State seeks truth over soldier’s 2005 death, says AG
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Wednesday said the state would do its best to help provide answers to the questions tormenting the family of a 26-year-old...
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Lawyer for family of dead soldier call for culprits to be found following new evidence
The death of a soldier 16 years ago, which appears to have been the result of strangulation and not suicide as initially thought, should be...
Findings of probe into teen suicide handed over to AG (Update 2)
The findings of a criminal investigation into the apparent suicide of a 14-year-old boy in Nicosia late last year were delivered to the attorney-general on...
Lottides: deafening silence a year after teen’s suicide
Authorities are still investigating possible responsibilities by social welfare officials and police officers in connection with the suicide of a teenage boy last year, 12...
Lowest suicide rate in EU, but men at most risk (Updated)
Cyprus has the lowest suicide rate in the whole of the EU, Eurostat reported on Thursday, but like the rest of the union the vast...
AG launches criminal probe into teen suicide
Attorney-general Costas Clerides appointed two independent investigators to look into the circumstances that led to the suicide of a 15-year-old boy in September last year,...
Social workers start 24-hour strike
Social welfare workers started a 24-hour strike on Monday morning in protest over the results of an investigation into a teenager’s suicide which accused the...
Probe into suicide teen’s death to be completed next week
AN independent inquiry into the suicide of a 15-year-old boy will be completed next week, reports said on Friday, while the teen’s siblings continued to...
Investigation to see if dead teen was let down by state services (update 2)
A probe will be launched to see if social welfare officials did everything possible to help a 15-year-old boy who committed suicide last week and...
Hurt inmate takes own life
A foreign inmate committed suicide on Tuesday after his girlfriend of 10 years broke up with him and cut off communication, the prison administration said....
Why are suicides rates so low?
By Andria Kades Figures released this week showing that Cyprus has the lowest suicide rate in the whole of the European Union may not accurately...
Cyprus has lowest suicide rate in the EU
Cyprus has the lowest suicide rate in the EU, while the highest rate was recorded in Lithuania, according to a Eurostat report published on Monday....
US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dead of suicide at 61 – CNN
US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused Parts Unknown television series, hanged himself in a French hotel room, CNN said on Friday, in the second...
Holy Synod set to review reinstatement of predator priest
Bishop Isaias of Tamassos said on Tuesday he will bring the case of a priest reinstated after being found guilty and serving prison time for...
Explosion at US embassy in Montenegro, attacker blows self up
An unidentified man threw an explosive device, probably a hand grenade, at the US embassy building in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, around midnight before blowing...
Man kills wife and then himself in the north
A mother of one in Akanthou, in the north, was shot dead by her husband who then turned the gun on himself but didn’t die...
Concerns that self-harm incidents are linked to ‘suicide game’
By Stephania Xenophontos The education ministry is investigating five incidents of self-harm by youngsters in both primary and secondary schools to determine whether they...
Germany aghast after Syrian bomb suspect kills himself in jail
Police and judicial officials in the German state of Saxony faced a blaze of criticism on Thursday after a Syrian man suspected of plotting to...
Indian man kills 14 members of own family, then hangs himself
A man in India stabbed 14 members of his own family to death, including seven children, before hanging himself, police said on Sunday, in one...
Busy 24 hours for fire services
The fire services said on Sunday they had answered 24 calls for help, 18 of which involved various fires, over the previous 24 hours, including...