https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-ministry-official-faces-sexual-harassment-charges
A senior Education Ministry official is expected to be charged in connection with two separate sexual harassment complaints, one of which involves a girl who was a minor at the time of the alleged abuse....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-women-held-in-limassol-over-€150-000-property-scam
A Limassol court has ordered two women, aged 44 and 53, to remain in custody for five days as police investigate allegations they defrauded citizens of more than €150,000 in a property scam linked to the occupied territories....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/i-am-innocent-ex-house-speaker-defends-role-in-passport-scandal
Two of Cyprus’s most high-profile politicians caught up in the ''golden passports'' scandal stood before a criminal court on Thursday to declare they had done nothing wrong....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-ambassador-to-washington-fired-over-epstein-ties
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired his ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, after fresh revelations about the veteran Labour figure’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ex-volunteer-commissioner-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-forgery
The long-running legal saga of former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannis Giannakis reached its conclusion on Wednesday, with the Nicosia District Court sentencing him to three years in prison for circulating forged official documents....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/usa-charlie-kirk-conservative-youth-leader-shot-dead-at-university-event
Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University. He was 31....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parents-held-after-baby-found-with-brain-hemorrhage
A 4½-month-old baby is fighting for life at Makarios Hospital after doctors discovered a serious brain hemorrhage, police said Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-taxi-driver-refuses-paralympic-champion-and-her-guide-dog-video
A taxi driver in Greece refused to take Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou and her guide dog, prompting sharp criticism after the athlete shared the encounter online....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/famagusta-man-found-guilty-on-multiple-child-sexual-abuse-charges
The Permanent Criminal Court of Famagusta on Thursday, September 4, unanimously found a man guilty on 29 counts of child sexual abuse, along with charges of producing and possessing child pornography and causing psychological harm to the victim....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreign-nationals-among-those-arrested-in-pyla-attempted-murder
A dramatic police operation at dawn Tuesday led to the arrest of a 23-year-old foreign national in connection with an attempted murder and arson attack in Pyla earlier this month....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unlicensed-scrap-metal-factory-in-aradippou-faces-criminal-charges
Authorities have launched a criminal case against a metal recycling factory in Aradippou after an explosion last Friday injured three people, officials said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/from-free-to-for-sale
What was meant as a green gift to struggling households in Cyprus has, ironically, turned into an online marketplace....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/64-year-old-sentenced-to-16-years-for-rape-of-a-minor
A Paphos court on Wednesday sentenced a 64-year-old man to 16 years in prison on charges of raping and sexually abusing a minor....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/private-schools-in-cyprus-a-price-tag-that-packs-a-punch
Summer rains drenched the mountains of Cyprus on Wednesday, providing an unusual mid-season spectacle as clouds unleashed heavy showers across the island’s highlands....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ex-abramovich-yacht-directors-face-€25m-tax-evasion-trial-in-cyprus
Former directors of a company tied to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s superyachts are set to face trial in Cyprus over a €25 million VAT tax evasion case....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-warns-turkey-over-threats-to-press-freedom-in-occupied-north
The European Commission on Wednesday expressed concern over attempts to restrict press freedom in the Turkish Cypriot community, following reports that Turkey sought the extradition of veteran journalist Şener Levent. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/45-year-old-arrested-in-limassol-over-material-theft-at-construction-site
Police in Limassol arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with the theft of construction materials from a residence under renovation in Kato Polemidia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spain-faces-worst-wildfires-in-45-years-thousands-evacuated
Spain is battling its most destructive wildfires in 45 years after more than 120,000 hectares burned across the north and west in a single day, officials said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriots-face-another-week-in-occupied-nicosia-jail-as-military-trial-delayed
Tension remains high in the divided capital as the trial of five Greek Cypriots accused of illegally entering a military zone in the Turkish-occupied north was postponed Thursday to August 21. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wasting-water-in-larnaca-could-cost-you-€150
Washing your car or hosing down your pavement in Larnaca could now cost you more than ever, as authorities roll out stricter water-saving rules to tackle dwindling supplies....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/were-our-firefighting-helicopters-for-display-purposes-only
Two days before the devastating wildfires, the Auditor General sent a letter asking why helicopters, hired through a no-bid process, were sitting idle in Paphos instead of helping fight fires....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/debt-dispute-ends-in-kidnapping
What began as a troubling tip from a concerned roommate led police to a chilling discovery in a warehouse in Ypsonas early Sunday morning: two men tied hand and foot, allegedly kidnapped over unpaid debts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-of-turkish-cypriot-bar-association-calls-measures-against-greek-cypriot-couple-disproportionate-and-severe
The president of the Cyprus Turkish Bar Association, Hasan Esendagli, criticized the decision by a defacto court in the Turkish-occupied north to remand a Greek Cypriot couple in custody, calling it “disproportionate and severe.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/locked-up-for-visiting-their-land-cyprus-slams-occupied-north-over-political-arrests
The Cyprus government on Thursday strongly condemned the decision by Turkish Cypriot authorities to keep a Greek Cypriot couple in custody for three more months, calling it a ''premeditated abduction'' and a blow to ongoing efforts to rebuild trust on the divided island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seven-individuals-to-face-charges-in-death-of-thanasis-nicolaou
Private criminal prosecutions related to the death of Thanasis Nicolaou will be filed next week at the Limassol District Court....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/safety-concerns-or-just-a-tax-grab
A wave of new measures could soon change the way Europeans shop online, as the European Union moves to crack down on Chinese e-commerce giants like Temu and Shein, citing both consumer safety risks and unfair market practices....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/held-over-a-blue-envelope-five-greek-cypriots-face-court-in-occupied-north
Five Greek Cypriots detained in the Turkish-occupied north are expected to appear in a so-called "court" in Trikomo today, as controversy swirls around the charges and conditions of their detention....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-says-no-to-medical-release-of-israeli-developer-accused-in-land-scam
A Cypriot court on Monday rejected a request to release Israeli businessman Shimon Aykut from custody, ruling that local medical services are sufficient to address his health concerns....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-turkish-cypriots-detained-in-ongoing-investigation-linked-to-five-greek-cypriot-refugees-arrested-in-trikomo
Authorities in the occupied part of Cyprus have "arrested" two Turkish Cypriots, a father and son, in connection with the investigation involving five Greek Cypriots detained earlier in the Trikomo area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-convicted-over-massive-fake-marriage-scam
Five foreign nationals were found guilty Monday by the Larnaca Criminal Court for their role in an international sham marriage ring that helped dozens of non-EU nationals gain illegal entry and residency in Cyprus....
