Man admits to murdering woman found in field last month
A 32-year-old man, the main suspect for the murder of a woman whose body was found last month in a field in the Athienou buffer...
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Bloody clothing found by police may link to murder investigation
Police investigating the murder of woman have found a suitcase with bloody clothing in a plot near the residence of one of the suspects, reports...
Three held for woman’s murder re-remanded by Nicosia court
Nicosia district court on Thursday renewed for another eight days the remand of three men held in connection with the murder of a woman whose...
Copy of important Athienou artefact to go on show
A copy of an important ancient votive plaque on display in New York will soon on show at the Kallinikeio Municipal Museum of Athienou, the...
Three men remanded on suspicion of murdering woman found in field
Three men were remanded in custody for eight days on suspicion of murder, police said Wednesday, after the badly decomposed body of an unidentified woman...
Woman’s body found in buffer zone near Athienou, arrest made (update 6)
Nicosia police said on Tuesday they were investigating premeditated murder following the discovery of the body of a woman in the buffer zone near Athienou....
Mayor says Athienou in need of ambulance station
Lives in Athienou are in danger since there is no permanent ambulance station, mayor Kyriakos Kareklas warned on Monday. “It is necessary to create a...
Tatar election, Varosha pushing back Pyroi opening, says Athienou mayor
Athienou mayor Kyriakos Kareklas has voiced concern that recent developments in the north, specifically the election of Ersin Tatar as Turkish Cypriot leader and the...
Father and son arrested after straying into north while walking dog
A father and son from Athienou who were arrested by authorities in the north on Wednesday evening were released on bail on Thursday. The incident...
House passes resolutions on Hagia Sophia, and Kokkina, Pyroi crossings
MPs on Friday approved two resolutions, one condemning the decision by Turkey to convert Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and another calling on the...
Police intercept two groups of migrants
Police found two groups of migrants crossing illegally from the north near Athienou on Saturday. The first group of migrants were six men from Iraq...
Farmer says Turkish soldiers stole his vehicle from buffer zone
A 60-year-old Greek Cypriot farmer reported to police that Turkish soldiers stole his double-cabin pick-up worth €9,000 inside the buffer zone at Louroudjina near Athienou,...
Group of 14 Syrian refugees picked up in Athienou
Fourteen irregular migrants from Syria entered Cyprus in the early hours of Saturday through Athienou, a buffer-zone village in the Larnaca district, authorities said. According...
Athienou to plant 1,500 trees
Athienou municipality will plant 1,500 trees on January 25 in a bid to increase greenery in the area, as more and more communities embark on...
Anonymous donation given in Athienou
An anonymous person from Athienou donated food coupons total worth €1,200 for the municipality’s needy families. According to the municipality a person wishing to remain...
Man dies in traffic accident in Athienou
A 61-year-old man died in a car crash in Athienou in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. According to authorities, the man was...
Athienou mayor calls for crossing opening in letter to president
Athienou mayor Kyriakou Kareklas sent a letter to president Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday formally requesting the opening of a crossing at Pyroi, an issue the...
Athienou to replace old street lighting with LED
By Marianna Shacola THE replacement of 1,500 energy-intensive street lights with LED technology is to be executed by the end of August 2019 in the...
Athienou receives 3D scans of stolen antiquities, will make replicas
Athienou municipality announced that it has obtained 3D scans of artefacts located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from which they will...
Athienou mayor calls for US help in opening new crossing point
Athienou mayor Kyriakos Kareklas appealed to US ambassador Judith Garber for help in having a crossing point opened in the Larnaca village during her visit...