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1. Rhetoric cranked up over Laundromat story

The Presidential Palace is fighting back against criticism over claims that President Anastasiades’ law firm was involved in a network of shell companies that laundered billions out of Russia...

2. New confrontation over turtle nests

Sea turtle conservationists in Paphos who take part in a nesting protection programme in the region have launched new allegations against locals while also criticizing police...

3. Job scammer gets seven years

A Tunisian man who has been sentenced to seven years on fraud-related charges after he was found guilty of conning 267 people by making empty job promises in France...

4. Woman accused of stealing from employer

A former employee at a company in Paphos has been arrested on fraud charges, accused of issuing fake receipts and pocketing over 10 grand...

5. Trump wades into Britain's 'interesting' Brexit crisis

6. Dewatering continues in search of little girl

A dewatering operation began Thursday to pump out water from a mine shaft in Mitseros, in search of a 6-year-old girl whose mother’s body was already recovered...

7. Underhanded lawyer put behind bars

A private attorney who was convicted in a case of fraud and deception has been sentenced to four months for violating ethics and forging the signature of the state’s attorney general...

8. Lawyer accuses himself of fraud

A private attorney is facing charges after he filed a complaint against himself alleging he had faked the attorney general’s signature...

9. Man sentenced in car insurance fraud

A man in Paphos has been sentenced to 15 months after a judge convicted him of document forgery in selling fake car insurance...

10. Local man arrested in marriage fraud case

A local man accused of acting as middleman in a fake marriage is in police custody, after the bride told investigators he made an offer she couldn’t refuse...

11. Man arrested in fake marriage inquiry

Cyprus police have detained a young man from Pakistan in connection with an ongoing investigation into a possible fake marriage...

12. Rudolf arrested in the north

Police in the north arrested Balazov Miroslav, known as Rudolf, who is also wanted in the south in connection with a drive-by shooting in late November...

13. Sifis booked into jail in the north

One of Cyprus’ top wanted, 40-year-old Greek Cypriot Josef “Sifis” Josef, has been remanded in custody for seven days by a Turkish Cypriot judge...

14. Farmers turned away from buffer zone again

Turkish Cypriot officials are dismissing reports in the south that said Greek Cypriot farmers were harassed by armed soldiers in the buffer zone last week...

15. The exhausted majority

16. Stolen antiquities case takes bizarre turn

Paphos police arrested another local resident in connection with a case in illicit trade in antiquities, with officials on the case saying it turned out to be an elaborate scheme with fake ancient artefacts...

17. Democracy or nightmare

Free press and democracy in the age of fake news is a subject of paramount importance and so we decided to address this at Kathimerini Cyprus as we mark our ten year anniversary since our first publication on 2 November 2008...

18. Profound lack of rationale

The government spokesperson responded to AKEL saying discussion over possible decentralization in no way did it change the president's aim of federation, but the introductory paragraph was filled with irony...

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

20. Cyprus worried over migrants cheating the system

The head of the anti-trafficking unit in Cyprus, Rita Superman, says some migrants know how to cheat the system citing past examples of child marriages from Syria and women falsely seeking human trafficking protections...

21. Cyprus to extradite murder suspect back to UK

Charles ‘Charlie’ Riddington, the UK murder suspect who was apprehended in August by Turkish Cypriot authorities, is now in custody in the Republic of Cyprus...

22. Court orders dentists remain in custody

A Nicosia District Court judge ordered two dentists, husband and wife, to remain in police custody for eight more days as police continue to investigate fraud allegations and dentist registration violations...

23. Dentist couple arrested on fraud charges

Two dentists, husband and wife, were remanded for eight days on Wednesday facing a number of charges involving allegations of using fraudulent diplomas and violating dentist registration laws...

24. Cop arrested for using fake sick notes

Paphos law enforcement officials are searching for a police officer, following allegations that he was presenting a fake doctor’s note to go on medical leave multiple times...

25. Fingerprint match on UK murder suspect

Charles ‘Charlie’ Riddington, the UK murder suspect who was apprehended Monday by Turkish Cypriot authorities, will remain in custody up to a month following a fingerprint match...

26. UK murder suspect arrested in the north

A murder suspect has been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police in the north following a tip by Interpol, in connection with the fatal stabbing outside a gym in London...

27. Cyprus extradites Egyptian hijacker

The lawyer of Egyptian hijacker Mostafa Emam, who was extradited by Cyprus authorities after he withdrew his case with the European Court of Human Rights, says her client gave up after succumbing to pressure in a Nicosia prison...

28. ND demands answers about Tsipras's brother's company

The press spokeswoman for conservative New Democracy, Maria Spyraki, on Monday called for answers regarding a public works project apparently granted to a relative of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the basis of fake documents....

29. Take-away lessons from 'Cyprus in the digital agenda'

Cyprus is turning the page in the digital age era but there are still many steps in the path forward. This appears to be the general conclusion from Thursday’s conference on "Cyprus in the Digital Agenda" organised by Kathimerini newspaper and the SPP MEDIA Group...

30. Fake news and quality journalism under scrutiny

Fake news, a term used almost daily and a byproduct of the rapid spread of social media networks, will be one of the main topics in the first digital policy conference on “Cyprus in the Digital Agenda” on Thursday in Nicosia...