https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/€800-000-offered-to-kill-limassol-man-in-remote-controlled-car-bombing-plot
Four men have been remanded in custody for eight days in connection with an alleged assassination plot targeting a former convict in Limassol, with police continuing their search for two additional suspects believed to have been involved....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-convicted-of-years-old-larnaca-murder-may-have-been-target-of-planned-attack
Three men remain in custody following a major police operation that prevented a suspected criminal attack in Limassol. Investigators are examining a possible connection to a murder committed years ago in Larnaca, with the man convicted in that case believed to have been the intended target....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-golden-dawn-neo-nazi-figure-invokes-enosis-after-receiving-apoel-centenary-shirt
Former Golden Dawn leading member Ilias Kasidiaris has publicly thanked supporters of APOEL whom he described as “nationalist fans” after receiving a shirt bearing the Nicosia club’s colours, using the occasion to promote the slogan “Greece, Cyprus, Union”....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/justice-ministry-disputes-claim-that-serious-crime-is-surging-by-27
The Ministry of Justice has challenged interpretations of a reported 27% increase in serious crime, arguing that the figure reflects the discovery of previously undetected offences rather than a rise in criminal activity....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/europe-s-gen-z-takes-to-the-streets-why-is-cyprus-so-quiet
Gen Z uprisings in at least seven European countries have dominated international debate over the past week, drawing other age groups into mass demonstrations. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-found-guilty-in-kalogeropoulos-murder-face-life-in-prison
The Limassol Permanent Criminal Court unanimously convicted all four defendants Friday of the premeditated murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos, nearly three years after he was shot dead outside a beach restaurant in Agios Tychonas....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fear-keeps-trafficking-victims-from-seeking-help
A conviction can put a trafficker behind bars. It cannot tell us how many other victims are still waiting to be found....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bear-escape-puts-melios-zoo-dispute-back-in-the-spotlight
A bear getting out of its enclosure at Melios Zoo has brought a years-long dispute back into focus, as authorities prepare to identify which structures must be demolished and what will happen to the animals housed inside them....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-to-livestream-execution-of-soldier-who-killed-13-at-texas-army-base
The US Department of Defense plans to livestream the execution of former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-german-intelligence-chief-held-in-espionage-investigation
August Hanning, who led Germany’s foreign intelligence service from 1998 to 2005, is accused of obtaining thousands of confidential documents through a former employee....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-seeks-stronger-powers-to-seize-crime-profits-even-without-a-conviction
A bill bringing Cyprus into line with EU Directive 2024/1260 on asset recovery and confiscation represents an important tool in the fight against money laundering....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/her-daughter-came-home-after-471-days-learning-to-be-her-mother-again-came-next
''You weren’t there to hold my hand when I needed you.'' Romi Gonen said those words to her mother after coming home from 471 days in Hamas captivity....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-27-people-over-potentially-illegal-election-posts
Cyprus police have begun questioning 27 people over social media posts and advertisements linked to the 2026 parliamentary elections, following 127 complaints about election-related content published during a period when such material is prohibited by law....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/c-l-max-nikias-presents-his-book-american-trojan-in-nicosia
The historic Pancyprian Gymnasium will host the presentation of the memoirs of an immigrant, tracing the rise of USC and the renewal of American higher education.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/18-months-in-prison-for-man-charged-in-demosthenous-murder-case
A 30-year-old man initially charged in connection with the murder of Stavros Demosthenous was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, but not for the killing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-gets-to-watch-whom-hunters-and-activists-face-off-at-parliament
An argument normally played out in Cyprus’ fields and hunting grounds moved to the steps of Parliament on Wednesday, as environmental activists and hunters gathered on opposite sides of a debate over who is watching whom, and whether anyone is crossing the line....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-men-sought-as-famagusta-counterfeit-cash-investigation-continues
Police are asking the public to help locate three young men as they continue investigating the possession and circulation of counterfeit banknotes in the Famagusta district....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/25-year-old-held-after-18-people-hand-over-€500-000-for-crypto-investments
A 25-year-old man has been remanded in custody after 18 people told police they handed him more than €500,000 to invest in cryptocurrencies....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drousiotis-no-doubt-anastasiades-behind-my-persecution
Journalist and author Makarios Drousiotis has accused former President Nicos Anastasiades of being behind what he describes as a growing campaign of criminal investigations against him....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prison-sick-notes-move-from-audit-report-to-criminal-investigation
The numbers were already difficult to explain. One prison officer was absent for 205 days in 2023 and another 202 days the following year. Across those two years, the officer submitted 111 medical certificates....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-turns-on-corruption-watchdog-‘you-bowed-to-the-people-s-courts
Former President Nicos Anastasiades has launched a fierce attack on Cyprus’ Anti-Corruption Authority, accusing it of yielding to public pressure and reaching findings of possible criminal wrongdoing that do not match the evidence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-monastery-cell-key-a-paper-cutter-and-an-attempted-murder-case
What began as an attempt to reclaim a monastery cell and change its lock has ended with a 51-year-old monk facing trial for attempted murder....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prisoners-released-early-to-ease-overcrowding
A number of prisoners are walking free from Cyprus’ Central Prisons starting Wednesday, as authorities try to ease overcrowding inside the prison system....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-died-one-man-went-to-prison-now-he-has-been-acquitted
For five years, Cyprus believed someone had been held responsible for the devastating Arakapas fire....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-court-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death
A Syrian court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia Tuesday for crimes committed during the country’s devastating 14-year conflict....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/a-most-useful-cbm-exchange-of-information-on-properties
Confidence building is an essential ingredient for the resumption of the talks, as Antonio Guterres stressed in his statement at the end of his recent official visit to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-police-officers-to-face-charges-over-‘hairdresser-prison-escape
No police officers will face criminal or disciplinary action over the dramatic escape of convicted murderer Theodoros Theofanous, better known as ''The Hairdresser,'' authorities have confirmed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-no-dna-or-injuries-does-not-mean-no-rape-conviction-upheld
A lack of DNA evidence or visible injuries does not automatically mean that a rape did not happen, Cyprus’ Court of Appeal has ruled....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/landlord-who-broke-into-his-own-property-to-sell-tenant-s-belongings-loses-appeal
If a tenant owes you money, can you simply walk into your own property, take their belongings, and sell them to recover your losses?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-companies-fined-€7-000-each-after-worker-suffered-spinal-fracture
Three companies have been fined a total of €21,000 after the Limassol District Court found they had breached workplace safety regulations in connection with a construction site accident that left a worker seriously injured....
