https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/systems-tested-by-slaughterhouse-outbreak
A company that owns a slaughterhouse in rural Nicosia has until Monday to explain how 79 people were found working without proper authorization, following a coronavirus outbreak on the premises and days after the firm hinted that government officials were supplying asylum seekers for manual labour through backchannels...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/198-new-coronavirus-cases-detected
198 new coronavirus cases emerged on Tuesday, when 4,143 tests were conducted, raising total known cases to 6,296....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-s-cabinet-to-rethink-covid-strategy
President Nicos Anastasiades has called for an emergency Cabinet meeting on Monday, after data over the weekend appeared to suggest that things were taking a turn for the worse despite hard work and added measures...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/multiple-offences-in-paralimni-school-prank
Police have launched an investigation into a high school prank in Paralimni where animals were abused and/or slaughtered in front of cheering teens but also teachers and shocked schoolmates who were reduced to tears...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/global-coronavirus-cases-top-10-million-deaths-surge-past-500-000
The world surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones Sunday -- 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases -- and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hijab-and-kosher-end-up-in-report-on-cyprus
A State Department report has called out Cyprus on matters of religious freedom, following a number of stories in the media including the right to wear hijab in school, kosher laws, and access to religious sites...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-sparks-kosher-debate-in-cyprus
Animal rights advocates are up in arms over a new government bill that would allow slaughterhouses in the Republic of Cyprus to incorporate kosher rituals, a procedure described by animal rights activists as inhumane...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabs-bird-poaching-remains-out-of-control-in-cyprus
Crime against wild birds in Cyprus remains out of control, the Committee against Bird Slaughter (CABS) reported on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/activists-step-in-to-rescue-trapped-birds
A video showing the rescue of illegally trapped songbirds in Cyprus has been posted on Facebook by a group of activists, in an effort to raise awareness amongst the general public...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/activists-chased-in-the-dead-of-night
A group of activists against illegal bird trapping, who took matters into their own hands when they tried to disrupt an unlawful operation in Famagusta, uploaded a video showing they were being chased by local poachers in the dead of night...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/red-lake-object-traced-back-to-film-production
New reports appear to debunk Wednesday’s odd find at the Red Lake, as an object that alerted authorities ended up being a mockup body dumped during the filming of a foreign movie two decades ago...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interpol-asks-cyprus-to-chip-in
The Australian man arrested for the slaughter of Muslim worshipers in New Zealand has piqued the interest of Cypriot authorities, after it emerged that the suspected terrorist had traveled to many countries in the region...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/east-med-on-track-with-us-backing
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/witness-says-tzionis-was-not-pressured
Following objections from the defence in the Strovolos double murder, the prosecution called a witness on Friday who told the court police investigators did not violate the main suspect’s rights...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/activists-dismantle-illegal-bird-trapping-site
Environmental activists in Cyprus came across an illegal bird trapping site on Wednesday, managing to save 200 birds while poachers had already killed some before running away...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/female-poacher-armed-to-the-teeth
Two environmental activists, who were monitoring illegal bird trapping activities in Larnaca, were assaulted last week by a female poacher who also bit them before wildlife officers could arrive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/illegal-bird-trapping-season-begins-with-an-arrest
Officials and activists team up once again to combat illegal bird trapping in Cyprus, with a recent arrest of a male suspect sending a message against complacency...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parliament-calls-on-international-community-to-recognise-armenian-genocide
According to Mahtesian, between 1915 and 1923 more than 1.5 million innocent Armenians suffered torture, were put to death, slaughtered or forced to walk to their death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/british-bases-deal-blow-to-illegal-bird-trappers
SBA Police feel the high-profile destruction of seized trapping equipment will send out a strong message to the bird trapping community...