The Latest Breaking News from Cyprus

Briton jailed for wife’s killing could be freed from Cyprus prison in weeks

David Hunter admitted suffocating his seriously ill wife at their home on the island after she ‘begged him’ to end her life.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

David Hunter: British man who killed wife in Cyprus freed after 19 months in prison

David Hunter had been on trial for killing his wife Janice

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023

Divided Cyprus' rival leaders appeal for information on the missing as eyewitnesses die

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have made a joint appeal for information that could lead to the buried remains of people who vanished amid violence and war decades ago, as more eyewitnesses die

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Daughter of man cleared of murdering terminally ill wife: ‘We’ve got hope back’

David Hunter, 76, was found guilty of manslaughter for killing his spouse Janice in Cyprus after she ‘cried and begged’ him to end her life.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

He killed his ailing wife. A Cyprus court ruled it was manslaughter, not murder

A Cyprus court has found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home guilty of manslaughter, saying that the prosecution didn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that the 76-year-old man committed premeditated murder

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

British expat guilty of manslaughter after killing his terminally ill wife

David Hunter’s lawyers claimed it was an assisted suicide after she “begged” him to end her life

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Cyprus court to rule on whether British man David Hunter murdered terminally-ill wife

Former miner David Hunter is on trial for killing his wife of 52 years, Janice Hunter, who died of asphyxiation in December 2021 near Paphos

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023

Cyprus court to rule on whether British expat murdered terminally-ill wife

Former miner David Hunter is on trial for killing his wife of 52 years, Janice Hunter, who died of asphyxiation in December 2021 near Paphos.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Turkish president doesn't rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hasn't ruled out reviving deadlocked negotiations to resolve Cyprus’ nearly 50-year ethnic division

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

A feline virus mutation in Cyprus caused far fewer cat deaths than claimed, veterinary leader says

The head of the Cyprus veterinarians association says that claims that a local mutation of a feline virus has killed as many as 300,000 cats on the island are a big exaggeration

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023