https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/greek-banks-seen-passing-ecb-s-stress-tests
Fragiadakis also said the bank was looking to approach two Chinese investors for the sale of a majority stake in its insurance unit National Insurance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/banks-in-cyprus-greece-and-portugal-may-need-further-reserve-build-up
Fitch also notes that average NPL/total loan ratios at the EU`s largest banks had declined to 4% by end-2017 from 6.5% at end-2014...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-transport-employees-fail-to-punch-card
Many civil servants and workers do not punch in or out properly at the Transport Department, and reports suggest their superiors know about it and cover up even as people show up late or never punch their card in the machine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/in-cyprus-cash-is-king
Cyprus and Greece top the list of eurozone countries where people still prefer to pay with cash, casting doubt over the claim that plastic is replacing paper in money transactions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-in-mourning-after-death-of-fighter-pilot
The jet piloted by 34-year-old Captain Giorgos Baltadoros was one of two Mirages sent to intercept a pair of Turkish F-16s...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/yildirim-calls-tsipras-to-express-condolences-for-mirage-pilot
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim who called to express his condolences and those of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the death of the Greek fighter jet pilot whose plane crashed into the sea in the central Aegean earlier on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-air-force-jet-crashes-in-sea-off-skyros
The Mirage had been one of two jets on a mission to intercept Turkish jets in the Aegean earlier in the day...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/terrorist-security-challenge-for-harry-and-meghan-s-wedding
Barriers to stop vehicle attacks, armed patrols, and airport-style security will be among the measures employed in largest police operation Windsor has ever seen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-germany-as-airports-hit-by-public-sector-strikes
Unions will escalate the dispute if employers do not present an offer next week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-message-intercepted-saying-package-has-been-delivered-before-spy-poisoning
Yulia and Sergei Skripal are recovering following Novichok attack in Salisbury...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-actor-accused-of-killing-cypriot-pensioner
Harry Goodwin-Sims, 29, is said to have pushed over Ourania Lambrou on March 31 in North London...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/echr-rules-against-cyprus
The European Court of Human Rights upheld a complaint against Cyprus with four votes in favour and three against, where a Polish inmate accused the state of inhumane treatment....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/migrant-caravan-heading-to-us-puts-mexico-in-tough-spot
So far the Mexican federal government has provided little guidance on how to handle the migrants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ukraine-s-privatbank-files-$3-billion-lawsuit-against-pwc-subsidiaries
Kiev has already withdrawn PwC’s right to audit Ukrainian banks as punishment for its alleged failure to flag evidence of wrongdoing at PrivatBank...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hourican-is-one-of-the-best-paid-irish-bankers
The Dubliner CEO of the Bank of Cyprus, was paid €2.1 million last year, putting him among the best-paid Irish bankers in the world...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-central-government-debt-at-€18-3-billion-at-end-2017
Cyprus central government debt reached 18.315 million in the end of 2017 marking a decline of 3.6% compared with 2016, according to data released today by the Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office (PDMO)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-says-north-korea-commitment-to-denuclearization
North Korea is willing to talk with the United States and hold a summit between the two countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/loans-in-banking-system-reach-€51-1-billion
Total deposits in February recorded a net decrease of €29.2 million...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/municipal-police-in-the-works
Ministers of Justice and the Interior are putting their heads together to draft legislation for accelerating the creation of a new Municipal Police. The new force will handle minor violations, such as illegal parking and smoking, thus relieving state police who have their hands full with serious offences such as speeding and drinking under the influence. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hedge-funds-show-interest-in-cyprus-co-op
Major hedge funds are showing interest in the Co-Operative Bank of Cyprus, including one headed by former Bank of Cyprus Vice Chairman and current US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. It is too early to predict any deal since investor goals differ from each other and all would depend on final numbers at a later stage. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anti-foreclosure-protesters-scuffle-with-police-in-athens
Protesters opposing property auctions outside the office of a notary in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki on Wednesday clashed with police trying to move them along....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/co-op-bank-en-route-to-healthy-future
Cyprus Co-operative Bank will be healthier without a massive NPL problem. Already it has managed to cut down on the number of branches and reduce its staff, but now the big step is finding investors with the right kind of portfolio to move banking forward....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-is-a-slightly-happy-place
There is a new top ranking country, Finland, but the top ten positions are held by the same countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/human-traffickers-found-guilty
A known Cypriot lawyer was found guilty along with six others in a human trafficking case, where Romanian women were lured to Cyprus for jobs but ended up being locked up until they preformed fake marriages with men from third countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cooperative-bank-looking-to-attract-investors
The investor can acquire some or all of the share capital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inspectors-analyse-toxin-used-on-russian-spy
Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) began running independent tests...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cypriot-teacher-in-uk-named-best-in-the-world
A London educator of Greek Cypriot origin, Andria Zafirakou, has been named the world’s best teacher, winning a prize of $1 million and receiving congratulations from leaders around the globe. But her greatest achievement is her unwavering dedication to her low-income-family students, who need more than anything a quiet place to do their work....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passport-control-with-no-questions-asked
Passengers using Larnaca and Paphos airports in Cyprus will have a new, automated way to go through passport control this summer, without having to stare at an official. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-easily-wins-another-six-year-term
The longer-term question is whether Putin will soften his anti-Western rhetoric now the election is won...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-wants-focus-on-responsible-borrowers
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades says responsible borrowers deserve help, but draws the line where strategic defaulters take advantage of loopholes and don't repay their loans...
