https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-cypriots-choose-leader-as-cyprus-talks-reboot-looms
Turkish Cypriots vote Sunday to choose a leader who'll explore, along with Greek Cypriots, whether there's enough common ground left for a deal to end the island's decades of ethnic division....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/isis-‘beatles-duo-plead-not-guilty
Two Islamic State suspects from the UK, including one with Cypriot origins, have pleaded not guilty in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-wants-teeth-in-unsc-varosha-response
The UN Security Council on Friday will hold deliberations on Varosha after the Republic of Cyprus has urged members to call on Ankara to undo steps it has taken over the divided island’s fenced-off ghost town...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/famagustians-protest-reopening-of-varosha
Hundreds of Famagusta residents gathered just after 5pm on Thursday at the Deryneia crossing to protest the reopening of Varosha’s beach strip on Thursday, demanding the return of the town to its lawful inhabitants and the full implementation of UN resolutions governing the future of the town that was abandoned after 1974 conflict....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/civilians-walk-to-varosha-beach-strip
There was anger, frustration, and painful memories among Greek Cypriots on Thursday after Turkish Cypriot authorities allowed civilians for the first time to visit a public beach strip in the long-abandoned city of Varosha...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passport-revocation-inquiries-move-forward
Cypriot authorities have identified seven individuals or foreign investors who could potentially be stripped of their Cypriot citizenship, after an internal probe pointed to forged documents or misleading information during the golden passport application process...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/all-eyes-on-cypriot-ghost-town
Turkish Cypriot authorities have been working around the clock to meet a deadline on Thursday when a Varosha beachfront, which has been off limits since 1974, is set to reopen to the public...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/one-coronavirus-death-21-new-cases
Health authorities announced that a 62-year-old coronavirus patient with underlying health conditions who was being treated at the ICU of the Nicosia general hospital lost the battle with the virus on Wednesday, when 21 new case were also detected....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-tatar-varosha-to-open-to-the-public-on-thursday
Developments regarding Varosha were moving full speed ahead on Tuesday after rumours regarding the reopening of the fenced-off town were confirmed. In statements, Tayyip Erdogan and Ersin Tatar said that on Thursday, the public will be able to visit the areas that will open....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/it-is-up-to-turkey-to-‘open-path-to-solution-says-greek-pm
Greece welcomes a “first step” from Turkey towards the de-escalation of tension, “but whether it is a sincere move or a temporary maneuver remains to be seen,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, following talks in Athens with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-finds-grenade-in-larnaca
Larnaca police officers were on full alert on Monday after a hand grenade was found at a local community out in the open within a built-up area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mom-finds-daughter-s-nude-video-online
A young man has been arrested on child pornography charges after the mother of a teenage girl saw a nude video of her daughter online and contacted authorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/infected-traveler-located-abroad
The health ministry’s hunt for a coronavirus-infected traveller who was nowhere to be found wrapped up on Monday after authorities confirmed that she had already flown back home, placing an unknown number of people in danger....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teen-s-dizziness-draws-police-attention
A high school student who got dizzy and visited the Emergency Room drew police attention after doctors said the teen partially fainted after trying to get high...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-to-update-definition-of-rape-tighten-penalty-to-life
A bill tightening the penalty for rape to life in prison is set to be tabled before Parliament next week....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/endangered-bird-species-shot-to-the-ground-in-meneou
BirdLife Cyprus raised the alarm earlier this week after dozens of birds, such as European bee-eaters, swallows, and other endangered bird species, fell from the skies over the weekend after shots were fired from Meneou’s Lake Soros area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-says-she-received-death-threats
A woman in Paphos says a female friend has threatened to kill her, citing death treats she reportedly received over the phone and through text messages...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elderly-man-dies-at-popular-larnaca-beach
A senior citizen died on Monday following an apparent drowning incident at a popular Larnaca beach...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-accused-of-stealing-dying-patient-s-credit-card
A hospital employee was arrested on Sunday after the wife a male patient, who died recently in Limassol’s Intensive Care Unit, told police her husband’s credit card had been stolen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-lower-over-the-limit-tolerance
Motorists who go slightly over the speed limit by relying on police tolerance will need to make new calculations next week, following a decision by the transport ministry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-measures-bring-sharp-drop-in-eu-asylum-applications
First-time asylum applicants in the EU recorded a sharp drop of almost 70% during the second quarter of 2020, mainly as a result of coronavirus emergency measures imposed by member states from March, Eurostat figures showed Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-nervous-ahead-of-flu-season
A recent climb in confirmed coronavirus cases, especially in Larnaca district, has prompted health officials to contemplate new tougher measures possibly across the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-favours-alternatives-for-paralimni-offenders
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis has weighed in on reported incidents of animal abuse during a shocking Paralimni school prank, saying she is in favour of juvenile offenders doing community service at an animal shelter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-to-boost-narcotests-on-drivers
Traffic police will be boosting the number of drug tests conducted on drivers after figures showed a growing number of positive narcotest results....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-prisons-stoked-about-netflix-series
Nicosia Central Prisons could be featured on NETFLIX series 'Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons' if a deal goes through, with local authorities hoping to showcase an alternative penitentiary model...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-still-on-for-school-prank-instigators
Police are still trying to identify a number of suspects in an animal cruelty case in Paralimni, while at least 20 students reportedly have admitted they played a role in the school prank...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-dies-after-wreck-that-went-unnoticed
A young man from Larnaca district died in hospital on Monday, a day after he was involved in a road accident when his car veered off the road and was not discovered until hours later...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-fails-to-unblock-sanctions-due-to-lack-on-unanimity
European Union foreign ministers failed to overcome a diplomatic standoff over Belarus on Monday despite an appeal by the country's main opposition leader to approve sanctions on officials accused of rigging the election last month....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fincen-files-cyprus-banks-embroiled-in-dirty-money-leak
Leaked documents from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, dubbed the FinCEN files, have revealed that several of the world’s major banks allowed over 200,000 suspicious financial transactions valued at around $2 trillion to be moved over a period of almost two decades, with 897 of those transactions made by Cypriot banks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/medicane-ianos-leaves-three-dead
Three people have died after Cyclone Ianos, a rare storm known as a medicane, battered Greece, flooding streets and homes, Greek authorities said on Sunday...