https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-ready-to-claw-back-stolen-funds
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office goes to work next week, after the Council gave the green light this week for the first supranational independent agency to begin investigating and prosecuting crimes against the EU budget...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/badly-burned-utility-workers-flown-overseas
Two workers from Cyprus are being rushed to foreign hospitals for specialized medical care after suffering severe burns following in an accident at a utility substation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-details-emerge-in-limassol-slaying-case
The four detained suspects in the Limassol slaying case have been remanded in custody, with new details painting a picture of a drug deal gone wrong and police investigating premeditated murder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/official-says-no-data-privacy-after-death
Cyprus’ privacy commissioner says a recent decision by the health ministry to withhold vaccination history in reported COVID deaths could not be based on privacy concerns but 'possibly other reasons'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-arrested-in-limassol-slaying
A man was killed during a violent incident at a residence in Limassol, with police making multiple arrests and investigators suspecting premeditated murder, while the main suspect claims self defence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-covid-death-reports-leave-out-vax-history
The Health Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus has stopped reporting on the vaccination history in COVID-related deaths, citing difficulties over providing a full picture in each case due to privacy concerns...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ema-puts-covid-pill-review-on-fast-track
The European Medicines Agency says it has begun a rolling review of data on sotrovimab, an antibody cure for treating COVID-19, with European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides saying therapeutic solutions were also crucial alongside vaccinations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mystery-over-tied-up-dead-turtle-in-limassol
Officials on Monday said they knew nothing about a sea turtle incident at Governor’s Beach, after a photo was posted online over the weekend showing a tied-up carcass on a rocky cliff by the water...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/body-spotted-floating-in-sea-off-liopetri
Authorities were alerted on Friday noon after a body was spotted floating in the sea near Liopetri in Famagusta...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/webcam-child-groomer-gets-sentence
A young man got a suspended sentence after being found guilty of enticing a minor to sexual activity as well as child grooming offences involving a total of three underage girls...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athienou-murder-suspect-gives-statement
There are new developments in the Athienou murder investigation after local media said the main suspect was purported to have given a statement to police implicating himself in the killing of a foreign woman, whose official identity still remains a mystery...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/commission-officially-registers-halloumi-pdo
The European Commission announced on Monday the official decision for the registration of halloumi/hellim as a protected designation of origin (PDO) product, protecting it against imitation and misuse across the EU....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/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...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gloves-are-off-again-over-golden-passports
Cyprus’ auditor general told a House committee this week that the Cabinet used old rules to approve over two hundred golden passports after the cutoff date for an investigation ordered by the attorney general, who pushed back on the criticism saying there was 'no bottom to the abyss'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prosecutors-seek-murder-trial-without-body
Prosecutors in a key witness disappearance investigation are asking a judge to modify felony conspiracy charges to murder, despite having no body to prove evidence in court...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-minister-talks-cyprus-problem-in-nicosia-visit
The UK Foreign Minister for the European Neighbourhood Wendy Morton reiterated in a visit to Nicosia on Wednesday the UK’s full support of the upcoming UN talks on Cyprus. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/investigators-puzzled-over-athienou-case
Officials in Cyprus still remain in the dark over the identification of a woman whose body was discovered in a field in the buffer zone, with reports saying investigators are seeking answers from abroad based on a tip that led to the launch of a murder probe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/young-biker-dies-in-horrific-scramble-accident
A young man from rural Nicosia was killed over the weekend after two racing motorcycles collided during an off-road scramble near a campsite in Larnaca district, with the fatality taking place just days after he had posted an ad to sell his bike...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officers-off-the-hook-in-serial-killer-probe
Senior law enforcement officials and frontline police officers named in a serial killer probe in Cyprus could be subject to disciplinary action but not criminal charges because of broader systemic failures and lack of evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-arrests-after-body-dug-up-in-athienou
Two more suspects have been arrested after a body was dug up in a field in the buffer zone, with new details raising more questions and police keeping a tight lid on a launched murder investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dead-body-spotted-in-buffer-zone
Larnaca police went on alert Tuesday morning after a dead body was found in Athienou, with preliminary reports saying nothing has been ruled out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gloves-are-off-in-eu-china-relations
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new US President Joe Biden...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/all-political-parties-barring-elam-to-follow-president-to-geneva
All political parties except one have accepted President Nicos Anastasiades’ invitation to accompany him to Geneva at the end of April, when the UN will be hosting an informal five-party meeting on Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-foul-play-in-dam-fishing-death
Police suspect no foul play following a deadly fishing incident in Lymbia, where a young man lost his life while trying to retrieve a remote control device in the water...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chloraka-suspects-deny-murder-charges
Two male suspects extradited from Turkey to face trial in the Chloraka killing of a 20-year-old Syrian man have pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder charges, with a judge ordering them to remain in custody while nine others face manslaughter in the same case but separate trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘sugar-daddy-loses-appeal-in-child-rape
The Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of an elderly man who was convicted of having paid sex with a teenage girl, with the bench declaring that punishment for sexual crimes against children ought to be severe as well as act as a deterrent...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rare-cyprus-snake-found-in-machairas-national-forest-park
The Forestry Department announced Tuesday that it located a rare Cyprus grass snake at two locations in the Machairas national forest park....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-parliament-approves-code-of-conduct-for-mps
Parliament on Thursday approved a decision enacting the Code of Conduct for MPs, implementing a recommendation by Greco, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coral-bay-swimmer-s-death-ruled-drowning
A man’s cause of death in Peyia was said to be drowning according to forensic examiners, following reports that a friend had spotted the Paphos resident unconscious in the water at Coral Bay...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-aiming-for-herd-immunity-by-june
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said if Cyprus’ vaccination plan sticks to schedule then the island will achieve herd immunity by June, by which time some 500,000 people will get the jab against coronavirus....
