https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unique-protected-species-in-europe-killed-at-the-mavrokolympos-dam
A month ago, the Ministry of Agriculture announced an environmental disaster: the drainage of the Mavrokolympos dam due to a technical failure that could not be repaired. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seven-held-for-conspiracy-and-weapons-outside-paphos-mall
Paphos police detained seven individuals on Sunday to assist with investigations into an alleged case of illegal assembly and carrying weapons to incite fear. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-security-council-to-renew-peacekeeping-force-mandate-in-cyprus
The year 2024 inaugurates a formal series of UN procedures related to Cyprus and simultaneously locks in the arrival of the new Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/arrest-made-in-22-year-old-linked-to-limassol-riots
Last Wednesday night in Limassol, clashes erupted between Apollon and Homonia 29 May fans. New videos are surfacing, shedding light on the chaos that unfolded around 23:00....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-assaulted-by-hooded-men-with-bats-in-engomi
A troubling incident transpired in the early hours of Monday, September 25th, in Nicosia's Egomi district, where an unidentified group of assailants assaulted a 30-year-old man....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-handle-group-with-bats-and-crowbars-in-chlorakas
The police responded on Monday night (28/08) to a group of people gathered in the Chlorakas area, holding bats and crowbars, causing incidents for the second night in a row....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/diverse-music-styles-unite-at-windcraft-music-fest
The Windcraft Music Fest opens its doors for the ninth time on the weekend of July 22nd and 23rd in Katidatata Solia and invites music lovers and those seeking an interesting festival experience to join this celebration of wind instruments and more....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-gang-assault-on-food-delivery-driver
Six suspects including minors have been arrested in Limassol after a food delivery driver was robbed and later attacked by unknown assailants as he was trying with friends to retrieve his stolen motorcycle at a local park...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uncle-says-little-hacker-was-scouting-for-burial-sites
The disappearance of a Limassol man feared murdered has become more complicated after the uncle of the main suspect, known as Little Hacker, offered to point investigators to possible burial sites claiming they were picked by his nephew...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-details-and-questions-emerge-in-disappearance-case
New developments and more questions emerged on Tuesday in the disappearance of a Limassol man after police re-arrested the main suspect hours before his remand expired, with reports saying the judge heard about new incriminating statements from other jailed suspects...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-build-disappearance-case-but-no-breakthrough
The disappearance of a Limassol man said to be implicated in a convoluted cryptocurrency case continues to baffle Cypriot authorities, following additional arrests and search parties expected to continue after an unsuccessful holiday weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-criticized-after-wild-brawl-at-contentious-memorial
Cyprus Police have arrested a handful of suspects following a wild brawl during a memorial event of a controversial army general in Limassol, but critics accuse law enforcement of failing to detain offenders during the event as things got out of hand...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-gun-drawn-outside-football-stadium-stirs-debate
A viral photo showing a police officer holding his firearm outside a football stadium in Cyprus has prompted the reaction of a law enforcement association that suggests proportional response to out-of-control football hooliganism could warrant the use of a lethal weapon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hooligan-mayhem-spills-onto-highway-in-nicosia
Eye witnesses on the highway south of Nicosia found themselves in the middle of a full blown battle Sunday night, when football hooligans fought each other amid flares and smoke bombs, followed by tear gas from riot police who managed to make no arrests...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-local-youths-arrested-after-geri-gang-attack
Two young men were arrested Tuesday night in Geri, where police officers responding to a call saw a gang damaging a burning car, whose owner says he and his buddies were ambushed by men holding wooden bats and knives...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mob-turns-violent-over-strike-breaker-bus-driver
A crowd of bus company workers on strike in Nicosia became aggressive after a march on Wednesday, with police officers unable to clear way for a driver who broke ranks and attempted to get back to work...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protected-too-late-us-officials-report-more-than-20-extinctions
The ivory-billed woodpecker, which birders have been seeking in the bayous of Arkansas, is gone forever, according to federal officials....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronaviruses-which-animal-can-transmit-the-virus-to-humans
Since 2002, when we first had the SARS-CoV outbreak in China, many studies have highlighted the potential for coronaviruses that infect wildlife to spread to humans and then cause a pandemic.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-safety-raised-after-unclear-incident
A physical altercation at a middle school in Larnaca was behind an impromptu demonstration on Thursday, a day after a teenager went to the school following an argument between his younger brother and others including a teacher...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dherynia-rioter-gets-suspended-sentence
A local judge in Famagusta handed down a 90-day suspended sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to rioting charges in connection with an incident at Dherynia checkpoint, while eight others await trial after pleading not guilty...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/riot-police-swarm-apoel-club
Police called for backup on Sunday outside APOEL football club in Nicosia following a chaotic incident with unruly fans throwing fireworks out in public...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspects-in-dherynia-riot-face-judge
Six male suspects are in custody over the Dherynia checkpoint riot on Sunday, when hooded men stormed into the buffer zone shouting anti-Turkish slogans and causing property damage...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-condemns-dherynia-checkpoint-ruckus
President Nicos Anastasiades described Sunday night’s demonstration by fans of a local football club at the Dherynia checkpoint as “unacceptable and condemnable.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pro-greek-protesters-breach-dherynia-checkpoint
Pro-Greek protesters from the south breached security at the Dherynia checkpoint on Sunday evening, while a video emerged showing masked men holding baseball bats, throwing flares, and chanting slogans against Turkey during the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspected-shooter-wanted-in-limassol
One man is in custody and his brother is wanted by Limassol police in connection with an altercation at a barber shop that ended with shots being fired and another man injured...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/downtown-clashes-continue-in-cyprus
Police officers have been busy over the weekend with public incidents in two districts, with a number of arrests taking place in Paphos and three people ending up in hospital in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-coronavirus-likely-of-bat-origin-no-sign-of-lab-production
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-scientists-identify-pangolin-as-possible-coronavirus-host
The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins, the world’s only scaly mammals, which are prized in Asia for food and medicine, Chinese researchers said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wuhan-coronavirus-close-to-strand-in-bats
A coronavirus known to live in bats is the closest strain of the 2019-nCoV virus that first appeared in China's Wuhan region and has since spread to other parts of Asia, with cases reported in Europe, Australia and North America, a study by Greek scientists at Athens University and the University of Crete has revealed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/family-locked-up-on-theft-charges
An entire family is in custody in Paphos after law enforcement officers stumbled upon a large quantity of goods that appeared to be stolen property...
