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31. British Museum: Parthenon marbles 'taken from rubble'

The dispute over the Parthenon sculptures has deepened after Greece rejected a claim by the British Museum that much of the statuary, removed at the behest of Lord Elgin, was retrieved “in the rubble” around the monument....

32. Study: Microplastics found in human blood for the first time

Microplastics – tiny pieces of plastic less than 0.2 of an inch (5mm) in diameter – have been found in human blood for the first time....

33. Covid boosters continue to protect most people for many months, perhaps years

According to a flurry of new studies, it looks as if Covid boosters will continue to protect most people from serious illness and death for many months, and perhaps even years — which means we probably won’t need to line up for another shot anytime soon....

34. Two Americans win 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The Americans David Julius and Ardem Pataputian were honored with the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021....

35. Contract killings in Cyprus

In recent years in Cyprus, crime has increased significantly, while savage killings tend to become commonplace. Among them are several ambushes of death in persons associated with the "night"....

36. Bloated body found in Ayia Napa waters

The corpse of a man was spotted at a beach in Ayia Napa on Monday morning, with authorities trying to establish the identity of the body already in the process of decomposition...

37. Soldier killed in Nicosia motorcycle accident

A young man was killed and another injured in a late night accident over the weekend, after their motorcycle struck a utility pole in western Nicosia...

38. 15 days of hell in Varosha in the summer of '74

Varosha. August 19, 1974. Appartments, Block 10, apartment 2. There lived Michalakis Hadjipavlou, 30 years old, with his wife, Xenia Hadipavlou, aged 25, and two of their three children. Their firstborn, four-year-old Thomas, and two-year-old Marios, while their three-year-old daughter Maria was at a friend’s house in Larnaca....

39. Deadly collision at sea off Turkish coast

Five people on board a Turkish fishing boat were killed after a collision with a Greek-flagged tanker off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast...

40. Heart attack behind Paphos rollover crash

An elderly motorist who died on the road on Monday in Paphos had suffered a heart attack, with authorities saying his death was not the result of a car crash...

41. Two arrested in connection with Larnaca security guard murder

Police on Wednesday cuffed two local men aged 29 and 40 in connection with the murder of 29-year-old security guard Panayiotis “Valentinos” Kallistionis on the night of June 25 outside his parental home in Ormideia, Larnaca district....

42. Mother detained in child abuse case

Police brought to light a suspected child abuse case in Limassol this week, during an investigation into an assault complaint launched against the parents by the baby’s grandmother who said she was assaulted by her son and daughter-in-law...

43. Bodyguard gunned down in Larnaca

A security guard was gunned down Thursday night in rural Larnaca, with reports saying the victim was a survivor in a previous mob hit in Ayia Napa back in 2016...

44. Man shot by police dies in hospital

A foreign national, who was hospitalized after getting shot by Limassol police during an attempt to arrest him, has succumbed to his injuries...

45. Iran escalation continues after midnight tweet

US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths...

46. Critics pounce on Ayia Napa verdict

The British teen who was found guilty of lying to Ayia Napa police about being raped is determined to take the case to the Supreme Court while the verdict has fueled even more debate in Cyprus and around the world...

47. Man killed in violent highway crash

A local driver was killed in a highway accident after his car was struck by another vehicle just outside Mouttayiaka in Limassol...

48. Child dies after Greek coast guard rams boat

The lifeless body of a child was pulled from the water off the Greek island of Kos on Wednesday morning, following an incident where a Coast Guard boat rammed a rubber dinghy carrying 34 people on board...

49. Nicosia inmate caught with four ‘bumphones’

A local inmate doing time at Nicosia’s Central Prisons was caught with four phones hidden in his rectum as he was being transferred back to his cell...

50. Forensic experts visit site in Natalie’s death

Forensic pathologists are descending upon the Greek island of Ikaria on Thursday to conduct an on-site autopsy in the death of Natalie Christopher, a London-based scientist whose body was found in a ravine two days after she had disappeared...

51. Citizens praised for helping police

Dozens of citizens got praise from authorities during a police award ceremony on Wednesday in recognition of their role in combating crime...

52. Nicosia man killed in concrete mixer crash

A Nicosia man was killed in a road accident in Evrychou on Friday when his vehicle collided with a truck, while another driver is under arrest in the hospital...

53. Filipina who escaped Orestis speaks out

New information emerged about the alleged serial killer, with another woman from the Philippines coming forward with shocking details of how she escaped alleged serial killer Nikos Metaxas days before the first body discovery...

54. Suspect admits killing Marry Rose

Leaked reports on Friday night said the 35-year-old suspect has admitted to killing Marry Rose Tiburcio from the Philippines, hours after a shocking day in court and fast-pace police activity in an undisclosed area...

55. Two locals arrested in Filipina murder case

Cyprus police arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of a Filipina woman and the disappearance of her young daughter who is feared dead...

56. New arrest in Nicosia downtown blast

A new suspect has been arrested in the Nicosia downtown blast that took place in late January, while the identity of the female victim has yet to be confirmed officially...

57. Woman’s body spotted in water off Paphos coast

A woman’s body was reportedly seen floating in the water near Aphrodite’s Rock in Paphos on Friday early evening...

58. Supreme Court President irreparably exposed

59. Paphos links in foiled Limassol heist

Police are extending their investigations to Paphos following the cash-in-transit attempted robbery, with the security guard who was injured reportedly doing fine...

60. Man dies on recreational fishing jaunt

The body of a man on a recreational fishing expedition was spotted floating in the water at Lara beach in Akamas, marking the fourth fatality in just a few hours as the week draws to a close...