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WorldLindsay Clancy’s lawyers ask judge to drop murder charges, citing protection against a second trial
Defense attorneys for Lindsay Clancy argued at a Plymouth hearing that a retrial over the deaths of her three children would breach her constitutional rights, while prosecutors said the judge handled the jury deadlock…
SocietyCypriot secondary school pupils to stage solidarity actions for protesting French students
Psem announced that secondary school students across Cyprus will hold symbolic actions on Thursday to back French pupils…
SocietyStriking education ministry staff to march on presidential palace over pay and work demands
Education ministry support programme staff and night school instructors on strike will march to the presidential palace on…
PoliticsState reaches settlement with Cyfield over Akamas roadworks as agriculture budget rises to €532 million
An environment official told MPs that the legal service has agreed a settlement with Cyfield over Akamas roadworks,…
IncidentsSyrian suspect in Olga Vasilyeva killing attacked by fellow inmate in Limassol cell
A 43-year-old Syrian who confessed to killing 61-year-old Olga Vasilyeva was assaulted by another prisoner at the Limassol…
IncidentsMan, 28, arrested in Limassol over drifting footage filmed during wedding procession
Police arrested a 28-year-old suspected driver after online footage showed vehicles drifting and blocking a Limassol roundabout, while…
PoliticsUN envoy Holguin to meet Famagusta and Morphou delegations on Saturday
Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou says he will ask UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin to have Varosha returned to…
SocietyFlu vaccinations begin via personal doctors in Cyprus from Monday
The health ministry says seasonal flu jabs are available through personal doctors from Monday, with priority given to…
SocietyPaphos-Polis Chrysochous Road Tenders Expected in First Half of 2027
Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki said tenders for both phases of the four-lane Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road should be launched…
PoliticsChristodoulides: Cyprus Has Done Its Part for Great Sea Interconnector Seabed Surveys
President Nikos Christodoulides said Cyprus has completed the steps required of it for the GSI seabed surveys and…
CultureRestoration of frescoes and iconostasis completed at Saint Barnabas monastery in Famagusta
Sotos Ktoris, head of the bicommunal committee on cultural heritage, announced that work on the frescoes, iconostasis and…