https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-to-take-up-resolution-on-soviet-famine-in-ukraine
Cypriot House Speaker Annita Demetriou told her Ukrainian counterpart over the weekend that Turkey ought not to assume any mediator role in international conflicts, as Kiev continues to call on EU capitals to stay the course against Russia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-suspect-foul-play-in-cryptic-disappearance-case
A local man who did time in a US prison and is also being accused of bitcoin theft in Cyprus has turned himself in, but he is reportedly not answering questions about the disappearance of a man whose torched vehicle was found in rural Nicosia last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/raab-resigns-oliver-dowden-takes-his-place-as-deputy-prime-minister
British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned from the government on Friday after an independent report found he had bullied officials, the latest scandal to force out one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's top ministers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-whistleblower-s-whereabouts-in-cyprus-unknown
The whereabouts of an Israeli professor, whose arrest in Cyprus and subsequent explosive allegations against Hunter Biden made headline news in February, were said to be unknown after he failed to report to a local police station during an ongoing legal battle for his extradition to the United States...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/whistleblower-suspicious-of-biden-s-cyprus-trip-in-2014
A former White House stenographer is accusing US President Joe Biden of committing crimes a decade ago in connection with Ukraine and Cypriot-registered gas company Burisma, while also raising suspicions over a private dinner in Limassol back in 2014...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-questions-sanctions-against-‘russian-enablers
The Cyprus Bar Association is taking up the issue of new sanctions imposed by Washington and London, saying the latest measures against ‘Russian enablers’ unfairly target Cypriot firms’ past actions that were totally legal...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-grapples-with-severe-stomach-pain-in-jail
Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition politician, is grappling with severe stomach pain in jail that could be some sort of slow-acting poison, his spokeswoman said on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kaili-to-go-home-after-denying-all-charges
Greek MEP Eva Kaili, the former European Parliament vice president accused of corruption, is said to be released from custody while still facing charges, with her lawyers saying he would not admit to crimes she did not commit...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/two-cypriots-sanctioned-by-uk-over-links-to-russian-oligarchs
The British government has added two Cypriots to its sanctions list due to their professional connections with Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Aliyev Ushmanov. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/major-fuel-companies-accused-of-violating-competition-law-in-cyprus
Today, the Cyprus Association of Petrol and Liquid Fuels Distributors filed a complaint against four major fuel companies: Petrolina, EKO Cyprus, Coral Energy Products Cyprus, and ExxonMobil Cyprus. The complaint accuses these companies of violating the Competition Protection Law of 2022....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-children-s-commissioner-rejects-icc-allegations
Russia's commissioner for children's rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/u-s-reporter-arrested-and-accused-of-spying-in-russia
Russia on Thursday charged an American correspondent for the Wall Street Journal with spying, in a case certain to escalate Moscow's diplomatic feud with Washington over the war in Ukraine and likely to further isolate Russia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukrainian-gets-half-year-in-russian-knife-attack
A Ukrainian woman in Cyprus who carried out a knife assault against a group of Russians last year has been sentenced to six months in prison on common assault after being acquitted on more serious charges of incitement to hatred and violence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-report-harsh-conditions-in-cyprus-prisons
The US State Department's Human Rights in Cyprus 2022 report highlights significant human rights issues in Cyprus. The report states that there were credible reports of harsh conditions in prisons and detention centers, particularly for asylum seekers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cliff-death-boyfriend-vindicated-after-police-backtrack
A man who reported the cliff death of his girlfriend but became suspect based on a controversial forensic report walked free on Friday, after official results of a second autopsy rejected the investigators’ premeditated murder theory and stirred up debate on how Cyprus Police investigate cases...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-accuses-woman-of-being-russian-spy
Greece’s National Intelligence Service is accusing a shop owner in Athens of being a Kremlin asset, as security services throughout Europe have been cracking down on alleged Russian spies dubbed the 'illegals'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/expert-says-cliff-death-accident-story-checks-out
Cyprus Police are rolling back statements on a murder investigation in the cliff death of a Ukrainian woman, after a private forensic examiner tasked by the suspect announced to the media that his client’s version of events about a tragic accident checked out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-accused-of-cutting-internet-to-taiwan
China has been accused of cutting the internet to one of Taiwan's outlying islands as part of its latest intimidation tactic to force reunification....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-landmark-sex-trafficking-case-falls-flat
A high-profile trafficking case where airport police officers were accused of turning a blind eye on an illegal prostitution ring drew to a close this week, with most defendants acquitted including a cop whose guilt was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/airlines-and-iata-to-take-legal-action-for-flight-reductions-at-schiphol
The government of the Netherlands may be facing legal action related to their recent decision to reduce the number of annual flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to 460,000 from November 2023, which is eight percent lower than the current flight cap....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dispatch-audio-reveals-human-error-in-train-collision
A train station master in Greece has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a deadly rail collision, while video of the fireball and dispatcher audio dialogues moments before the crash have been made public...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-cabinet-takes-shape-in-cyprus
Members of the new President’s Cabinet in the Republic of Cyprus were sworn in on Wednesday in Nicosia, as the Christodoulides administration took shape with many new faces but also former ministers and a Greek pop star...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/expert-blames-culture-for-elder-mistreatment-in-cyprus
Reports of elder mistreatment are piling up in the Republic of Cyprus, after a viral photo of a female patient on a hospital bed drew public condemnation and started a clash between health officials, with additional reports emerging about youths terrorizing senior citizens who live alone...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dog-farm-owner-rejects-abuse-claims-after-video
A distressing video showing dogs confined on a farm in rural Nicosia has drawn criticism and caused concern on social media, with the owner rushing to dismiss abuse allegations and saying he was not aware of the latest tethering laws...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-arrested-in-cyprus-drops-bombshell-biden-claim
A professor from Israel, who was arrested in Cyprus on a US warrant, says his prosecution is politically motivated and further alleges that the Justice Department is trying to discredit him over dirt he has on Hunter Biden’s deals with China...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-removes-ban-on-vindicated-norwegian-dad
An appeals court in Norway has vindicated a man who says his daughter was abducted twice by her Greek Cypriot mother and authorities on the island did nothing to help, with the news raising questions about judicial irregularities and further prompting Nicosia to take down an Interpol arrest warrant that had essentially prevented him from visiting Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/i-m-in-love-with-you-you-re-a-threat-the-strange-responses-of-bing-a-i
At the very least, the responses provided by Bing (or Bing A.I.), Microsoft's new artificial intelligence chatbot integrated into the search engine of the same name, are concerning....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-minister-upset-after-illegal-dump-incident
Environmental inspectors who went to an illegal dump in Limassol to probe allegations of waste management irregularities ended up fearing for their lives, prompting the environment minister to admit the state has been unable to deal with lawlessness...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rescuers-work-through-night-as-hopes-fade-for-survivors
Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-ten-day-stretch-that-ended-disy-s-crisis
When Averof Neophytou's disqualification from the second round was locked in on Sunday night, he made sure to call his two rival candidates in time to congratulate them on their victory. ...