https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mystery-aircraft-in-cyprus-draws-attention
UN experts are coming to Cyprus to inspect a possibly-modified plane believed to have been used in carrying forbidden cargo to Libya, but Cypriot air traffic control say they have no records of the aircraft landing on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-man-on-‘highjacked-plane-draws-attention
Many questions remained unanswered in the aftermath of the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Belarus, including the identity of five passengers that got off at Minsk and a report saying one of them was a Greek national...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mystery-over-tied-up-dead-turtle-in-limassol
Officials on Monday said they knew nothing about a sea turtle incident at Governor’s Beach, after a photo was posted online over the weekend showing a tied-up carcass on a rocky cliff by the water...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athienou-murder-suspect-gives-statement
There are new developments in the Athienou murder investigation after local media said the main suspect was purported to have given a statement to police implicating himself in the killing of a foreign woman, whose official identity still remains a mystery...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elusive-businessman-with-cyprus-ties-pops-up
The whereabouts of elusive Russian hedge fund manager German Lillevali, who was linked to a flurry of companies in Cyprus after he became a resident, are no longer a mystery after reports that he was detained in the US on an immigration violation but released due to overcrowding amid the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-among-victims-in-london-murders
A British Cypriot was killed last week in London amid a string of murders around the city, with police inspectors under additional pressure as the victim’s sister was also killed 28 years ago but nobody was charged...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-s-arrest-shrouded-in-mystery
Police say they will not clarify details in the arrest of two people following a traffic violation in Limassol, citing privacy protocols in a case involving a young child...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mp-cries-foul-over-nicosia-s-stinky-mess
The source of a recent foul odour wafting through local communities in west Nicosia remains a mystery, with a Green Party MP raising doubts over the official explanation given by authorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/communion-ritual-unchanged-in-orthodox-church-despite-virus
One by one, the children and adults line up for the centuries-old ritual of Holy Communion, trying to keep a proper social distance. The priest dips a spoon into the chalice of bread and wine, which the faithful believe is the body and blood of Christ, and puts it into the mouth of the first person in line....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/attorney-general-weighs-in-on-casino-probe
The identity of foreign companies suspected of embezzlement of EU funds pumped into a casino project in Cyprus remains unknown, with the island’s legal department clarifying there is no evidence of local companies being involved in illegal activity...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-irked-over-mystery-casino-probe
The Republic of Cyprus is asking the European Anti-Fraud Office for more information into a probe of misuse funds, following reports that stolen EU money was pumped into a casino project on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-investigators-follow-the-money-to-cyprus
Cyprus came on the European Anti-Fraud Office’s radar this week, after it emerged that money allegedly stolen from an environmental project was diverted to a casino project on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-in-awe-over-flash-in-the-sky
Local media reported on sightings of a fireball streaking across the sky over Cyprus, with experts ruling out a meteorite but not a meteoroid or even an unidentified flying object...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-rocked-by-late-night-explosions
Two expositions were reportedly heard around Limassol on Sunday night, with local media saying police who went out to investigate came back empty handed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-s-balcony-death-shrouded-in-mystery
The body of an unidentified man found on a balcony in Nicosia remained shrouded in a mystery, with police saying they were investigating a “sudden death” case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bicycle-route-prank-still-a-mystery
There were still no clear answers over an apparent prank in Limassol where a private company allegedly grabbed some paint and clumsily drew bicycle routes that could be dangerous and illegal...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-tries-to-sneak-drugs-into-court
Police are looking for an adult female who is suspected of attempting to sneak cocaine into the hands of a man in custody at the Paphos courthouse...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/serial-haircutter-says-it-was-for-a-good-cause
An Egyptian man who admitted to cutting hair from unsuspecting women in Protaras says he was trying to help children with cancer back in his country...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mystery-serial-haircutter-busted
A wanted mystery man with an apparent hair fetish has been arrested in Protaras, after his behaviour aroused the suspicions of a concerned citizen who was registered with a local neighbourhood watch programme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turtle-found-dead-off-limassol-coast
There has been no official word following the discovery of a sea turtle carcass that washed ashore in Limassol over the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/late-night-explosion-shocks-cyprus
A very loud explosion was heard Sunday night in the north, just after midnight, with authorities scrambling to deal with an ensuing fire and speculation running rampant on social media...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/body-found-in-memi-lake
A human body believed to be Sierra has been found in Memi Lake, with reports saying state forensic pathologists are rushing to the scene...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/burned-body-case-still-a-mystery
The police chief went on record on Monday to clarify that investigators were looking at all scenarios in the case of a burned body found in Larnaca, following earlier reports that foul play had been ruled out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foul-play-ruled-out-in-larnaca-burned-body
Larnaca police have ruled out foul play in the death of an unknown male, whose burned body was found in an open field on Sunday evening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/autopsy-underway-on-nicosia-baby
An autopsy on the body of a five-month old baby that was found dead by the babysitter has failed to show the cause of death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/extradition-flops-back-in-the-spotlight
A number of legal ‘faux pas’ in failed extraditions have reappeared in the local press, including that of an alleged mystery spy, following the failure of Cypriot authorities to extradite a Kurdish man wanted by Germany on terrorism-related charges...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-for-more-bodies-in-mitseros-watery-grave
The confessed murderer of a woman from the Philippines who went missing one year ago has admitted to killing her child as well and at least another Filipina, with evidence heard in court pointing to a possible serial killer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-female-corpse-found-in-mitseros
Another female corpse has been recovered from the mine shaft elevator of an abandoned mine in Mitseros, where the body of a missing Filipina woman was found last week while the search for her little daughter is still ongoing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-admits-killing-marry-rose
Leaked reports on Friday night said the 35-year-old suspect has admitted to killing Marry Rose Tiburcio from the Philippines, hours after a shocking day in court and fast-pace police activity in an undisclosed area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-scale-up-search-in-mitseros
Police are searching for the young daughter of a Filipina woman, whose body has been identified by next of kin while the victim’s ex boyfriend and father of the child was placed in custody...