https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-paves-the-way-in-its-ambitious-road-infrastructure-agenda
In an exclusive interview with Maria Eracleous of ''K,'' Eleftherios Eleftheriou, Director of Cyprus's Public Works Department, provided updates on critical infrastructure projects across the island nation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-s-digital-citizen-app-faces-glitches
President Nikos Christodoulides announced a series of policy actions aimed at improving citizens' daily lives and enhancing their overall quality of life, alongside legislative and other initiatives geared towards modernizing state structures and institutions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-riot-sparks-outrage-as-13-suspects-face-scrutiny
In the wake of racially charged riots that roiled the coastal city of Limassol last week, significant developments in the legal proceedings have underscored the gravity of the situation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-40-000-unpaid-fines-await-court-action
The photo-enforcement system using traffic cameras still has not resulted in any unpaid violators' cases reaching the court, according to a report on Philenews....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disturbing-video-shows-assault-on-food-delivery-driver
A video capturing a man's assault on a food delivery driver and his subsequent theft of the driver's plates is currently circulating online....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/visa-fraud-scandal-widens-after-airport-arrest
Cyprus Police made headway in an investigation into visa fraud over the weekend, following an airport arrest in connection with an illegal network where Syrians rejected for refugee status ended up paying middlemen for subsidiary protection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-gang-assault-on-food-delivery-driver
Six suspects including minors have been arrested in Limassol after a food delivery driver was robbed and later attacked by unknown assailants as he was trying with friends to retrieve his stolen motorcycle at a local park...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/porsche-cyprus-celebrates-the-grand-opening-of-the-new-corporate-architecture-concept-destination-porsche-in-limassol
It is the fourth Porsche Centre under the new retail ''Destination Porsche'' concept in the Central and Eastern Europe region and amongst first in the world. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-bus-safety-32-complaints-only-this-year
The House Transport Committee scrutinized the safety of buses, particularly those transporting students and citizens, during its session on Thursday, May 25. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/delivery-driver-middleman-scandal-widens
A recent traffic accident has prompted police to widen a fraud investigation that began in Limassol and now has reached the capital, following revelations that foreign food delivery drivers in Cyprus were paying middlemen to secure driver permits through the state’s austere system...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/city-employee-arrested-in-driver-permit-middleman-scandal
More suspects including a civil servant have been arrested in the document fraud scandal where foreign food delivery drivers allegedly paid hundreds of euros to a middleman in order to secure a driver’s permit...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/agency-owner-arrested-as-visa-scandal-unfolds
Cyprus Police have arrested an agency owner in Limassol in connection with an investigation into document fraud, after it emerged that foreign delivery drivers had sought to obtain or renew permits through his office...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/the-safety-of-distributors-is-under-the-microscope
Distributors of food delivery platforms continued to demand better working conditions three months after strikes began and consultations began to establish a framework of conditions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-migration-scandal-looms-after-network-uncovered
A new scandal involving services for asylum seekers may have been inadvertently uncovered in Limassol, where arrest warrants have been issued amid strict rules for renewing driver permits and a black market designed to overcome restrictions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/local-biker-dies-in-rural-nicosia-accident
A local biker was killed in a road accident on Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in rural Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/questions-emerge-in-delivery-driver-road-fatality
New information and some unknowns have emerged in Thursday’s deadly collision in downtown Nicosia, where a delivery driver from Bangladesh was killed when his path was blocked by a turning vehicle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/delivery-driver-killed-in-nicosia-downtown-crash
A young delivery driver was killed in a road accident after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Thursday night in downtown Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scraps-online-migration-appointments-after-scandal
Immigration authorities in the Republic of Cyprus scrapped an online appointment platform on Monday after allegations were made public about agents selling available slots to foreigners for profit and causing months of waiting for those who did not shell out the cash...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/latvia-confiscated-cars-from-drunk-drivers-sent-to-ukraine
The first of hundreds of cars confiscated by Latvian authorities from drunk drivers have started their journey to Ukraine, where Riga hopes they’ll help Kyiv with its war efforts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wolt-delivery-drivers-labor-violations-confirmed-fines-to-be-imposed
Following interviews with 94 deliverymen working for an online platform, the director of the Labour Relations Department of the Labour Ministry, Antis Apostolou, said on Wednesday that violations relating to undeclared work and non-licensing to employ third-country nationals have in some cases come to light....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/wolt-responds-to-their-delivery-personnel-strike
In recent hours, images of delivery people from a particular digital platform participating in a protest march have circulated online, raising questions about the organizational structure for delivery persons in the restaurant and digital product distribution industries. In this instance, it is Wolt employees. Akis Stamoulis, the company's communications manager, responded to "K's" specific questions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cop-screams-at-wolt-drivers-during-protest-in-cyprus
Wolt drivers in the Republic of Cyprus carried on with demonstrations this week over working conditions and compensation, with one cop known as ‘Black Widow’ getting into a shouting match with food couriers who took to the streets of the capital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gun-report-adds-new-twist-in-azeri-case
The Azeri suspect in a contentious thwarted plot against Israelis in Cyprus has admitted some charges essentially throwing a curve ball at the prosecution, with the defense raising serious questions over murder-for-hire conspiracy and terrorism accusations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-forcibly-takes-savings-from-beirut-bank-using-toy-gun
A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, taking $13,000 from her trapped savings....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-cyprus-drives-sustainable-digital-innovation-in-financial-services-with-kyndryl
Kyndryl, the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider and Bank of Cyprus, the leading banking and financial services group in Cyprus, announced an agreement to expand their collaboration with a new five-year managed IT services program that advances the Bank’s ESG commitments through 2030, by supporting the Bank’s levels of service, giving access and visibility to its products to all stakeholders....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/plea-bargain-offers-glimpse-into-azeri-trial
Prosecutors in Cyprus were on the rebound this week in the Azeri case after a defendant pleaded guilty to two charges, prompting media to speculate that a deal with the suspect-turned-witness could also make good on terror charges in a thwarted plot against Israelis on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unruly-teens-at-large-after-attack-on-delivery-guy
A boy’s father has been arrested on assault charges in connection with a large-scale altercation in downtown Nicosia, but reports suggest two minors have been identified by a food delivery driver who was allegedly attacked by unruly teens prior to the reported incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-calls-for-shadowing-learner-delivery-drivers
A proposed bill on new regulations for drivers of motorcycles in Cyprus introduces measures aimed at boosting safety, but the law would also mean tough restrictions on food delivery guys who work on a learner’s permit...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fast-food-drivers-pulled-over-by-police
Three deliverymen in Paphos were arrested during random road inspections by immigration police officers, who said the job contracts had not been properly stamped, while additional reports said the young men were asylum seekers who had a right to work...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/delivery-guy-attacked-on-job-in-nicosia
A delivery driver in Nicosia was attacked and robbed on Monday while attempting to deliver food after curfew to an Aglandjia address near the buffer zone...
