https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-two-ways-about-it-climate-change-threatens-tourism-as-tourism-impacts-climate-change
Coastal erosion, rising sea levels, increased temperatures, sea disturbances, and storms, as well as the reduction of freshwater supply, are some of the consequences of climate change....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-commission-proposes-digital-euro-as-cash-alternative
Digital currencies have grown in popularity. Unlike bitcoin, the digital euro would be a central bank digital currency (CBDC), essentially, electronic cash. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schools-vulnerable-to-ransomware
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate, and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fourth-of-july-fireworks-illuminate-the-night-sky
The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-asks-house-for-money-to-pay-for-unbought-vaccines
The House finance committee met on Monday to discuss a supplementary budget that would include additional funds to buy more COVID vaccines but also pay fines for fewer orders due to low demand...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-commission-issues-green-line-report
Trade, as well as crossings through the Green Line have increased in 2022 compared to 2021, according to an annual report on the implementation of the Green Line Regulation published by the Commission...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drug-related-deaths-surge-in-vienna
A new UN report said the number of people suffering from drug use disorders had skyrocketed in the last 10 years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/€10-banknote-most-counterfeited-bill-in-cyprus
In a recent annual report, the Central Bank of Cyprus shed light on the prevalence of counterfeit bills and coins circulating in the country. The report, according to an article on Philenews, highlighted the €10 banknote as the most counterfeited bill, making up 40.8 percent of the total counterfeit pieces....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/conservatives-storm-to-victory-in-repeat-greek-election
Greece's conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as prime minister...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-hails-cyprus-for-its-efforts-in-combating-human-trafficking
The Government of the Republic of Cyprus has been recognized for its serious and sustained efforts in combating human trafficking, according to the annual report released by the U.S. State Department. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/world-s-first-space-factory-unveiled
A California-based startup co-founded by a SpaceX veteran, Varda Space Industries, announced it has successfully deployed its first satellite, W-Series 1, in orbit....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-calls-for-medicine-market-reform
Health Minister for Health Popi Kanari said that Cyprus is in favor of the creation of a single market for medicines, and highlighted the problems that Cyprus faces regarding medicine access as a small member state, during the second day of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) of the EU, which was held on Tuesday in Luxembourg in its Health Ministers configuration....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/$280b-lost-in-fraud-and-mismanagement-of-us-covid-relief-aid
A recent investigation conducted by the Associated Press has exposed a rampant wave of fraud and mismanagement in the distribution of federal COVID-19 relief aid in the United States....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sylvio-berlusconi-dead-at-86
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died following a tough battle with leukemia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-mauled-to-death-in-shark-attack
A young Russian man was mauled to death by a shark off one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts, according to Egyptian and Russian authorities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/revolutionary-mrna-vaccine-boosts-skin-cancer-treatment-by-65
In a mid-stage trial, Moderna Inc and Merck & Co announced on Monday that the addition of their experimental mRNA-based vaccine has shown a 65% reduction in the risk of spreading the deadliest form of skin cancer when used in combination with immunotherapy alone....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/usa-child-labor-seen-as-solution-to-labor-shortage
Lawmakers in several states, predominantly Republicans, are pushing for legislation that would relax labor laws for children, allowing them to work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kyriakides-our-goal-now-medicines-for-all
"I have always envisioned a European Health Union, where the European Union would be intimately connected to every citizen regarding health matters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kyriakides-and-becerra-eu-and-us-establish-joint-health-task-force
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/usa-ai-chatbots-may-deepen-loneliness-crisis
The United States is grappling with a loneliness crisis that has been further exacerbated by the isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-expertise-on-the-table-as-leo-docherty-speaks-to-kathimerini
In an interview with "K" newspaper, Leo Docherty, the British Minister for Europe, highlighted the British commitment to closer collaboration, emphasizing the range of areas where British expertise and cooperation can contribute to addressing issues such as combating illegal financing and exploring support structures for enforcement or addressing potential sanctions evasion. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/airlines-now-have-more-power-thanks-to-covid-19
The Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has released a comprehensive analysis of airport competition in Europe, highlighting the shifting dynamics as airlines tighten their grip. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/road-transport-of-goods-in-cyprus-up-by-39-in-2022
The total weight of goods transported by road in Cyprus in 2022 rose by 39.3% compared with 2021, a year that included periodic restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-declares-end-to-covid-19-global-emergency
The World Health Organization said Friday that Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-reports-10-deaths-and-over-2000-cases-of-covid
Ten deaths were announced by the Ministry of Health between April 21 to May 4 due to COVID-19 as well as 2.404 new cases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-leads-regional-effort-to-improve-health-and-well-being-of-refugees-and-migrants
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lack-of-aircraft-preventing-global-air-travel-recovery
The air travel industry has recently been facing delays in aircraft deliveries, a problem that is not allowing it to fully recover from the pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-people-die-from-covid-including-a-19-year-old
Four deaths due to COVID-19 - including a 19-year-old with underlying health conditions - and 1,546 new cases were announced by the Ministry of Health on Friday for the period between April 7-20....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trickier-travel-looms-as-eurostar-ends-direct-trains-from-london-to-disneyland-paris
Families that plan to go to Disneyland Paris from the United Kingdom this summer will have to rethink their plan of how to get there as Eurostar is set to end its direct trains from London to this destination....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/numerous-foreclosure-sales-expected-in-2023-and-2024
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent suspension of divestments since 2020 have led to the creation of a considerable volume of properties for disposal that banks and credit purchase companies have on their balance sheets....