https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/latest-boatload-of-refugees-prompts-cabinet-meeting
Twenty presumptive refugees, mainly women and children, arrived in the Republic of Cyprus on Monday, prompting a partial Cabinet meeting on Tuesday in the wake of recent undocumented arrivals...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-jihadist-facing-extradition-to-guantanamo
The US government is requesting for the “Beatles of ISIS” squad, one of them of Cypriot origin, to be moved to Guantanamo Bay, a move that could p[ossibly make them eligible for the death penalty...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bulgarian-man-dies-five-days-after-road-accident
A 42-year-old man from Bulgaria died in hospital on Thursday, five days after he was struck by a vehicle in Limassol as he was trying to cross the road in the evening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-refugees-picked-up-in-nicosia-and-paphos
About 30 refugees on foot were picked up in the last 24 hours in Nicosia and Paphos, with authorities trying to ascertain the circumstances under which they reached the Republic of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-trustee-says-co-op-sapped-with-impunity
Investigators in the probe into the collapse of credit unions in Cyprus heard testimony this week that political parties endorsed a sense of impunity among bank officials...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-roads-close-as-teachers-march
Traffic police say there will be road closures in Nicosia on Tuesday late afternoon due to a scheduled teacher demonstration where thousands of educators are expected to join...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-martial-takes-over-stavrovouni-commando-s-case
A military commando officer, who was arrested last week following the discovery of hidden weapons and explosives in Stavrovouni, is being court-martialed in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mueller-has-one-more-day-to-decide-on-cyprus-counts
US special counsel Robert Mueller has until Wednesday to decide whether to retry Paul Manafort on charges involving Cyprus accounts that failed to yield a conviction after a holdout juror...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-in-trunk-tried-to-cross-checkpoint-illegally
Two men have been arrested at the Agios Dhometios checkpoint when officials discovered one of them hiding in the boot of a car in an attempt to cross into the south illegally...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ozersay-accuses-south-of-putting-the-clamps-on-north
A Turkish Cypriot top official has accused the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus of unfairly targeting the shipping industry and universities in the north at a time when there are calls for better relations between the two communities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-seeks-legal-input-in-browder-case
Nicosia has to make a final decision on whether authorities can legally cooperate with Russia in the Browder case, following a court ruling in early August opened the door for judicial assistance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/demolitions-of-illegal-homes-to-begin-in-mid-september
Demolitions of homes that were destroyed in last month’s wildfires are to continue next week while work to knock down properties that have been illegally built on forestland or coastlines is expected to start in the middle of September.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fresh-calls-for-migrants-to-be-moved-from-aegean-islands
Authorities on the eastern Aegean islands have renewed calls on the central government to relocate hundreds of migrants to the mainland as their population on Lesvos, Chios and Samos has risen to 16,334 from 10,349 this time last year. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fingerprint-match-on-uk-murder-suspect
Charles ‘Charlie’ Riddington, the UK murder suspect who was apprehended Monday by Turkish Cypriot authorities, will remain in custody up to a month following a fingerprint match...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/west-nile-infections-rising-in-greece
The spread of the West Nile virus in Greece is reaching alarming levels, with the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) reporting 107 cases that have resulted in 11 deaths so far this year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-of-25-year-old-who-died-in-athens-park-during-mugging-slams-pm
The mother of the 25-year-old man who died last week after falling off a cliff onto rocks on Philopappou Hill following a mugging has written an open letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, related ministries and Athens municipal authorities, blaming them for failing to boost security at the popular Athens park....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/amid-aid-delays-to-fire-victims-nd-leader-visits-mati
A month after the disastrous wildfires on the outskirts of Attica that claimed the lives of 96 people and destroyed dozens of homes and thousands of hectares of land, the government approved additional aid for victims, as Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis conducted separate visits to Mati, the coastal settlement east of the capital where dozens died....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-release-video-of-burglary-suspect
Police are asking the public for help in tracking down a person of interest in connection with a house burglary ten days ago in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-travel-adaptor-could-electrocute-someone
Cyprus authorities warn the public over an electrical travel adaptor, saying it fails to comply with safety guidelines and could cause electric shock, just weeks after a similar warning was issued on another device...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/commando-officer-arrested-for-stashing-explosives
An army commando officer with Cyprus Special Forces was placed under arrest in connection with an accidental discovery of a small arsenal stashed away in Stavrovouni...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-puts-team-together-to-save-gas-agreement
The Cyprus government is willing to renegotiate terms with an energy consortium, following concerns on the part of companies that worry new developments and low gas prices would render a current deal not profitable...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ngo-says-asylees-can-t-cope-in-cyprus
A human rights group is calling on authorities to do more to help asylum applicants in Cyprus, saying rules governing financial aid are “racist and inhuman” five years post economic crisis...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/koniordou-calls-for-intensification-of-talks-on-return-of-parthenon-marbles
Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou has sent a letter to British authorities asking for an intensification of talks for the return to Greece of the Parthenon Marbles, which are housed at the British Museum....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-murder-suspect-arrested-in-the-north
A murder suspect has been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police in the north following a tip by Interpol, in connection with the fatal stabbing outside a gym in London...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/remains-of-seven-people-identified-in-athalassa
The Republic of Cyprus has identified seven bodies that were buried in 1974 and recently unearthed during excavations of human remains at Nicosia’s Athalassa hospital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/refugees-picked-up-along-a-nicosia-road
Over a dozen refugees were picked up Monday morning while walking along a rural area outside Nicosia, about nine kilometres west of the Kokkinotrimithia refugee camp...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-ups-pressure-on-eu-migration-policy
Nicosia is pushing for a single EU migration policy that would make refugee redistribution not only mandatory but also relative to population sizes of member states...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourist-dies-during-boat-outing-in-protaras
Authorities are puzzled over the death and identity of a 28-year-old British tourist, who lost consciousness during a boat outing in Konnos bay...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-extradites-egyptian-hijacker
The lawyer of Egyptian hijacker Mostafa Emam, who was extradited by Cyprus authorities after he withdrew his case with the European Court of Human Rights, says her client gave up after succumbing to pressure in a Nicosia prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-turkish-tensions-add-to-regional-risk
US-Turkish relations have never been easy to manage. But the current standoff between Washington and Ankara is striking, even by the standards of an historically difficult relationship....
