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511. Child sex predator gets five years

A 26-year-old man from Nicosia has been sentenced to five years after being found guilty of sexual harassment against teenagers...

512. Speeding driver gets jail sentence

The driver who was clocked at 200 kilometres on the highway earlier this week has been sentenced to three weeks behind bars...

513. Spehar to brief UN Security Council on renewal of UNFICYP

514. Driver clocked at 200 on the highway

A driver was detained on Tuesday after traffic police clocked his vehicle going twice the limit on the Nicosia-Limassol highway...

515. Conscientious objector walks free

A Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector has been released from prison after serving just three days of his 20-day sentence, after refusing to pay a fine to get out of army reserve duty...

516. Larnaca abductor admits drugging school boys

The criminal trial in the Larnaca abduction case continued on Wednesday, with suspect Yiorgos “George” Nicolaou finally admitting two the drugging charges along with kidnapping the two school boys...

517. Larnaca abductor back in court

The criminal trial in the Larnaca abduction case continues on Wednesday, with suspect Yiorgos “George” Nicolaou facing charges of kidnapping and drugging two school boys...

518. Conscientious objector booked into jail

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu is heading to prison to serve his sentence, after refusing to pay a fine to get out of army reserve duty...

519. Fake job recruiter in Cypriot custody

A Tunisian man who has been convicted of fraud in Greece has been extradited to Cyprus, where he is accused of conning nearly 500 people by making empty job promises in France...

520. Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector to be jailed

521. The constructive ambiguity of the Cyprus problem

522. Man arrested on child porn charges

Police have arrested a man on child porn charges, following a search of his mobile phone where investigators found illegal content...

523. Court throws out sexual assault conviction

An elderly man serving jail time for sexually abusing his young granddaughter has won an appeal, with the Supreme Court overturning the sentence citing lack of a fair trial...

524. Supreme Court sends ‘pervert cop’ to jail

The Supreme Court handed down a two year prison sentence to a police officer, who initially got one year suspended for sexually assaulting a female nurse in his hotel room...

525. Arcade cannabis trial pushed back

A Greek man, who was arrested in Limassol in connection with cannabis hidden inside an arcade game, is ready to plead guilty to charges but not before the class of the drugs can be scientifically ascertained...

526. Man sentenced for sexually abusing teen

A 48-year-old local man has been sentenced to four years after he was found guilty of sexually molesting a teenage girl who suffered from mental illness...

527. Another prostitution ring busted in Limassol

Police arrested multiple suspects during a Limassol prostitution sting on Wednesday, while four other women were believed to be victims of sex trafficking...

528. Outspoken attorney slams judge

High-powered attorney Loukis Loucaides is calling on a Larnaca judge to step down, questioning her competence and accusing her of taking irregular steps when she handed him a four month suspended sentence...

529. Man sentenced in teen bride kidnapping case

A 21-year-old man in Nicosia got a suspended sentence in a bride kidnapping case involving a 13-year-old girl who claimed she was in love with him...

530. Indian student gets two years for opioids

An Indian man has been sentenced to two years by a Larnaca court after pleading guilty to importing over 2000 opioid pills back in June 2018...

531. German nurse admits killing 100 patients

532. Man “madly in love” loses appeal in pedophile conviction

A convicted pedophile lost his appeal case after telling the Supreme Court he was “madly in love” with a 10-year-old girl and he was simply acting out in a childish manner...

533. NASA Chief Scientist: In our life time we will know if we are alone in the cosmos

534. Turkish court sentences Cypriot jihadist

A Londoner of Cypriot origin and his wife have been sentenced to six years and three months in Turkey after they were convicted on terrorism charges...

535. Cypriot among fracking protesters to go to jail

A Cypriot anti-fracking activist in Britain will spend over a year in prison along with three others for their part in blocking the way for trucks outside an energy company base...

536. Paramytha killer dad suing older son

The father who killed his son in Limassol three years ago is suing his other son and the state for compensation...

537. Larnaca teacher sentenced for sexually harassing female students

A 52-year-old high school teacher has been sentenced to one year in prison after he was found guilty of sexual harassment, both physical and verbal, against female students...

538. Larnaca abductor goes straight to trial

The 35-year-old suspect in the Larnaca abduction case of two school boys will bypass preliminary hearings and go straight to criminal trial...

539. Turkey no show at Council of Europe meeting

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe expresses regret over the decision of Turkey not to participate in recent discussions, in Strasbourg, concerning the execution of European Court judgments over Cyprus-related cases...

540. Cops snatch pardoned sex offender

A convicted sex offender, whose release by presidential pardon in early September sparked social debate, is once again behind bars after police went to search for explosives and discovered camera violations in his residence...