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Woman killed in occupied north, husband remanded for three days

A 35-year-old woman was killed near Gerolakkos in the occupied north on Saturday afternoon, with her 41-year-old husband remanded...

Gender based violence: a major social issue

Cyprus has recorded over 3000 cases of domestic violence per year. This shockingly large number causes a great amount...

18,000 gender-based violence complaints in six years, police reveal

"The problem of gender-based violence is much bigger than we believed," Police Chief Themistos Arnaoutis told the parliamentary Human...

Recent violence reignites debate on femicide and gun control in Cyprus

Tragic incidents involving violence against women over recent weeks have returned the issues of femicide and gender-based violence to...

16 femicides recorded in Cyprus 2020-2025, three attempts already in 2026

Sixteen femicides were recorded in Cyprus between 2020 and 2025, according to police data, while three attempted femicides have...

Gruesome murder in Crete as landlady strangled and stabbed to death by tenant

A 43 year old man has confessed to killing his landlady inside her own home at a village outside...

Kalamata femicide: Man kills wife with knife while children sleep in next room

A 41-year-old man stabbed his 39-year-old wife to death inside their central Kalamata home in the early hours of...

Husband arrested for femicide after woman found dead in Kalamata apartment

A 39-year-old woman was found dead inside her apartment in Kalamata during the early hours of Monday morning, leading...

They beat and murder them out of… “love”!

And here we go again. According to the police bulletin, a 33-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight...

In memory of student Karen Pulley

In recent months, several US states have seen a spate of crimes sharing a common thread: the targeting, sexual...

Woman killed by ex-partner in femicide witnessed by daughter in Nicosia

A 58-year-old woman died from severe head injuries inflicted by her 62-year-old ex-partner, who struck her multiple times with...

The profile of a femicide killer

Today, Tuesday, at 10:00 in the morning, the 40-year-old perpetrator of the brutal femicide in Volos is expected to...

Behind the facade of equality

Two more women were added the day before yesterday to Greece's long list of femicides. In a single day,...

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