https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-go-slow-to-show-dissent
State teachers in public schools will take industrial action by ‘going slow’ in the first few days back to school, as unions seek a stronger mandate from members by asking them to approve a general strike...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-trustee-says-co-op-sapped-with-impunity
Investigators in the probe into the collapse of credit unions in Cyprus heard testimony this week that political parties endorsed a sense of impunity among bank officials...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/may-says-sides-need-to-build-trust-on-cyprus
The British Government continues to support a settlement in Cyprus, UK Prime Minister Theresa May told MP Theresa Villiers known for her opposition to security guarantees on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-department-terminates-augusta-helicopter-probe
The Legal Services department is closing the case of the controversial purchase of Agusta helicopters, saying investigators did not find evidence of wrongdoing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-hones-in-on-fire-service-regional-authority-officials
A judicial investigation into the causes of the disastrous wildfires on the outskirts of Attica last month points to major shortcomings and mistakes by members of Greece’s fire service and regional authorities, Kathimerini understands. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/medical-negligence-not-ruled-out-in-little-girl-s-death
Cyprus police has opened a criminal investigation into possible medical negligence in connection with the death of an 8-year-old girl, following statements from her family that contradict a hospital report...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/report-vindicates-medics-in-young-girl-s-death
An internal report was urgently submitted to the health ministry, giving full account of events in an 8-year-old girl’s death after her mother declined specialised medical treatment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/experts-warn-of-pollution-in-areas-hit-by-attica-wildfires
As a judicial investigation into last month’s catastrophic wildfires in parts of Attica gathers pace, experts have warned of toxic pollution in the areas affected by the blazes....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/manafort-lawyer-blames-cyprus-accounts-on-oligarchs
Prosecutors described Paul Manafort as a “shrewd” liar and accused him of misleading his tax preparers, banks, and US authorities in claiming that secret accounts did not exist...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-says-‘serious-indications-of-arson-behind-deadly-wildfire
In what was seen as a bid Thursday to minimize the political cost of the natural disaster in eastern Attica, government officials did not rule out the possibility of arson....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-continues-as-wildfires-death-toll-climbs-to-80
Rescue crews Wednesday continued to search the seaside areas northeast of Athens that were the worst affected by wildfires to locate any further victims, as the official death toll rose to 80...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/leak-trial-of-ex-deputy-police-chief-up-in-the-air
The trial of former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou, who is accused of leaking confidential documents, is up in the air after a court deadline last week came and went...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/co-op-investigators-can-look-as-far-back-as-they-want
The newly-assigned co-op investigators, handpicked by the attorney general to look into the recent troubled past of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, will have no time limits in what events they choose to examine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-court-stunned-in-interpol-media-leak-trial
A state prosecutor could be held in contempt by a Nicosia court if she fails to hand over a criminal probe finding in connection with the leaking of Interpol information in the Ayia Napa mob killings of 2016...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-ordered-into-injury-of-thessaloniki-sanitation-worker
An investigation has been launched in the northern port city of Thessaloniki into the circumstances that led to a municipal santiation worker sustaining serious injures on the job....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ag-names-investigators-to-comb-though-entire-co-op
A former judge, an economist, and a banker will make up the executive committee that will investigate any suspicious dealings that took place in the troubled Cypriot co-op...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-countdown-begins-for-cyprus-co-op-debacle
Attorney General Costas Clerides is moving forward with the launching of an investigation into possible offences at the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, in connection with bad loans worth €7.5 billion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-into-stavros-death-still-open
Members of a Health and Safety Task Force Committee are visiting Alethriko elementary on Wednesday, a Larnaca school where 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis got injured last month and whose death hours later was shrouded in controversy and allegations of incompetence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/politicsblog-end-of-an-era-and-harris-bitter-chalice
Journalists often abuse the term 'end of an era' but in the case of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, these words totally fit the bill...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-charges-connect-dots-in-russia-collusion-probe
Recent witness tampering allegations against Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager accused of money laundering in Cyprus among others, are linked to new charges against a political operative with alleged ties to Russian spies...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/case-on-hold-against-doctor-points-to-cover-up
An internal probe of a senior doctor at one of the state’s public hospitals has been on the back burner for over a year, with reports suggesting a cover up...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trial-of-ex-deputy-police-chief-can-go-forward
The Supreme Court has ruled that an independent report should be handed over to the defence team of the former deputy chief of police, who is facing charges in connection with the leaking of information in the Ayia Napa mob killings of 2016...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spain-police-arrest-fund-manager-browder-on-russia-warrant
British businessman Bill Browder, a prominent Kremlin critic, was detained and then released by Spanish police on Wednesday, after a warrant for his arrest he said came from Russia was found to be no longer valid...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-minister-calls-for-special-task-force
Organised parents and teachers met with the education minister to discuss safety and health issues in public schools, but union representatives did not take part during talks over teacher evaluations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mueller-probes-psy-group-s-money-flow-into-cyprus
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller is turning his attention to Cyprus and bank records of an Israeli-based firm that worked together with Cambridge Analytica to boost election chances for President Donald Trump...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/white-house-bars-democrats-from-seeing-classified-documents
Two Republican lawmakers, and no Democrats, are expected to attend a meeting scheduled for Thursday to review classified information relating to US President Donald Trump’s suggestion the FBI might have used an informant to gather information on his 2016 election campaign...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rift-between-teachers-and-minister-gets-bigger
Organised teachers are up in arms over the education minister’s comments during a probe in the aftermath of a school boy’s death, when he asked union educators to stay away from the investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/opposition-parties-walk-out-of-novartis-debate
Lawmakers of the opposition walked out of a parliamentary debate on Friday ahead of a vote on whether to request the prosecution of 10 prominent politicians named in a bribery scandal involving Swiss drugs manufacturer Novartis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teacher-in-stavros-school-under-investigation
An internal probe into a ‘problem teacher in connection with the fatal injury of a 10-year-old student has angered union teachers, who visited the school premises while their colleagues were talking to investigators...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-state-medics-plead-not-guilty
The two Larnaca doctors, who are facing charges of gross negligence in the death of a 10-year-old school boy, pleaded not guilty on Thursday and were set free on bail until their trial in September...
