https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/13-teenagers-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-alcohol-at-limassol-halloween-party
Thirteen teenagers aged between 15 and 17 received treatment at a hospital emergency department after becoming unwell following alcohol consumption at a Halloween party in Limassol....
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/news/whistleblower-reports-more-than-triple-to-85-in-2025
Cyprus received 85 whistleblower reports in 2025, more than three times the number recorded a year earlier, according to figures released by the Justice Ministry....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-ship-registry-grows-27-as-island-courts-japanese-shipping
A ship does not have to sail into Limassol to have a connection to Cyprus. By registering under the Cyprus flag, shipowners choose the island as their vessel’s legal home, bringing business to a maritime sector that extends well beyond the waterfront....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/setback-for-eight-villages-fighting-mitsero-asphalt-plant
Eight villages trying to stop an asphalt plant from moving to Mitsero have lost their latest court bid, but their fight over whether the project should go ahead is still alive....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/we-can-t-even-build-a-footpath-let-alone-a-paphos–polis-chrysochous-highway
In May 2021, then-Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos described the signing of contracts for the first phase of the Paphos–Polis Chrysochous road as a historic day. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-pushes-to-make-justice-faster-and-more-digital
Cyprus must continue reforming its justice system to reduce delays and adapt courts to a rapidly changing legal environment, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, while stressing that faster proceedings cannot come at the expense of fair trials or judicial independence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/maccabi-tel-aviv-to-make-cyprus-its-euroleague-home
Maccabi Tel Aviv is getting closer to using Limassol as its home base for EuroLeague games, after the Spyros Kyprianou indoor arena in Polemidia received security clearance from Cyprus Police....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-target-distracted-driving-in-new-road-safety-campaign
The Police has joined a new pan-European road safety campaign aimed at tackling driver distraction, with enforcement checks taking place across the island from October 5 to 11....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-says-it-is-fixing-its-waste-problem-the-eu-has-been-waiting-since-2013
Cyprus is back before the European Union’s highest court over its waste-management record, more than a decade after the last major ruling against the Republic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fidias-fined-€6-000-after-parts-of-agora-kept-collecting-users-data
Fidias Panayiotou has been fined €6,000 after Cyprus’ privacy watchdog found that parts of his Agora platform continued collecting or processing personal information despite repeated instructions to temporarily shut them down....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bad-loans-weigh-heavily-on-the-courts
Cases involving non-performing loans appear to be placing an increasing burden on Cyprus’ already strained court system, even as the net book value of all loans managed by credit-acquiring companies has fallen to €2.8 billion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/after-4-sold-out-events-majestic-gardens-returns-with-18-new-apartments-from-€50-000
Altamira Real Estate is back after the summer break with one of the most successful real estate events of recent years, inviting the public to a new Open Day & Live Bidding Event at Majestic Gardens in Tersefanou.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-evidence-behind-‘sudden-deaths
Just as in Ireland, the courts in Cyprus will eventually have to prove their resilience as well. Few careers in journalism have been as successful as Gemma O’Doherty’s. A prominent figure in Irish journalism, O’Doherty spent more than 15 years at the Irish Independent, collecting not only awards but major investigative scoops....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sixteen-prison-guards-suspended-as-cyprus-finally-turns-the-spotlight-inward
For Cypriots who have spent years hearing about mobile phones, drugs and criminal activity inside the Central Prisons, the latest figures may prompt one immediate reaction: it is about time....
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/new-larnaca-police-and-fire-facilities-set-for-construction-in-2027
The government has approved plans for new Police and Fire Service facilities in Larnaca, with construction targeted to begin in 2027....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-catches-padel-fever-and-takes-it-to-the-mediterranean-games
The sport that seems to have taken over half of Cyprus’ free time is heading to the Mediterranean Games....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/€50-000-in-36-hours-drousiotis-reaches-legal-fund-target
Journalist, researcher and author Makarios Drousiotis says he raised €50,000 in just 36 hours, reaching the full target of his online campaign to pay for his legal defense....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/can-court-orders-issued-inside-the-bases-be-enforced-elsewhere-in-cyprus
A legal question most people in Cyprus may never have considered, whether an order issued by a British Bases court can be enforced just a few kilometres away in the Republic, has moved to the center of the Xylofagou case involving the deaths of two young brothers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-metropolitan-park-plans-remain-stuck-in-procedural-delays
Plans to convert the State Fairgrounds into the Nicosia Metropolitan Park and potentially redevelop the SOPAZ area with multiple uses, including innovation zones, residential developments, educational facilities and other complementary functions, appear to have become stuck in procedural matters. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-men-committed-for-trial-in-cyprus-terrorism-case
Five men accused in a terrorism-related case have been committed for trial before the Permanent Criminal Court of Larnaca, with proceedings scheduled to begin on October 14....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dubai-arrests-alleged-crime-boss-wanted-by-greece-and-cyprus
A man known by the alias ''Entik'', who is accused of ordering a series of contract killings linked to the so-called Greek Mafia, has been arrested in Dubai together with his alleged deputy, according to Greek media reports....
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/santi-case-heads-to-court-with-101-criminal-charges
One of Cyprus' most talked-about legal cases is now heading to court....
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/court-orders-€164-585-asset-confiscation-in-limassol-drug-trafficking-case
A Limassol criminal court has ordered the confiscation of assets worth €164,585 following the conclusion of financial investigations linked to a major drug trafficking case....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-deals-major-blow-to-prosecutors-in-tziapoura-case
One of Cyprus' most closely watched criminal investigations has hit a major legal setback after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the attorney general, ruling that police did not have enough evidence to justify searching two bank safety deposit boxes belonging to jeweler Natalie Tziapoura....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-rejects-german-woman-s-appeal-in-occupied-cyprus-property-case
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a German woman accused of illegally using Greek Cypriot property in the occupied areas, allowing criminal proceedings against her to continue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-loses-appeal-against-nine-month-prison-sentence-for-sharing-intimate-videos
A woman has lost her appeal against a nine-month prison sentence after being convicted of distributing sexually explicit photos and videos of another woman without her consent....