Michalis Hadjivasilis

Frozen funds in ‘Operation Plegma’ drug ring investigation rise to €350,000

The amount of money frozen in the bank accounts of suspects arrested in Operation ‘Plegma’ rose to 350,000 euros...

Cyprus begins deporting Syrians whose asylum claims were rejected

Cyprus has begun deporting Syrians whose asylum applications were finally rejected, making it one of the few European Union...

Officials to declare assets every 30 months under new bill

The president, ministers, MPs and other state officials in Cyprus would have to declare their assets every 30 months,...

Supreme Court refuses to reopen 2011 double killing case

The Supreme Court has rejected a bid by a convicted murderer serving a life sentence to reopen his case...

Serious crime in Cyprus up 27.8%, police report shows

Serious crime in Cyprus rose 27.8 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with last year, while...

Justice minister says phone-tapping bill will return to parliament

Justice Minister Costas Fytiris said on Monday that legislation allowing phone tapping would return to parliament, telling the House...

Court grants Somali man refugee status, faults asylum interview

A 25-year-old Somali man whose application for international protection was rejected by the Asylum Service was recognised as a...

Trafficking networks move online to avoid detection, police data show

Human trafficking networks in Cyprus have changed their methods to avoid detection, according to information held by police and...

Police recommend prosecutions over Takata airbag deaths and handling

Police have recommended criminal prosecutions against a number of people and organisations over defective Takata airbags that killed two...

Audit Office warned of body misidentification a month before mix-up

A British man’s body was found under another person’s name at Nicosia General Hospital on Wednesday, about a month...

Body missing from Nicosia Hospital mortuary was there all along under wrong name

The body of a British man that could not be found at the Nicosia General Hospital mortuary was located...

Man’s body vanishes from Nicosia General Hospital mortuary

Police are investigating after a man’s body went missing from the mortuary at Nicosia General Hospital, and nobody knows...

Seven arrested over Latsia attack on teenager due in court Wednesday

Nicosia CID arrested seven people, six of them minors, on Tuesday after a 16-year-old reported being attacked and beaten...

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