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541. Supreme Court stunned at lenient sentence

The Supreme Court has ruled that a suspended sentence for a man, who battered his girlfriend because she refused to have sex, was “exceptionally lenient” especially given his criminal past behaviour...

542. Ghosts of history

It’s quite tragic that, 75 years after the Greek civil war, we have reached the point where prominent resistance leader Aris Velouchiotis is a central “figure” in an electoral campaign....

543. Limassol high school upset over leaked video

A malicious fire at a Limassol high school and a parent-teacher confrontation made headlines on Thursday, one day after a leaked video showed a teacher striking a female student during a heated exchange...

544. Wanted man arrested on rape charges

Cops arrested a 24-year-old Paphos man who is accused of raping his ex girlfriend while he was wanted by police for allegedly committing the exact same crime a week earlier...

545. New IRA 'apologizes' for killing of Northern Ireland journalist

546. Death toll from Sri Lanka attacks rises sharply to 290

547. World War II exhibition opens in Nicosia

The exhibition “1940 | Faces and Images. Cyprus - Greece,” honouring the unseen heroes of World War II, a milestone moment for Cyprus and its people, was inaugurated last night at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation by the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades...

548. Woman says pal held her captive for months

A woman in Larnaca has been arrested following allegations that she was holding captive another senior citizen against her will and robbing her over six months, just after they two struck up a friendship...

549. Woman held captive runs to police

A woman in Paphos says she was being held captive by her ex boyfriend who was beating her until she managed to escape...

550. Somali women react to social services video

A group of women from Somalia are speaking out against treatment from state officials, just days after a video surfaced online showing a female refugee being forcefully removed from a social welfare office...

551. Bill pushes for police taser guns

A bill sponsored by the government aims to put taser guns in the hands of law enforcement officials, while also take away hunting rifles from criminals convicted of domestic violence...

552. Dementia patient rehoused after abuse allegations

Police are investigating possible domestic violence after a witness came forward alleging that an elderly woman with dementia was suffering abuse at the hands of her own relatives...

553. Five injured in far-right violence at graduation ceremony in Ptolemaida

Four police officers and a protester were slightly injured on Wednesday during clashes in Ptolemaida, northwestern Greece, when some 50-60 members of a far-right group tried to gatecrash a fire brigade academy graduation ceremony which was attended by Citizens’ Protection Minister Olga Gerovasili....

554. Student in mental hospital after school fight

A trade school student in Larnaca has been admitted to a mental health hospital after exchanging blows with another teen and two teachers who tried to break the fight...

555. Arrested mom says she would never hit baby boy

A woman who is accused of beating her 18-month-old son has denied the charges, while a judge ordered the child in state foster care until the trial in June...

556. Mother arrested on child battery allegations

A woman was arrested over the weekend on child battery charges, after a neighbour said the mother beat up her 18-month-old child...

557. Our View: Auditor’s actions lack moral compass

558. Man accused of sexually molesting stepdaughter

A man from Limassol accused of sexually molesting his 17-year-old stepdaughter is in remanded custody until his criminal trial in March...

559. Greece after Prespes

Despite having generated intense confrontation between political parties and painful division in Greek society, the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was ultimately endorsed by Parliament....

560. Cyprus welcomes British statement on treatment of EOKA fighters

561. EOKA veterans settle out of court

The British government and the EOKA fighters, who were seeking damages related to torture claims back in the 1950’s, have reached a settlement out of court...

562. The perils of extreme behavior

563. Prespes: The rally, the raw numbers, and the day after

564. Man accused of pushing wife off balcony

Nicosia police are investigating an attempted murder in Aglandjia, in a case where a man is being accused of pushing his wife off the balcony...

565. Tsipras wins confidence vote paving the way for Prespes deal

566. Woman fined for racist and xenophobic comments on Facebook

567. UN asks Australia to consider resettling Saudi woman who fled family

568. Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector to be jailed

569. State takes kids away from two mothers

Three children have been placed in state foster care when a 13-year-old boy called police after midnight on Christmas Day to say he was left alone to babysit...

570. An attack against freedom of the press