https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anna-luhrmann-speaks-to-k-with-a-view-to-strengthening-cypriot-german-relations
German State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs, Anna Luhrmann, arrived in Cyprus on an official visit and spoke to "K" about the current developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the war in Ukraine. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-trying-to-reach-agreements-on-repatriations-says-interior-minister
Cyprus is trying to reach agreements for the return of migrants, said the Minister of the Interior, Nicos Nouris, after his meeting with the President of DISY and candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Averof Neofytou, on Monday, at the party's headquarters in Nicosia. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sixty-one-migrants-arrived-in-paralimni-by-boat-from-the-occupied-territories
A total of 61 people, men, women and children, irregular migrants, arrived from the occupied territories by boat to the free areas, specifically to the area of Agia Triada in Paralimni....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nurses-draw-picket-line-as-er-incident-heads-to-court
Union nursing staff at Limassol General Hospital went on a two-hour strike on Friday, following an incident a day earlier involving a commotion in the Emergency Room that led to the arrest of an outpatient and two others...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/what-is-causing-the-unexpected-drop-in-global-food-prices
Six months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the inflationary shock is still causing a "headache" for markets, government staff and households, with the price of natural gas hitting new record levels yesterday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/presidential-contender-flies-to-congo-to-pave-way
Cypriot presidential candidate Averof Neophytou has dipped his toes into the refugee relocation debate in Congo, where he met with officials during a lightning daytrip this week, saying it was an effort on his part to carry forward a repatriation agreement between the island and the former Zaire...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-recombinant-hiv-1-strain-discovered-in-cyprus
The discovery of a new recombinant HIV-1 strain in Cyprus was recently announced, with the name “CRF91_cpx”, by scientists from the University of Cyprus, and the National HIV Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico in the US....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-doubles-russian-oil-imports-filling-eu-void
Turkey doubled its imports of Russian oil this year, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday, as the two countries are set for broader cooperation in business and especially energy trade in the face of western sanctions against Moscow....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flag-goes-up-over-‘suspicious-findings-in-berton-s-case
Leaked information in local media point to shocking revelations expected to shed light on the cause and manner of death for Berton, an impounded Savannah cat that died in state custody in Cyprus after authorities refused to allow his owner to take her ailing pet to a private vet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/puzzling-details-emerge-as-police-probe-berton-s-death
Cyprus Police say the animal unit will investigate the death of Berton, an impounded Savannah cat that died in state custody, as more shocking details emerged about the hybrid’s ordeal after he was removed from the care of his owner in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/berton-s-mom-demands-independent-post-mortem
The owner of Berton, a controversial Savannah cat who died in state custody on Monday, is calling for an independent forensic pathologist to be present during the post mortem of her beloved pet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/savannah-cat-berton-dies-in-state-custody
A Savannah cat named Berton, a house pet who was taken away from his Limassol home following an incident, was found dead on Tuesday at a Paphos zoo where he was being detained...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defendant-in-video-assault-says-trial-not-fair
A man accused of assaulting a black woman holding a baby in Larnaca is asking for a mistrial, with his lawyer saying media pundits and state officials violated his client’s right to a fair trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-officials-smuggle-ailing-berton-out-of-limassol-zoo
There was no end in sight for Berton’s ordeal after news broke on Tuesday that the ailing Savannah cat in state custody was taken to Paphos, unbeknownst to his owner, instead of getting treatment by a local vet in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/first-ship-carrying-ukrainian-grain-leaves-odesa-port
A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage agreement, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said, the first departure since the Russian invasion blocked shipping through the Black Sea five months ago....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/real-life-doogie-howser-heads-to-medical-school-at-age-13
A 13-year-old girl has been accepted to a medical school program only a year after graduating high school....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lufthansa-ground-staff-strike-for-higher-pay-amid-inflation
Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa went on strike early Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, and adding to travel disruptions during the busy summer travel season....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-about-racism
The image of a 43-year-old Cypriot man beating a woman of African descent with an infant in her arms is the definition of racist gender-based violence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-miracle-worker-honored-for-his-contribution-to-fetal-medicine
Kypros Nicolaides, the UK Cypriot pioneer Professor in Fetal Medicine at King’s College London, has been presented with Greece’s Gold Medal of the Order of the Phoenix by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-officers-fly-to-germany-to-bring-groom-back
Cypriot police officers traveled to Germany this week to pick up a marriage fraud suspect, who is believed to have fled the island where his wife was recently recognized as a trafficking victim in an ongoing criminal case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-upgraded-to-tier-1-in-us-trafficking-in-persons-report
The Ministry of Justice and Public Order has welcomed the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report for 2022 released on Tuesday noting the upgrade of Cyprus to Tier 1 status. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/african-in-cyprus-tired-of-other-blacks-acting-out
A man from Africa, who was interviewed by reporters in Paphos following a house fire incident in Emba, spoke of a 'black mentality' as one of the reasons why sometimes locals were apprehensive about asylum seekers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/medicover-awarded-at-the-10th-invest-cyprus-international-investment-awards
Medicover was honoured at the prestigious 10th Invest Cyprus International Investment Awards, which recognize foreign companies, individuals, and investors for their contribution to the country’s economy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/non-endemic-bird-the-first-of-its-kind-in-cyprus
The Cyprus Rare Birds Committee confirmed the Akrotiri Environmental and Education Centre's record of an African Desert Warbler, on April 19 last year, and accepted and officially recognized it as the first of its species in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ben-stiller-to-zelensky-you-are-my-hero
Actor and humanitarian envoy Ben Stiller met in Ukraine with refugees and officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday as part of his visit to the region on World Refugee Day....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-s-self-immolation-bid-foiled-outside-migration
Police officers in Nicosia had to intervene when an asylum seeker, who was asking migration staff to hand over his passport, doused himself with gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/immigrant-arrivals-will-more-than-double-in-2022
The official data on illegal arrivals in territories controlled by the Republic of Cyprus are alarming. For the first half of 2022, the number of asylum seekers has skyrocketed, compared to 2021, with the current year looking to break a decade's old record....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nouris-over-150-000-migrants-expected-this-year-in-southern-europe
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-looking-for-answers
There are many major issues that need to be addressed, many of them divisive, before a new president is to be elected in Cyprus. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tatar-alleges-greek-cypriot-links-to-terrorism
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar had some harsh words for his compatriots in the south this week, saying Turkey’s concerns over NATO candidate Sweden’s PKK links also had basis in the south and called on Greek Cypriots to reevaluate their 'cooperation with terrorist organizations'...
