https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/michael-kyprianou-law-studies-award-2023
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC Law Studies Award was awarded to The English School graduate Lara Wilks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-memorial-service-honors-heroes-of-mari-tragedy
Eleven years have passed since the tragic explosion in Mari, which resulted in the loss of 13 lives and injuries to many others, as well as significant damage to the Vasiliko Power Station....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-contemplate-revealing-speed-camera-locations
Police are engaged in discussions regarding a potential new measure that could significantly impact how mobile traffic cameras are operated, according to a report on Philenews....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/upshot-from-israeli-northern-ventures-spills-into-south
The president of the Cyprus Bar Association is fighting back accusations that his law firm was mixed up with an Israeli venture to develop properties in the northern part of the divided island, a development that has alarmed Nicosia in recent months...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/experts-to-take-charge-of-high-profile-corruption-cases
The Anti-Corruption Authority has initiated investigations and assessments of the complaints it has received....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-shine-at-special-olympics-world-games-in-berlin-with-eight-medals
Cypriots have won eight medals so far at the Special Olympics World Games held in Berlin....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parked-buses-torched-next-to-police-headquarters
A handful of buses parked in an open area next to police Special Forces in Nicosia went up in flames on Tuesday, with officials saying an armory was safe following the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-spokesman-acknowledges-mobile-camera-placement-issues
According to the spokesman of the Police Force, Christos Andreou, there have been cases where camera operators did not adhere to the designated points indicated by the Police and instead placed the mobile cameras in different locations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/visa-fraud-scandal-widens-after-airport-arrest
Cyprus Police made headway in an investigation into visa fraud over the weekend, following an airport arrest in connection with an illegal network where Syrians rejected for refugee status ended up paying middlemen for subsidiary protection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/planetarium-cyprus-where-science-and-wonder-converge
Some people ask, ''Does a planetarium merely provide answers, or does it also evoke questions?'' Achilleas Kentonis, the executive director of the Interstellar Institute, responds, ''First and foremost, it stimulates questions, and then answers naturally follow.''...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/crime-not-ruled-out-in-russian-fire-in-cyprus
Cypriot media reported this week that a fire at the Russian Cultural Center in Nicosia was not the result of a criminal act, but police headquarters on Thursday clarified that while no evidence of arson had been found in their investigation, neither crime nor accident have been ruled out by the department...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/billiard-forfeit-over-flag-sparks-debate
A Greek Cypriot billiard player took to social media this week to express his frustration over a decision to forfeit a game against a Turkish Cypriot athlete, sparking debate on social media over sports and politics...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-stoked-to-be-on-haifa-s-rhapsody-routes
Around 343,000 cruise ship passengers arrived to Cyprus last year, while it is expected that there will be slight increase this year, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Kostas Koumis said, on board the Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas cruise liner, marking its arrival at the Limassol port on Saturday for its summer season routes
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-shines-with-58-medals-and-national-records-in-malta
June started off on the right foot for Cypriot athletes participating at the 19th Games of the Small States of Europe, held in Malta. At the same time, Cyprus tops the list of medals with a total of 58 medals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/divestments-trigger-a-risk-of-backlash-in-the-recovery-fund
As Cyprus races against time to secure €1.1 billion in grants and loans from the Recovery Fund (NextGenerationEU) by June 2026, a new challenge arises. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-ambassador-praises-cyprus-on-sanctions
US Ambassador Julie Fisher is dismissing claims that Washington is using arm-twisting tactics in Nicosia for sanctioning companies on the island, while pointing out Cypriot government statements are in line with the EU’s transatlantic consensus on Russia’s war in Ukraine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-favors-sanctions-while-taking-jab-at-turkey
Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has accused Turkey of shunning Europe’s sanctions against Russia, while also expressing his own country’s support for a 'proper implementation' of measures amid reports that Athens cried foul over Kiev’s proposal to blacklist Greek companies...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/restoring-a-wounded-reputation
Last March, a publication by the Financial Times revealed the move of three shareholders of PWC Cyprus to resign from the audit firm and establish the company Kiteserve. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-israel-and-the-us-join-forces-in-civil-protection
Cyprus is interested in further developing its capabilities in the field of civil protection, not only at a state level but also at an international and regional level, by deepening its multifaceted partnerships with states in our region - and beyond....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-pursue-lead-in-human-skull-discovery
Cyprus Police say human remains found in a rural area outside Paphos may belong to an elderly woman who went missing last month after her skull unearthed by dogs was a DNA match...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-scrambles-to-ease-burden-on-sanctions
The Registrar of Companies will accept requests from service providers to replace sanctioned persons with other persons, according to reliable sources...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/crime-not-ruled-out-after-dogs-unearth-human-skull
Cyprus Police are keeping a tight lid on a preliminary investigation into remains found just outside Paphos, with local media hinting at some information that could help identify the body...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-hopes-russian-fire-probe-leaves-nothing-out
Moscow says it is still waiting for official conclusions on what caused the fire at the Russian cultural center in Nicosia last month, with local media saying Cypriot officials were leaning towards an accident but no report has been finalized...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uncle-says-little-hacker-was-scouting-for-burial-sites
The disappearance of a Limassol man feared murdered has become more complicated after the uncle of the main suspect, known as Little Hacker, offered to point investigators to possible burial sites claiming they were picked by his nephew...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sex-rendezvous-messages-emerge-in-murder-investigation
Cyprus Police are investigating the murder of a sex worker in Limassol that took place over the weekend, when a woman from Ukraine was found dead in her hotel apartment where an asylum seeker from Turkey had also booked an appointment to see her on Saturday evening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-build-disappearance-case-but-no-breakthrough
The disappearance of a Limassol man said to be implicated in a convoluted cryptocurrency case continues to baffle Cypriot authorities, following additional arrests and search parties expected to continue after an unsuccessful holiday weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-fire-incident-report-in-cyprus-delayed
Officials in Cyprus have postponed their findings on the fire at the Russian center in Nicosia, after a chemical report requested by the fire department was delayed, leaving room for speculation about the blaze as well as the overall investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/media-outlets-jump-gun-on-russian-fire-in-cyprus
A fire department representative in Cyprus says speculation about a possible discarded cigarette being the cause of a fire at the Russian cultural center in Nicosia came directly from media outlets, not officials, who are still investigating the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-for-answers-in-russian-fire-probe-continues
Law enforcement authorities in Nicosia are still conducting an investigation into a fire at the Russian Centre of Culture and Science, with diplomats from both countries waiting for official word on whether it was an accident or arson...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-holds-sanctions-meeting-with-stakeholders
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, will preside over a new meeting at 1030 local time on Tuesday, on the issue of sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on individuals and legal entities in Cyprus 'in connection with the Russian Federation’s unlawful and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including facilitators of sanctions evasion'...
