand its operation in Cyprus and is opening a new store in Limassol on Thursday, July 28. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-wanted-for-felony-after-visit-to-police-station
A foreign national who was called into a Nicosia police station to assist in an ongoing drug investigation in Larnaca ended up on the wanted list, after he was arrested on immigration charges and escaped while being driven to jail...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-arrested-in-suspected-racial-attack-in-nicosia
Nicosia police are investigating a possible racially-motivated attack downtown last Friday, with two young men arrested over the weekend after a foreign national said he was assaulted as he was walking home from work...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreign-tourist-goes-after-ayia-napa-police
A Chinese man living in London is seeking public support as he takes on the police in Ayia Napa, saying he was physically and verbally abused in a racially-motivated encounter during the pandemic and further alleging he was denied access to a lawyer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-seek-public-s-help-in-ledra-clash
Nicosia police are asking the public for help in identifying young men who appear in a video in connection with a downtown brawl last weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/i-had-warned-them-that-the-turks-were-getting-ready
It wasn't a matter of instinct, he didn't accidentally smell impending danger. The facts spoke for Alexandros Simioforidis and he could not ignore them. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-will-restart-gas-pipeline-to-europe-but-with-conditions
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled that Europe will start getting gas again through a key pipeline, but warned that unless a spat over sanctioned parts is resolved, flows will be tightly curbed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-upgraded-to-tier-1-in-us-trafficking-in-persons-report
The Ministry of Justice and Public Order has welcomed the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report for 2022 released on Tuesday noting the upgrade of Cyprus to Tier 1 status. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/top-position-in-luxury-car-sales-for-porsche-and-a-i-motokinisi-ltd-in-cyprus
Porsche Cyprus in a leading position in terms of sales in the first half of 2022...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/emergency-sirens-wake-up-divided-cyprus
People in Cyprus woke up to the sound of emergency sirens wailing across the island on Wednesday early morning, marking the anniversary of the Turkish Attila operation launched on 20 July 1974, a series of events remembered very differently by the divided nation’s two communities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/high-temperatures-and-wildfires-test-europe-s-patience-pictures
Firefighters have been battling several blazes in southern Europe for the past few days as the mercury soared, with scientists linking the very high temperatures to climate change....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/assailant-in-larnaca-video-denies-charges
A local man caught on video verbally and physically assaulting an asylum seeker who was holding her baby has been remanded in custody, but his lawyer says he was the one who called police in the first place...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/morning-sirens-to-mark-1974-coup-in-cyprus
Emergency sirens sounded on the island of Cyprus on Wednesday morning, as Greek Cypriots mark the anniversary of the military coup of 1974...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-say-they-are-very-sensitive-to-animal-abuse
The Cyprus Police are 'very sensitive' to issues involving abuse and mistreatment of animals, a spokesperson of the force told CNA on Wednesday following a report by an animal welfare organization that a complaint about an animal welfare case fell on deaf ears....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sri-lankan-president-flees-country-amid-devastating-economic-crisis
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday and hundreds of protesters stormed the prime minister's office demanding his ouster, as a people's uprising over a devastating economic crisis overwhelmed security forces....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mari-blast-a-tragic-reminder-of-the-states-duty-to-its-citizens
"The 11th of July, 2011, is a tragic reminder of the responsibilities of the state, but also of its obligations towards society," President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades said Monday at the memorial service for the 13 victims of the massive explosion at the naval base “Evangelos Florakis”, in Mari, on the southern coast of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-want-parents-help-combat-illegal-fireworks
Angry citizens in different districts across Cyprus have been calling police to complain over the use of illegal fireworks, with law enforcement saying the issue was complicated and society also had a role to play in curbing the unlawful activity...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cancellations-delays-and-strikes-which-destinations-are-the-most-affected
What to know and what to pay attention to those who are preparing to travel...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/presidential-elections-to-take-place-on-the-5th-of-february-2023
The upcoming presidential elections in Cyprus will take place on the 5th of February, 2023, the Ministry of Interior has announced....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/technical-school-students-convert-car-into-electric-vehicle
With €25,000 worth of funds donated by the Transport Ministry, students from the Technical School in Nicosia converted a 1971 VW Beetle into an electric vehicle and presented it to the Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eastmed-feasibility-study-hindered-due-to-turkey-s-harassment
The commercial viability study of the EastMed pipeline is not proceeding as planned because Turkey is "interfering with the Nautical Geo ship conducting environmental surveys," Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides told the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/petroleum-product-sales-up-by-34-oil-reserves-down-by-17-1
Total sales of petroleum products increased by 34% on an annual basis in May 2022, while total petroleum reserves decreased by 17.1% (18,020 tons) at the end of May 2022, compared to the end of May 2021....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fetal-medicine-specialist-dr-kypros-nicolaides-calls-us-ban-on-abortions-incredible
The US decision to ban abortions is incredible, said the world-renowned Cypriot scientist, Dr. Kypros Nicolaides, adding that efforts to overturn the decision may take an entire generation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/swiss-hotel-offers-sleepless-nights-to-ponder-the-world-s-problems
"I couldn't sleep," and "my room was too noisy," may be complaints hoteliers dread from guests, but for the Riklin brothers, that is the entire point of their latest 'zero-star hotel' art installation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/divided-cyprus-scrambles-as-fire-rages-in-the-north
Planes over divided Cyprus were fighting another day to put out the Kantara wildfire previously thought to have been under control, with reports overnight saying Turkish Cypriot authorities were evacuating local communities as the flames were spreading westwards...