https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-gang-assault-on-food-delivery-driver
Six suspects including minors have been arrested in Limassol after a food delivery driver was robbed and later attacked by unknown assailants as he was trying with friends to retrieve his stolen motorcycle at a local park...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alleged-teen-kidnapper-gives-own-version-of-events
A foreign man accused of kidnapping two teenagers in a public park in Nicosia says he did not do anything, but local media say the suspect admitted after his remand hearing that he held a boy and a girl against their will...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-silent-over-alleged-op-to-catch-teen-predator
Police declined to comment on an alleged kidnapping of two teenagers at a park in Nicosia, following reports that a boy and a girl accompanied by their parents filed a complaint that led to a failed undercover operation to catch a pervert...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hsbc-buys-failed-silicon-valley-bank-in-bid-to-stem-fallout
Governments in the UK and the U.S. took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, even as another major bank was shut down....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/volunteers-from-greece-turkey-and-italy-receive-emergency-training-in-nicosia
Sixteen young volunteers from Greece, Turkey, Italy, and Cyprus are being trained in Nicosia under the direction of the CERIDES Centre of Excellence at European University Cyprus as part of an international project and for a very specific reason....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-42-cases-of-pediatric-cancer-recorded-each-year
Each year, 42 new cancer cases among children are recorded in Cyprus, while the cure rate of childhood cancer cases ranks the country in the top spot worldwide,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scotland-children-as-young-as-15-can-begin-process-of-changing-their-gender
Teenagers as young as 15 will be able to begin the process of legally changing their sex after MSPs blocked a last-ditch bid to exclude children from Nicola Sturgeon’s transgender reforms....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teenagers-aged-three-years-in-lockdowns
Signs of premature aging have been found in the brains of teenagers who have been subjected to long-term lockdowns in recent years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-detains-two-teens-on-counterfeit-spending-spree
Two Greek Cypriot teenagers accused of using fake money to make purchases in the north have been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police, while another man from the south was detained after cartridges were found in his vehicle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iranian-police-beat-a-teen-girl-to-death-after-she-tore-khomeini-s-photo-report
An Iranian girl in middle school was beaten to death after police officers found a torn-up photo of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini in one of her schoolbooks, a local news outlet in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province Haalvsh reported on Sunday night....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-families-sue-amazon-for-selling-suicide-kits-to-teens
Amazon is facing a lawsuit accusing it of selling so-called suicide kits, brought by the families of two teenagers who bought a deadly chemical on the company's website and later used it to take their own lives....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pandemic-takes-toll-on-the-mental-health-of-teenagers
The decline in mental health among teenagers was intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic with studies observing sharp increases in anxiety, depression, aggression, self-harm and, most prominently, online addiction, experts warn ahead of a three-day conference at the University of Athens (UoA) starting Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teen-on-life-support-after-pickup-truck-plunges-into-gorge
A teenage boy is in serious condition following a pickup truck accident early Friday morning, with reports saying he was riding in the bed of a single-cab with another boy when it veered off course and fell into a gorge in rural Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/op-ed-grateful-healthful
If you really think about it, so many of us should be in a perpetual state of gratitude....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unruly-teens-at-large-after-attack-on-delivery-guy
A boy’s father has been arrested on assault charges in connection with a large-scale altercation in downtown Nicosia, but reports suggest two minors have been identified by a food delivery driver who was allegedly attacked by unruly teens prior to the reported incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parents-up-in-arms-over-illustrated-covid-book
A colorful children’s book with scary pictures aimed at warning young kids in Cyprus about the coronavirus pandemic has been criticized by organized parents, with officials now calling on the education ministry to give an explanation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/one-in-four-cypriots-will-be-diagnosed-with-a-form-of-cancer-in-his-her-lifetime-figures-show
One in four Cypriots will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in his/her lifetime while 42 new cases of cancer and leukaemia in children aged 0-19 are diagnosed annually on the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/judge-gets-schooled-in-ayia-napa-rape-case
A lawyer for a British woman, whose conviction in Cyprus for lying to police about being raped was overturned by the highest court in the land, says the family is waiting to see how authorities will respond, after a Supreme Court decision pointed fingers at law enforcement and the district judge for failing to exercise due diligence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/desperate-afghan-families-resorting-to-selling-their-kidneys-and-even-their-own-children-to-buy-food
Entire families in Afghanistan have been forced to sell their kidneys so they can buy food, as the country plunges deeper into a humanitarian crisis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/booster-shots-not-necessary-for-under-18s
Young people under 18 years of age do not have to get a booster shot unless they suffer from reduced immunity due to medication or an illness, the head of the National Vaccination Committee in Greece, Maria Theodoridou, said Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/high-schoolers-against-midterms-descend-on-palace
High school students staged a protest on Tuesday against semester exams in public schools, a new system that the government has been unable to implement during the pandemic but also because of very strong objections...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-ponders-quick-fix-to-christmas-measures
New proposed measures heading for a Cabinet meeting on Monday could mean more restrictions for unvaccinated citizens but also tougher protocols for contacts who already got the jab against COVID-19...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/social-media-enabling-destruction-of-democracy
“It’s the enabler of the destruction of democracy. It’s the enabler of the destruction of the facts,” says the Filipino Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supermarkets-want-a-safe-pass-redo
Supermarket representatives in the Republic of Cyprus are crying foul over Safe Pass measures, accusing police officers of being vindictive with fines and pointing out that some door greeters are even scared to confront aggressive customers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-up-their-game-in-safe-pass-checks
Police officers in the Republic of Cyprus have been instructed to examine Safe Pass documents more closely if they suspect a document might be fake, while violators could face up to three years in prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lack-of-data-stymies-booster-shot-debate-in-cyprus
Discussion in Cyprus over the possibility of a COVID booster shot ahead of the flu season is still up in the air, with the debate prompting officials to break an embargo on vaccination data of hospitalized patients and reveal that half of the older adult and elderly were vaccinated...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-leaves-booster-shot-up-to-brussels
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela says while government planning includes preparations for a third jab for vaccinated adults and seniors, the booster shot is subject to approval in Brussels...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-opens-goody-bag-for-the-vaccinated
The President’s Cabinet in the Republic of Cyprus decided on Friday to subsidize summer vacations for citizens who are vaccinated, following the approval of a number of incentives and counterincentives aimed to boost vaccination rates on the island as daily cases now exceed 500...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-readies-thank-you-gift-bag-for-vaccinated
New measures to reward vaccinated citizens in the Republic of Cyprus are to be decided in a Cabinet meeting on Friday following a sevenfold increase in daily COVID cases, with the government seeking ways to punish those who refuse to get the jab...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teens-wreak-havoc-on-holy-thursday
Four teenagers were arrested on Friday morning in connection with a group delinquency incident in Limassol, where youths started fires near a local church and then attacked fire fighters and police officers who rushed to the scene...
