https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-argues-with-officer-over-filming
A video showing a driver in Cyprus debating with a police officer has gone viral, raising once again questions over the rights of citizens to record video in public places...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/large-group-of-refugees-reaches-cyprus
A boat carrying over 120 refugees reached Cyprus on Wednesday, with reports saying most were Palestinians from Syria...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wispear-says-it-never-spied-on-cypriots
The company linked to an Israeli spy van in Cyprus has weighed in on media speculation following reports that it was spying illegally all over the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/armenian-genocide-resolution-hits-senate-wall
A US resolution that would have officially described atrocities against Armenians in 1915 as genocide has stopped dead in its tracks on Wednesday, following a meeting between the Turkish president and a senator...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/young-builder-falls-to-his-death
A young man was killed at a construction site in Limassol when he fell from scaffolding up on the fourth floor...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/slovakia-s-premier-cuts-cyprus-visit-short
Slovakia’s Premier Peter Pellegrini cut his official visit in Cyprus short due to a tragic accident in his country which resulted in the death of at least 13 people...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-has-‘wonderful-meeting-with-erdogan
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defense system, calling it a “very serious challenge” to bilateral ties, even though he described a meeting between the two leaders as “wonderful"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/battle-of-grievances-in-akamas-fire-aftermath
Wednesday’s fires have been put out in Akamas national park, leaving behind an enormous environmental disaster but also allegations against groups ranging from local dissenters to hunters from the east coast...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/six-countries-attend-nemesis-2019-multinational-exercise-in-cyprus-eez
Six countries participated on Wednesday in “Nemesis 2019”, a multinational Search & Rescue exercise, which was held in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus, under the general coordination of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-suspects-dissent-in-akamas-fires
The fire department has called for backup in fighting multiple blazes in Akamas and other areas, with the agriculture minister saying the fires “can’t be a coincidence” as government policies move forward...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-robs-limassol-hotel-in-wee-hours
Police are searching for a male suspect who reportedly punched a receptionist at a hotel in Limassol and managed to get away with 1000 euro...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rain-on-the-way-as-storm-nears-athens
Cyprus may not be in the direct path of developing storm “Victoria” currently approaching Greece but officials say rain is expected to disrupt a streak of unseasonably warm weather on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-rain-in-sight-as-temps-reach-30
A warm front is affecting areas over Cyprus, with temperature highs expected to reach 30 degrees on Monday and no rain in sight at least until midweek...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interior-minister-says-all-have-a-duty-to-preserve-cyprus-hard-fought-reputation
We all have a duty to preserve Cyprus’ good name, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday, adding that it took a lot of effort to reinstate the country’s fame under adverse circumstances....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/crete-hosts-medusa-9-military-training-exercise
Cyprus Defence Minister Savvas Angelides attended with his counterparts from Greece and Egypt the trilateral aeronautical military exercise “Medusa 9”, which took place in Crete...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/revenue-from-ship-management-dips
Ship management revenues decreased in the first half of 2019 by €5 million, according to the results of the Ship Management Survey for the first half of 2019, concerning the transactions of resident ship management companies published Wednesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/where-is-jho-low
There is plenty of speculation in the media over the whereabouts of fugitive financier Jho Low, with the Malaysian inspector general saying he could resort to “unorthodox methods” to get him back...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-plans-to-revoke-passports-after-uproar
Cyprus said on Wednesday that it had started a process to strip 26 individuals of citizenship they received under a secretive passports-for-investment scheme, admitting it had flaws...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-in-hospital-after-acid-attack
Police in Limassol have detained a local man who allegedly threw acid at his wife after the separated couple got into a heated argument...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-struck-on-highway-succumbs-to-injuries
A senior citizen succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, one month after he was struck on the highway as he was standing near his pickup truck...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-says-cyprus-has-turned-the-page-on-passports
Cyprus’s finance minister acknowledged on Tuesday that some mistakes were made in offering citizenship for investment after disclosures about beneficiaries triggered uproar on the Mediterranean island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-aborts-baby-alone-in-paphos
Police in Paphos are investigating the death of an embryo or fetus after neighbours called authorities to report “strange sounds” coming from a vacation rental of a young Scottish woman...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-hunters-shot-while-hunting-in-limassol
Police are on the lookout for a male suspect who shot and wounded two hunters on Wednesday in Limassol district...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-foreign-minister-bets-on-economic-diplomacy
Economic diplomacy is indispensable, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, adding the Foreign Ministry has elevated economic diplomacy to one of its top priorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unzipped-driver-arrested-for-indecent-exposure
Police arrested a middle-aged man on Wednesday evening after a teenage girl said he pulled his car over and exposed his genitals in front of her...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-build-case-following-vice-raid
A married couple has been remanded in custody in connection with their involvement in an illicit massage parlour business where foreign women worked part-time offering erotic services to male clients including handjobs...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/underage-girl-accuses-young-man-of-rape
A 20-year-old male from Paphos is facing criminal trial next month following allegations that he raped an underage girl, while another young man is being accused of sexually abusing a girl in her early teens...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/massage-parlours-raided-in-two-cities
Police say they have apprehended nine people in Nicosia and Limassol in connection with an investigation into sexual exploitation and human trafficking...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-expresses-displeasure-at-military-exercise-with-barrage-of-violations
Turkish fighter jets on Wednesday conducted a total of 70 airspace violations, which led to six overflights and five mock dogfights with Greek fighter jets....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inbound-plane-diverts-due-to-weather
A flight from Skopje was diverted to Paphos on Wednesday evening to weather the storm on the tarmac as a thunderstorm was passing through over Larnaca skies...
