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241. New tests in Athalassa spy in the sky case

Police are not taking any chances with two drones that flew near a military area in Athalassa, with computer forensics experts trying to determine whether two young men were having fun or engaging in espionage...

242. Teen burglar trapped on school roof

A teenage burglar who targeted a middle school in Paphos got stuck on the roof and ended up being rescued by fire fighters...

243. Woman fined for racist and xenophobic comments on Facebook

244. Hackers leak German Politicians' personal data

245. Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and China discuss UNFICYP and Cyprus problem

246. US probe of China's Huawei includes bank fraud accusations

247. Mr Bitcoin up for grabs as Cyprus sits out

The attorney of Alexander Vinnik, known as Mr. Bitcoin, says the Limassol District Court has dismissed the lawsuit against his client who was facing fraud and money laundering charges...

248. Big Oil digs North Sea's final frontier

249. Cabinet approves patient choice of doctor

The Cabinet has approved the regulations pertaining to choosing primary doctors under the looming healthcare plan in Cyprus...

250. Obama, Clinton, Soros among targets of bombs ahead of U.S. election

251. Cyprus gears up for a major cyberattack and cybercrime

252. Bosnian man to be extradited to Belgium

Cyprus police arrested a foreign national on Wednesday as part of a secret international operation against fraud and match-fixing in European football...

253. Child porn suspect arrested in Limassol

Police arrested a 35-year-old suspect in Limassol in connection with child pornography, following a tip received by authorities...

254. Turkish Cypriots scramble to ease traffic at checkpoints

As more cars registered in the Republic of Cyprus go bumper-to-bumper to cross into the north, Turkish Cypriot officials are scrambling to find ways to ease traffic for thousands of Greek Cypriots who show up en mass on weekends looking for bargains...

255. Larnaca abduction probe drawing to a close

No charges have been filed against the male nurse in the Larnaca abduction case, with police saying the investigation has entered an advanced stage and could be completed in a number of days...

256. Male nurse detained in Larnaca abduction

Reports say a male nurse was being questioned in the Larnaca abduction case, after investigators learned that he was supplying the kidnapper with prescription tranquilizers that may have been used in drugging the two school boys...

257. New details emerge in Larnaca abduction

Larnaca investigators have learned that the suspect in Tuesday’s kidnapping had carefully laid out an elaborate plan to divert attention from police moments before snatching the two school boys...

258. Larnaca abductor says he did it for money

Crime investigators are revisiting the ransom scenario in the Larnaca abduction of two school boys, with the suspect claiming he did it for money despite lack of evidence pointing in that direction...

259. Motive still unclear in school boys’ abduction

A 35-year-old male suspect appeared in court Wednesday morning in connection with the abduction of two school boys that kept authorities on high alert for almost eight hours a day earlier...

260. British Airways suffers embarrassing data breach

Financial information of potentially hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers has been stolen, during a data breach affecting online payments made through the UK flagship carrier’s website...

261. Open Data Hackathon Info Day

On 3 September 2018, the organizers of the 2nd Cyprus Open Data Hackathon held an Info Day for the competition at the premises of ARIS in Limassol...

262. North arrests local man on espionage charges

A Turkish Cypriot has been arrested in the north on espionage charges, with police saying he was taking photos of military installations with the intention of handing them over to a Greek Cypriot contact...

263. Cypriot hacker stuck between a rock and a hard place

The future prospects of a 19-year-old Cypriot hacker are still unknown, as the FBI is seeking extradition to the US in connection with wire fraud and his lawyers are fighting to keep him in local courts...

264. Email phishing scams on the rise in Cyprus

The police cybercrime unit is warning the public of a money extortion scheme, following complaints from people who recently received threatening emails...

265. Registration now open for 2nd Cyprus Open Data Hackathon

The 2nd Cyprus Open Data Hackathon will take place on 15-16 September 2018 in Limassol at ARIS, co-organized by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre of Deloitte, the Public Administration and Personnel Department of the Ministry of Finance and Hack Cyprus. ...

266. Malfunction terrifies air passengers en route to Larnaca

Terrified passengers on a British Airways flight en route to Larnaca were horrified when they saw pressurized air jet-streaming inside the cabin in front of their eyes, causing ear pain and panic attacks...

267. Meghan's father says heart op puts him out of royal wedding

The father of American actress Meghan Markle said he could not attend his daughter’s wedding to Britain’s Prince Harry on Saturday because he needed a heart procedure...

268. Even royal weddings don't go according to plan

This weekend’s carefully planned wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry to his fiance Meghan Markle was mired in confusion on Tuesday after the father of the American actress told a celebrity news website he was no longer coming...

269. Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch

Twitter urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as “hashing”...

270. Breast cancer screening failure may have shortened 270 lives in England

As many as 270 women’s lives may have been shortened after an IT failure in England’s breast cancer screening programme meant 450,000 patients were not invited for appointments...