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1441. Girl’s mom accuses cop of obstructing justice

A mother has turned to a media outlet to complaint against the police, saying an officer discouraged her from filing a complaint against an obscene caller who targeted her pre-teen daughter...

1442. Supreme Court invalidates police warrant

A search warrant against an unlicenced education centre was found to have violated the principle of proportionality, according to a Supreme Court ruling that reprimanded law enforcement officials for acting beyond their scope...

1443. Limassol high school upset over leaked video

A malicious fire at a Limassol high school and a parent-teacher confrontation made headlines on Thursday, one day after a leaked video showed a teacher striking a female student during a heated exchange...

1444. New details emerge in bullied teen’s death

The case of a high school student who died last month after he was reportedly bullied into binge drinking is heading to the attorney general’s office with a lot more information than previously stated...

1445. 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...

1446. Cypriots celebrate Easter

Easter may be a thing from last week in some parts of the world, but it is almost the end of Holy Week in the Republic Cyprus where people get ready for Saturday midnight mass and Easter Sunday celebrations...

1447. Ready for prime time?

1448. 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...

1449. 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...

1450. Teen’s death reopens after shocking revelations

Police say they will re-examine the case of a teenager who died over the weekend at a birthday party, following second-hand information about bullying and binge drinking...

1451. Five women accuse man of sexual offences

A retired business owner is facing indecent assault charges from multiple women, including two individuals who say they were in primary school when the sexual offences took place...

1452. Kasoulides: The public wants a solution to the Cyprus problem

1453. 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...

1454. Paphos schools evacuate after new bomb threats

Two schools in Paphos received bomb threats on Thursday morning, with police responding according to protocol days after a handful of prank calls in other schools...

1455. SBA deal major blow to illegal gambling

Police on the Sovereign Base Area in Akrotiri say they have shut down all illegal gambling outposts following countless complaints by residents in the area...

1456. Paphos mayor gets down and dirty

Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos took matters in his own hands when he hopped on to heavy duty equipment to demolish an old convenience store in his town...

1457. Limassol school evacuates after bomb threat

A school in Limassol was ordered to be evacuated on Monday morning following a bomb threat over the phone...

1458. Suspected drug dealers on the run after car chase

Two suspects have been arrested while two more are wanted by police in connection with a cocaine bust that started with a car chase over the weekend...

1459. Paphos gets a third bomb hoax in one week

There was yet another school bomb hoax in Paphos on Friday, the third this week, with police ordering the evacuation of a middle school in Agios Theodoros to conduct a search...

1460. UK and Cyprus agree to closer defence and security ties

1461. Bus strike in Limassol ends for now

Bus drivers in Limassol got behind the wheel on Friday, suspending a strike following a meeting between trade union representatives and the ministers of labour and transport...

1462. Bomb scare calls keep coming in

There was another bomb scare in Paphos on Thursday with police ordering the evacuation of a middle school in Yeroskipou following a bomb threat over the phone...

1463. Paphos cops respond to school bomb scare

Police in Paphos are trying to identify and locate the person behind a bomb threat that caused an immediate evacuation at a local high school on Wednesday...

1464. Cyprus Central Bank has a new Governor

1465. Larnaca abductor gets sixteen years

The Larnaca abductor who kidnapped and drugged two school boys has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, with the criminal judges describing the case as unprecedented for Cyprus standards...

1466. Tour bus with students crashes in Limassol

A bus carrying high school students to Paphos risked tipping over when it collided with a tow truck in Limassol, while kids and teachers were taken to hospital for precautionary reasons...

1467. You can call it political karma

With the re-election of Nicos Anastasiades, many were puzzled with Harris Georgiades’ decision to insist that he not be reappointed finance minister. Having a clear path ahead of him and a brewing storm miles away, shouldn’t he be entitled to leaving while things were still good?...

1468. Nicosia cops respond to school bomb scare

1469. This is what Greece can be

“This is Greece.” This oft-used excuse gets on my nerves and I apologize for using it here, but I just cannot come up with a better alternative. ...

1470. Student in mental hospital after school fight

A trade school student in Larnaca has been admitted to a mental health hospital after exchanging blows with another teen and two teachers who tried to break the fight...