https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/car-riddled-with-bullets-in-nicosia
Police launched a manhunt for two suspects Tuesday evening after a car driven by a man known to authorities was riddled with bullets in the southern suburbs of the capital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-arrested-after-mask-incident-escalates
A female passenger on a bus in Limassol, who reportedly refused to wear a mask, has been arrested on assault charges after police said she struck an officer on duty...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/calm-weather-brings-misty-mornings
Fair skies are expected in the coming days, featuring non-menacing clouds and a slight temperature drop mid-week, but no sign of rain before the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/witness-slip-up-stuns-court-in-alexoui-case
Prosecutors in the Alexoui case were forced to correct the record on Monday, in reference to a previous hearing when it emerged that their sole prosecution witness and victim had access to undisclosed information from a recent witness statement...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-court-rules-stabbing-was-self-defence
A defendant who visited Cyprus last year and ended up in jail for seven months after stabbing another man, walked free this week after prosecutors failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he had murderous intent, with judges ruling self-defence was justifiable...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thousands-of-covid-decree-violation-fines-left-unpaid
Thousands of fines issued to the public for violating coronavirus decrees remain unpaid, Kathimerini Cyprus reported Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-accused-of-abduction-speaks-out
Another child custody nightmare made headline news last week after a Cypriot mother has been ordered by a local court to take her son back to the United States, where his father filed a parental abduction complaint...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biker-dies-in-violent-crash-in-paphos
A male driver in Paphos was briefly detained on vehicular manslaughter charges on Friday evening, after a biker was killed in a multi-vehicle collision involving an illegal right turn...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/football-club-president-s-car-torched-in-limassol
Police are investigating an apparent vehicle arson against a football club president, who is also said to be running as a candidate for parliament in upcoming elections...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-kindergartens-receive-bomb-threats
Two Nicosia kindergartens were subject to bomb threats on Thursday by people as of yet unknown, who threatened to blow the premises up if they didn’t receive €80,000 in Bitcoin.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-seekers-at-pournara-breach-gate
A group of asylum seekers at Nicosia’s Pournara camp got a brief taste of freedom on Wednesday, after residents breached the front gate during a protest against long-term detention at the migration facility...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-open-to-reexamine-warrant-procedures
The Chief of Police wants a special team to go over warrants that were rendered unlawful recently, following a high profile defeat before the Supreme Court in connection with a home search over a Twitter parody account about the justice minister...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/explosion-shocks-latchia-health-centre
Police are searching for motives following an explosion in Latchia on Monday outside the town’s public health centre, where vaccinations against COVID-19 continue to take place...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rapid-tests-cyprus-main-weapon-amid-gradual-relaxation
A major weapon in the government’s battle against a renewed flare-up of the virus as lockdown measures are steadily lifted are rapid tests, with employees who are set to return to work next week subject to a €300 fine if they haven’t gotten checked for the virus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teacher-ready-to-sue-over-twitter-search
A teacher who won an appeal following an unlawful police search, in connection with a Twitter parody account complaint filed by Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, has vowed to sue the state saying she was targeted because of her activism...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-fires-up-engines-as-lockdown-eases
The Republic of Cyprus launched on Monday a gradual unlock of a three-week lockdown, citing signs of improvement with fewer hospitalizations and a major ramp up in the state’s rapid testing strategy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-unveils-plan-to-tackle-corruption
Cyprus’ fight against corruption is based on three pillars, President Anastasiades said Friday, announcing the eagerly-awaited steps the government will take in a bid to restore credibility to the Republic after its reputation was shattered by revelations of corruption through the nixed Citizenship-by-Investment Program (CIP)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-says-twitter-warrant-was-illegal
The Supreme Court has ruled that a police search warrant, in connection with a complaint filed by Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis over a Twitter parody account, was unlawful...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/speed-limits-drop-for-city-centre-streets
Drivers on major roads in Cypriot cities may soon need to slow down further, if a new effort by the Road Safety Council takes hold reducing speed limits further from 50 down to just 30 kilometres per hour...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flamingo-rescued-in-paralimni-had-been-shot
A Greater Flamingo that underwent surgery is said to be recuperating after it was found injured in Paralimni lake, with reports saying it lost an eye after being shot and it may never fly again...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fraud-suspected-in-arson-of-vacant-home
Police are trying to get to the bottom of an arson case, following a series of arrests including a couple whose home in Limassol was burglarized and damaged by fire last month...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-limit-cars-in-troodos-square
Police say they will limit the number of vehicles allowed into or near Troodos Square, following reports of health protocol violations, in an effort to slow down the rapid spread of COVID-19...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ex-cop-who-forged-parolee-signature-arrested
Police on Friday arrested an ex-special police officer after evidence was uncovered pointing to corruption....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wage-earner-falls-to-his-death-in-strovolos
A wage earner was killed on the job on Thursday, after he fell from a two-storey building in Nicosia while trying to fix a water tank on the roof...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/quake-rattles-cyprus-no-damage-reported-so-far
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 shook Cyprus on Thursday afternoon, though reports of any damage have yet to emerge...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shooting-federation-uncovers-more-sexual-abuse-cases
The Cyprus Shooting Federation has become aware of four more cases of sexual abuse by the same perpetrator allegedly involved in the case filed with police on Wednesday by Olympic shooting athlete Andri Eleftheriou, reports said Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rampant-spread-contained-but-cyprus-still-in-red-zone
Despite indications that the rampant spread of the virus has been contained, Cyprus remains in the red zone, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-seeker-held-at-menoyia-loses-appeal
A man from Sri Lanka, who is being detained at Menoyia for over a year, has lost his appeal at the Supreme Court, which ruled the interior ministry had legal grounds to keep him in prolonged custody because of legal steps taken by the applicant himself...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-biden-urges-americans-to-turn-page
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, vowing to end the ‘uncivil war’ in a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-olympic-athlete-files-sexual-abuse-report
Cypriot Olympic shooting athlete Andri Eleftheriou filed an official report of sexual abuse with police on Wednesday after meeting with Justice Minister Emily Yioliti....
