https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scraps-unsworn-defendant-statements
Unsworn defendant statements will be a thing of the past in the Republic of Cyprus, with government officials saying the practice that prevented cross-examination was trouble in the delivery of justice...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-investigate-billionaire-s-missing-millions
A lawyer for a Jewish billionaire says he is confident Cypriot authorities will investigate a complaint into whether a former Israeli army officer embezzled his client’s money on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-freezes-creation-of-juvenile-correctional-facility
The parliament in the Republic of Cyprus has failed to approve funds allocated for a juvenile detention center, causing the country to remain the only EU member state without a proper correctional facility for young offenders...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/my-big-fat-greek-wedding-3-to-be-filmed-in-corfu
The third installment of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise was given the green light and filming is set to take place, in part, according to Corfu TV News, on Corfu....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/battlefield-scenes-as-farmers-descend-on-capital
Sheep and goat farmers in Cyprus staged a demonstration outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Wednesday, spilling milk and setting hay on fire while some protesters spoke out against any changes in halloumi legislation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-to-probe-‘ukrainian-regime-crimes-after-surrender
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters surrendered to an uncertain fate on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steel works as the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine drew to a close...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/swedish-fm-signs-application-for-nato-membership
Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde signed the country's application for NATO membership this morning, officially confirming its intention to join the Alliance....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-journalists-call-on-uk-to-block-assange-extradition
Journalists in Cyprus have spoken out in favor of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is getting closer to the possibility of being extradited to the United States following an order by a London court...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disquiet-in-nicosia-over-sanctions-and-nato-talk
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says Nicosia will implement only targeted measures against Russia while talk of the island joining NATO is premature, citing Ankara that appeared to be pumping the brakes on western alliance expansion over hostility from current member Greece and two likely Nordic applicants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/corporal-dies-after-jeep-lands-on-top-of-her
A young female corporal was killed in an accident on Thursday morning after an army jeep at a military base in Kornos overturned and landed on her...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-former-fm-announces-non-combative-2023-run
Cypriot former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides announced Thursday his non-partisan candidacy for president, with the career diplomat deviating from political norms and promising an all-inclusive, non-combative race...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chinese-embassy-in-cyprus-speaks-out-on-extradition
The Chinese embassy in Cyprus has responded to reports in local media that accused Beijing of using scare tactics on the island to get a suspect extradited, with an official statement pointing to fake news and offering a different side to the story...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/critics-furious-over-‘gynic-rules-for-green-line-cops
Rules referring to gynecological restrictions for female border cops in Cyprus are raising eyebrows, with critics crying foul over the measure while ridiculing the lack of mental evaluation for gun possession...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/marcos-myths-lift-dictator-s-son-to-power-in-philippines
A video posted in 2020 on YouTube claims the French astrologer Nostradamus predicted the outcome of this week’s presidential election in the Philippines....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-how-meritocracy-reinforces-inequality
We normally have unexamined certainties to guide us through daily life. But few people are so gifted at shaking those certainties than Michael Sandel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-cat-and-the-tip-of-the-iceberg
Who knows how long he’d been standing in the middle of that Kythera field, with little food and water, in unbearable pain as the small halter bit into his flesh....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-accused-of-lying-his-way-into-client-s-quarter-mil
A lawyer in Cyprus, who has been accused of pocketing a quarter million euro of insurance money awarded to his client, is facing multiple fraud charges following his extradition by German authorities years later...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/migration-officials-on-alert-after-unexplained-fires
Officials in Cyprus are investigating several fires that broke out at Pournara migrant facility in rural Nicosia, while an investigation into another blaze at apartment building in Larnaca was inconclusive after foreign nationals had to evacuate late at night...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-probe-mystery-cat-attack-on-young-boy
A young boy in Limassol is recuperating after an attack by a Savannah cat, with police investigating how the wild animal ended up attacking the child outside an apartment where other kids were also attending a birthday party...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/when-will-nikos-christodoulides-announce-his-candidacy-for-president
Former Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is expected to announce his candidacy in the coming days as an independent candidate. Preparations have been underway for some time and anticipation is growing as to his campaign platform and who his appointed advisors will be....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-justifies-ukrainian-invasion-blames-west-in-victory-day-speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his Victory Day speech before a military parade in Moscow's Red Square, defended his ongoing invasion of Ukraine as the "only right solution," without mentioning the neighboring country by name....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-esg-dei-and-other-acronyms-and-why-we-need-to-know-about-them-imho
Quite a few times I found myself receiving messages and having to pause and google search an acronym to understand its meaning. I’m sure I’m not alone, and it’s surely not just a Gen X symptom....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-pause-as-opposite-sides-contemplate-victory-day
Russian President Vladimir Putin will address his nation from Moscow during the country’s Victory Day celebrations against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, including Mariupol where the holiday was recently unbanned but resistance fighters still held out at a steelworks plant...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-killed-after-car-flips-over-on-highway
Limassol police are seeking the public’s help in connection with a fatal accident over the weekend, when a young man was killed after his car crashed and flipped over on the highway...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/groups-pull-out-of-royal-concert-in-cyprus
Local charities and participants in the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II next month in Cyprus have turned their backs on the concert following political controversy linked to EOKA, as more participants are now refusing to take part ahead of an election year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-identify-driver-in-left-turn-bicycle-accident
A driver is facing charges for fleeing the scene of an accident after a video on social media showed a car turning left in front of a woman on an electric bicycle, with additional charges possibly including negligence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/commissioner-gabriel-urges-cypriot-students-and-staff-to-take-advantage-of-eu-programs
Commissioner Gabriel urges Cypriot students and staff to take advantage of EU programs and travel all over Europe, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/lidlecohacks-lidl-cyprus-new-ecological-digital-initiative
At Lidl Cyprus we take our interaction with people and the environment seriously; This is why the new digital initiative #LidlEcoHacks was created and is being added within the framework of the #ProjectZero actions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-abortions-and-the-pendulum
A decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide would resemble a historic turning point. The court’s rulings are usually an indication of how the country’s political pendulum swings;...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-dies-after-hit-by-buggy-in-ayia-napa
A woman who was visiting Cyprus with her child was killed in a road accident in Ayia Napa on Wednesday, after a young man driving a buggy struck her at a pedestrian crossing and left the scene...
