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Russia detains ex-journalist, accusing him of passing secrets to West
Russian security forces detained a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russia’s space agency on Tuesday and accused him of...
British journalist dies at Limassol home
British journalist Chris Drake, who had made Cyprus his home since the late seventies, has died aged 76. He was found dead by his landlord...
Turkey says will search consulate where Saudi journalist vanished
Turkey said on Tuesday it would search Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished last week, and close ally Britain called...
Journalists’ car torched in Paphos (Updated)
A car belonging to the owners of news portal PafosPress was destroyed by fire early on Monday in what the authorities said was an arson...
Pakistani journalist critical of military escapes kidnap attempt
A Pakistani journalist, known for criticising his country’s military establishment, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed men, in an incident that...
Danish man tells court woman died in his home-made submarine
A Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his home-made submarine has told a court she did die in the vessel, police said, changing his earlier...
Yemen court sentences veteran journalist to death – media
A court in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa has sentenced a veteran reporter to death for spying for the group’s main enemy Saudi Arabia, Houthi media...
Prominent Turkish journalist says detained over tweet
Prominent Turkish journalist Ahmet Sik said on Thursday he was being detained by authorities over a Twitter statement he made and state media and an...
Audit boss to ask AG to probe whether his phone is bugged
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides will on Monday ask the attorney-general to investigate whether his phone calls are being monitored following a suspicious incident, CyBC reported on...
Arson attack on journalist’s car
A car belonging to the crime correspondent Dina Kleanthous of online news site ‘Reporter online’ was torched early Monday in Deftera, Nicosia district. The fire...
Ukraine shocked by “cynical” car bomb murder of investigative journalist
By Natalia Zinets and Sergei Karazy An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central...
Dutch journalist who criticised Erdogan detained in Turkey -official
By David Dolan and Thomas Escritt A prominent Dutch journalist has been detained by Turkish police, a Dutch official said on Sunday, a week after...
Saudi reporter jailed for 5 years for insulting rulers – Amnesty
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a journalist to five years in jail for insulting the kingdom’s rulers and “inciting public opinion” on Twitter, Amnesty International said....
Tributes paid to well-known Paphos journalist
TRIBUTES poured in during the week for well-known Paphos journalist Athos (Arthur) Tilley who died in hospital in Finland after a short illness, aged 58...
Russian journalist sent back to Lithuania, thanks supporters (Updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou RUSSIAN journalist Andrey Nekrasov, held in Cyprus for almost a month following an international arrest warrant by Russia, was flown back to...
No sign yet of extradition order from Russia
By Elias Hazou Cypriot authorities have yet to receive an official extradition request from Russia for Andrey Nekrasov, a journalist and political activist currently being...
Reporters without Borders calls for Russian journo’s release (update)
By George Psyllides Reporters Without Borders are calling for the immediate release of Andrey Nekrasov, a young Russian opposition journalist arrested at Larnaca airport on July...
European citizens award for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
By Evie Andreou Two Cypriots, journalist Sevgul Uludag and poet Mihalis Hristofidis received the joint award of the European Citizen’s Prize 2014 on Friday. The...