Indonesia extends search for jet crash victims, second black box
By Tabita Diela Indonesian authorities on Sunday extended by three days the search for victims and a black box from the wreckage of a Lion...
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Greek seaside town remembers lives lost to wildfire
Mourners gathered in a church in the Greek coastal town of Mati on Sunday where they wept and lit candles in memory of those killed...
Memorials for Mari blast victims
State officials and representatives of political parties attended on Sunday memorials of the men who lost their lives during the blast at Mari naval base...
Italians angered by Charlie Hebdo cartoon showing quake victims as pasta
By Steve Scherer French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, victim of a deadly attack by islamist militants in 2015 for its irreverent humour, was criticised by...
Cyprus emerges from trafficking ‘grey area’ on US list but must do more
Last year the government convicted 31 human traffickers compared to nine in 2014, according to the latest US human trafficking report, but in order to...
AG’s office not trying to cheat relatives of Mari victims, it says
The Legal Service is not trying to reduce the sum awarded as damages to the family of a victim of the 2011 Mari disaster, it...
Court awards compensation to families of Mari victims
The family of fire sergeant Andreas Papadopoulos who was killed in the 2011 Mari Naval blast which killed 13 people will be given €628,000 in...
Sham-marriage brides the latest trafficking victims
Police were on Thursday investigating claims of kidnap and sham marriages after foreign women alleged they were brought to the island under false pretences. According...
Helios orphans to get part of their compensation back
Around 30 children orphaned in the 2005 Helios crash are see part return of the money slashed from their compensation during the 2013 deposits haircut,...
Push for a more child-friendly justice system
By Evie Andreou Hope for Children (HFC) UNCRC Policy Center announced on Wednesday it would lead an EU funded project on child-friendly justice for minors...
Cabinet holds one-minute’s silence for victims of Paris attacks
The cabinet on Tuesday held a one-minute’s silence for the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks last Friday. President Nicos Anastasiadee, at the beginning of...
Victims’ identities begin to emerge
By Crispian Balmer Standing before a makeshift memorial to the dead, strewn with candles, flowers and scribbled notes, Caroline Pallut hid her tears behind dark...
Relatives of Mari victims visit the president
The relatives of people killed in a 2011 naval base blast oppose granting a pardon to former defence minister Costas Papacostas who was jailed in...
Over 40 trafficking victims identified last year
Last year, 42 trafficking victims were identified in Cyprus, according to a report released on Friday by the NGO ‘Cyprus Stop Trafficking’. Out of the...
House honours war dead with two minutes silence
The House of Representatives on Thursday marked International Day Against Fascism, and Remembrance Day for the victims of the two World Wars, by observing two...
