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4261. 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...

4262. 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...

4263. 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...

4264. Cyprus submits EEZ demarcation coordinates to the UN

4265. President fires police chief over Mitseros case

Police Chief Zacharias Chrysostomou has been relieved of his duties following a meeting he had with the President to brief him on the Mitseros serial killer case...

4266. New details emerge in Mitseros case

New information has emerged about a missing Nepalese woman believed to have been murdered by an alleged serial killer in Nicosia, suggesting immigration police did in fact search for her but on the assumption she was a runaway and not a missing person...

4267. Justice minister to step down over Mitseros case

Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou tendered his resignation on Thursday over criticism aimed at the police for failing to investigate cases of foreign missing women, some of whom were murdered...

4268. First body from red lake identified

Reports say the body inside the first suitcase retrieved in Mitseros belonged to Livia, with a second autopsy revealing the horror of the Romanian woman’s final moments...

4269. 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...

4270. 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...

4271. Cops blame Mitseros case flaws on privacy laws

A debate is brewing in Cyprus over privacy laws, in the wake of a shocking confession of a serial killer who admitted to multiple murders and allegations against the police for not doing enough to investigate missing cases of foreign women...

4272. Search for bodies expands in Mitseros case

Authorities in Nicosia are getting back in the water on Friday, searching the lakebed in Xiliatos reservoir for little Sierra as well as a new location in Mitseros where a confessed serial killer said he dumped three more bodies...

4273. Another body turns up in the Filipina murders

Another dead body turned up in the investigation of the Filipina murders, with media sources saying the suspected serial killer reportedly gave another confession but could not remember if the victim was from India or Nepal...

4274. Police make headway in Filipina murders

The suspected serial killer in the Filipina murders is facing an additional charge of felony murder with intent, after police found solid proof linking him to the kidnapping and killing of a third victim...

4275. Orestis formally charged with third murder

The suspected serial killer in the Filipina murders has been charged with a third count, based on specific evidence found in his home and linked directly to another woman as police still search for her body...

4276. Registration for General Healthcare System begins

4277. Body count in Mitseros still unknown

Police in Cyprus are scrambling to locate and identify bodies of foreign women following the arrest of a suspected serial killer, while the total number of slain victims is unknown with critics accusing law enforcement of not doing enough...

4278. More experts join Mitseros investigation

A former student of the suspected serial killer says the army captain was fascinated with Mitseros during photography lessons but there was never any indication that he might be a psychopath...

4279. Police chief responds to Mitseros criticism

Police Chief Zacharias Chrysostomou says all questions raised in the handling of the Filipina murders will be scrutinized, adding that investigators are now focusing on building a solid case that can stand up in court...

4280. Senator Menendez and the Greek Americans

4281. Search for more bodies in Mitseros

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...

4282. Second adult 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...

4283. 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...

4284. Two locals arrested in Filipina murder case

Cyprus police arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of a Filipina woman and the disappearance of her young daughter who is feared dead...

4285. 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...

4286. 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...

4287. Suspect arrested in Mitseros murder case

Police arrested a foreign national in connection with a female corpse that was found two days ago at an abandoned mine in Nicosia, with reports saying she has been identified as a woman from the Philippines...

4288. Russian woman found dead in the water

Police went on high alert Tuesday morning after a body was spotted in the water off the Paphos coast in Timi area...

4289. Female corpse found in abandoned well

Authorities are on high alert following the discovery of a female corpse spotted by tourists in a well at an abandoned mine in Nicosia district...

4290. Teens arrested in Limassol school bomb hoax

Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a bomb threat against a state school in Limassol earlier this week...