A soldier’s death: mother still waiting after 17 years
2022 in review: progress of sorts in the case of Thanasis Nicolaou
2022 was the year in which the case of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was found under a ...
Thanasis’ mother demands justice over son’s death in Human Rights Day protest
The mother of Thanasis Nicolaou, the former guardsman found dead in 2005, protested outside the attorney-general’s office on Saturday, two years after her son’s remains were exhumed for further ...
Relatives of Thanasis keep up the pressure on AG with new protest
Relatives and friends of Thanasis Nicolaou, the former guardsman who was found dead in mysterious circumstances under a bridge in Alassa, Limassol, in 2005, will stage a demonstration on front of ...
AG and Thanasis’ parents plead for information over guardsman’s death
The mother and father of the national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou who was found dead in 2005 met with the attorney general on Wednesday – with both parties calling on anyone with information ...
Protestors demand return of soldier’s death investigator
Supporters of the mother of Thanasis Nicolaou, the conscript whose death 17 years ago was this year linked to murder, gathered outside the legal service on Saturday afternoon to demand the ...
Minister sorry that soldier’s 2005 death not properly investigated
Justice Minister Stephie Dracou on Thursday said she was sorry it took 17 years for Thanasis Nicolaou’s 2005 death to be properly investigated.
The latest twist in the tragic tale of ...
Original medical examiner in soldier’s death files complaint to police
The state pathologist who wrote up the initial report on the death of Thanasis Nicolaou as a suicide has filed a complaint with the police watchdog unit against the police ...
Report into conscript’s death handed to police
Police on Tuesday received the conclusions of the latest report into the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou.
Attorney General George Savvides delivered the circumstances of the 26-year-old conscript’s ...
Police taking measures to protect state pathologist
Police confirmed on Thursday that they had already taken some security measures for the protection of Panicos Stavrianos, the medical examiner that wrote up the initial report on the death ...
Police to conduct risk assessment after pathologist in soldier’s death raises safety concerns
Police are to carry out a risk assessment on security issues to his person, raised by state medical examiner Panicos Stavrianos in connection with the death of national guardsman Thanasis ...
Mother of dead soldier makes new appeal for culprits to be punished
The mother of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, found dead under the Alassa bridge in 2005, has made a new appeal for authorities to bring those whose actions led to his death, ...
Thanasis investigator ‘has never witnessed such negligence’ (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko
Savvas Matsas – one of the two criminal investigators tasked with shedding light on the death of guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005, said on Friday that “in 50 years of ...
Investigators on soldier’s 2005 death say ‘criminal acts’ were committed (Update 2)
Criminal acts were committed in the case of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou who died in 2005, one of the investigators charged with the third inquiry said on Thursday.
The findings into ...
Third investigation into soldier’s 2005 death ‘points to murder’
The findings of the third investigation on the circumstances leading to the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 will be handed to Attorney-general George Savvides by September 15, it emerged ...
Latest probe into soldier’s 2005 death finds gaps and lapses – reports
A probe by two criminal investigators into the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, 26, in 2005 has revealed more information that suggests his death was not a suicide, according to reports ...
Living proof that ‘mother knows best’
A tenacious family’s dogged pursuit of the truth could provide answers to a soldier’s 2005 death
By Achilleas Demetriades
The Nicolaou case is a very sad one indeed. Not ...
Inquest into death of soldier adjourned pending further investigation
An inquest into the 2005 suspicious death of a soldier was adjourned on Friday pending further investigation and decisions by the state on the handling of the case.
The family of ...
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 soldier who was believed to ...
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 investigated, and resolved as a matter ...
Pathologist says soldier killed in 2005 died as result of foul play (Updated)
A pathologist hired by the family of a national guardsman who died 16 years said Thursday his death was the result of strangulation and not suicide.
Demetra Karayianni said she had ...
Soldier’s bones to be sent to Greece to check for foul play
With the consent of the legal service, the Limassol court on Tuesday issued a ruling that some of the bones of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou could be sent to Athens ...
AG’s office will decide if soldier’s remains can be sent to Greece
The attorney-general’s office will respond on Monday whether it will allow part of the remains of the 26-year-old soldier exhumed last month to be transported in Greece for further ...