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4201. Biker dies in Ayia Napa collision

A local man was killed in a road accident Sunday evening when his motorcycle collided sideways with an oncoming vehicle outside Ayia Napa...

4202. Man bleeds to death after late night brawl

Three men from Africa have been arrested after a man from Cameroon was found dead Sunday early morning at the bus terminal downtown Nicosia...

4203. Supreme Court invalidates police warrant

A search warrant against an unlicenced education centre was found to have violated the principle of proportionality, according to a Supreme Court ruling that reprimanded law enforcement officials for acting beyond their scope...

4204. Cypriot farmer in Bulgaria booked for murder

A Cypriot farmer in Bulgaria, who is facing premeditated charges in a fatal hit and run over the weekend, says it was an accident...

4205. Agia Fyla co-op scandal ends with acquittals

Four defendants in the Agia Fyla credit union scandal have been acquitted on all charges, with criminal judges citing failure on the part of the police to prosecute the case...

4206. Limassol high school upset over leaked video

A malicious fire at a Limassol high school and a parent-teacher confrontation made headlines on Thursday, one day after a leaked video showed a teacher striking a female student during a heated exchange...

4207. Police close to wrapping up Orestis case

There are still no signs of Maricar and little Sierra as authorities failed to locate their bodies so far, while police say they see no evidence to suggest that Orestis committed more than seven murders...

4208. New mother’s death blamed on negligence

An internal probe in the death of a 34-year-old woman days after giving birth points to medical negligence at Nicosia General Hospital...

4209. Cement block from red lake points to Maricar

A cement block retrieved from the red lake on Tuesday is believed to be connected to one of the suitcases in the serial killer case...

4210. Coca Cola heir Alki David arrested

4211. Police try to narrow evidence gap

Police investigators are seeking to collect secondary evidence in the serial killer case, as destruction of primary evidence is believed to have taken place early in the investigation due to a false arrest...

4212. Undocumented migrants rescued off Larnaca

Over a dozen Syrian presumptive refugees have been rescued Sunday night off the coast of Cape Greco, including three children and a pregnant woman...

4213. Woman injured in Nicosia hit and run

Police are trying to locate the driver of a pickup truck in a hit-and-run incident in Nicosia, where a woman was rushed to hospital with a head injury...

4214. Orestis back in court

A month has gone by with police still searching for two more slain victims of alleged serial killer Orestis, while a crucial autopsy on Monday is expected to show the cause of death of eight-year-old Elena Natalia...

4215. New killer signature emerges after latest autopsy

New information suggests that a Nepalese woman, believed to have been murdered last year by an alleged serial killer, died of head trauma and not strangulation as did other victims...

4216. Latest finds in red lake raise questions

Police are flooded with phone calls concerning the serial killer case, while items discovered in the red lake are raising more questions for investigators...

4217. Divers close in on three spots in red lake

Divers and robotic camera operators are focusing on three areas within the red lake, in search of a missing Filipina who is believed to have been murdered by alleged serial killer Nikos Metaxas...

4218. Wellness checks begin on Orestis’ phone contacts

As underwater search for at least two slain victims is ongoing in the serial killer case, police are performing wellness checks on all foreign women whose numbers were stored on a dedicated SIM card belonging to the suspect...

4219. Groom partially amputated after buggy accident

A bridegroom had his hand partially amputated on his wedding photo shoot day after the buggy he was driving with his bride on board fell off a cliff in Paphos...

4220. Greek PM unveils tax, pension relief measures ahead of elections

Greece’s lefist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday unveiled additional tax and pension “relief measures,” weeks before a European Parliament election....

4221. Coral Bay trial still bogged down

The Coral Bay manslaughter trial has resumed with the focus still on evidence proceedings, while it remains unclear whether the mother of the victim will be called to testify...

4222. Cops arrest wrong guy in bomb threat case

A man arrested for phoning in a bomb threat has been released, with reports suggesting he was falsely detained after police linked him to a phone number he had used in the past...

4223. Biker tells story of finding Marry Rose’s body

A group of curious bikers were behind the discovery of the first body in the serial killer case that shocked public opinion in Cyprus and around the world...

4224. New police chief offers apology

The new police chief has offered an apology following criticism about mishandling cases of missing foreign women and children who ended up being murdered by a serial killer...

4225. Sonar scans red lake for victims

Experts have began mapping the bottom of the red lake using sonar technology in the serial killer case, while the second body found in a nearby mine shaft has been positively identified...

4226. Doubts raised over Mitseros autopsies

A well-known private forensic pathologist, who has raised doubts over the Mitseros autopsies in the serial killer investigation, says he also has reservations over the decision by local authorities to call on five UK experts...

4227. Police double down in serial killer case

Police are crosschecking names of female foreign workers to see if there could be more victims in the Mitseros murders, while foreign experts try to get inside the suspected serial killer’s head...

4228. Judge throws out drunk driving case in Paphos

A local judge in Paphos has acquitted a driver who was being accused of Driving Under the Influence, ruling that police failed to show valid proof of his breath alcohol test...

4229. Hooligans arrested in Holy Saturday attack

Four local males have been arrested on charges related with illegal explosives and malicious destruction of property in Paphos on Greek Orthodox Holy Saturday...

4230. Rape claims muddy the waters in Mitseros case

A woman from the Philippines says she was raped by the accused serial killer in the Mitseros case, while reports show police received a preemptive complaint from Orestis himself against his potential accuser two years ago...