https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-blames-us-for-drone-attack
Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities with explosive drones overnight, though Ukraine said Thursday that it had managed to shoot most of them down. Russia called the attack payback for what it claims was an alleged attempt by Ukraine to attack the Kremlin in Moscow using drones on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/commissioner-in-cyprus-to-probe-russian-asset-freeze
Commissioner Reynders will request information on the total value of the assets of 'Russian oligarchs' in Cyprus that have been frozen by the authorities he told Cyprus News Agency in an interview, noting that so far, according to official figures 104 million euros in assets have been frozen, which is considered a low amount...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-court-rejects-appeals-against-use-of-bbqloumi-and-grilloumi
The General Court of the EU rejected two appeals made by the Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Cheese named Halloumi against the use of BBQLOUMI and GRILLOUMI by companies in Bulgaria and Sweden....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-enforcing-smoking-ban-in-closed-spaces
Police and health officials in Cyprus have joined forces to launch a new campaign to combat smoking in closed spaces. The initiative, which began on April 28 and will run until June 17, aims to enforce the Health Protection Law and will involve inspections of nightclubs and other venues where smoking is prohibited....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-deposits-reach-€51-9b-loans-at-€25-1b-in-march-2023
Total deposits reached €51.9 billion in March 2023, while total loans stood at €25.1 billion, according to data published by the Central Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday, in the April 2023 edition of Monetary and Financial Statistics....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/echr-takes-on-ayia-napa-gang-rape-case
The Republic of Cyprus is defending its actions after its own Supreme Court cleared a British woman of lying to police about a gang rape in 2019, with both sides sticking to their guns as the case is now appears before the European Court of Human Rights...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-details-and-questions-emerge-in-disappearance-case
New developments and more questions emerged on Tuesday in the disappearance of a Limassol man after police re-arrested the main suspect hours before his remand expired, with reports saying the judge heard about new incriminating statements from other jailed suspects...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-ranks-3rd-in-eu-for-long-working-hours
A 9.7% of employed people in Cyprus (7% in the EU) worked long hours (working usually 49 hours or more per week) in their main job in 2022 according to data published by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union. Cyprus also had the third-largest percentage among all member states....
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/bbc-chairman-resigns-over-conflict-of-interest
Richard Sharp has resigned as chairman of the BBC after a report found he broke the rules by failing to disclose the role he played in helping Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/church-of-cyprus-goes-digital-conciliation-application-now-online
Starting May 1, 2023, the Church of Cyprus has announced that the mandatory application for attempted conciliation, required to proceed to Family Court Divorce proceedings,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/deutsche-bank-to-slash-800-jobs-as-part-of-new-cost-cutting-initiative
Deutsche Bank to cut 800 jobs in a new cost-saving drive after reporting a bigger-than-expected rise in profit for the first quarter, a volatile period globally for finance companies....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disappearance-less-clear-after-cops-nab-hacker-s-pal
A man said to be an acquaintance of Little Hacker, the detained suspect in a disappearance case possibly linked to cryptocurrency theft, has also been nabbed by police after investigators became suspicious over partial statements he had made, but charges still remained unclear...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/glitch-gone-wrong-japan-s-largest-airline-cancels-$10-000-tickets-sold-for-$300
Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will not honor the deeply discounted first and business-class tickets mistakenly sold in a currency glitch last week, the airline announced Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-to-stand-trial-in-fatal-substation-accident
The Cyprus Electricity Authority will stand trial as a corporation in the fatal accident at a utility substation in 2021, but prosecutors won’t be seeking any prison sentence as there are no individual defendants in the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-nose-knows-ai-app-helps-identify-lost-dogs-through-their-nose-prints
A South Korean startup has developed an AI-based app that scans your dog’s nose print and places it into a crowdsourced database that anyone can access to identify the owner of a lost dog....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-become-transfer-hub-for-people-fleeing-sudan
The Republic of Cyprus activated its ESTIA Special National Plan to receive and repatriate foreign citizens from crisis areas through its territory, according to a press release from the Foreign Ministry....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/davis-cup-playoffs-return-to-cyprus
The Cypriot Davis Cup Team will fight in Cyprus for qualification at the European Zone Group B promotion play-offs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/folli-follie-trial-set-for-june-after-lawyers-abstention-ends
The trial of Greek jewelry maker Folli Follie is expected to finally take place in June after being deadlocked for some time. This was due to lawyers abstaining from their duties in trials concerning criminal organizations due to legal disagreements concerning a legislative provision stating that any sentences imposed would be served. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/taxapp-cy-the-easy-way-to-submit-a-tax-return
With TaxApp, taxpayers can easily and quickly submit their tax returns while ensuring correct submission.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eurostat-drop-in-driving-lesson-prices-in-cyprus-and-rise-in-eu
According to data released by Eurostat, prices for driving lessons and relevant services dropped by 1.6% in 2022 in Cyprus, while increasing in all other EU member states and by 4.8% overall in the EU....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hackers-leak-open-university-data-after-ransom-demand-not-met
The Open University of Cyprus failed to meet the deadline set by the "Medusa" group of hackers to pay a ransom in exchange for not releasing sensitive personal data....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-the-goal-is-1-000-voluntary-returns-per-month-says-ioannou
The government of Cyprus has outlined a four-pillar plan to address immigration issues, according to Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou. The first pillar is to limit the flow of asylum seekers entering Cyprus, followed by managing asylum applications and reception areas more efficiently....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/child-porn-convict-freed-in-photo-fakery-case
The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has commuted a child porn prison sentence of a man in Larnaca after it emerged that images used to incriminate him were not real...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/fox-news-pays-over-$787-million-for-airing-false-info
Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems for over $787 million, marking the largest media defamation settlement in history. The settlement was reached just hours before the defamation trial was set to begin in a Delaware court....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/deadline-looms-for-hackers-threat-to-release-open-university-data
The clock is ticking for the Open University as the deadline looms for a group of hackers called 'Medusa' to release personal data that they intercepted. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-extradites-kenan-agias-to-germany
A Larnaca District Court approved the extradition of Kenan Agias, a 49-year-old Kurdish man, to Germany over his alleged involvement in a terrorist organization. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-whistleblower-s-whereabouts-in-cyprus-unknown
The whereabouts of an Israeli professor, whose arrest in Cyprus and subsequent explosive allegations against Hunter Biden made headline news in February, were said to be unknown after he failed to report to a local police station during an ongoing legal battle for his extradition to the United States...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/assets-of-us-and-uk-sanctioned-entities-in-cyprus-will-be-frozen
Cypriot individuals and entities included in UK and US sanctions list will see their assets in the Cypriot banking system frozen and will not be able to carry out any banking transaction in Cyprus, Marios Skandalis, Chief Compliance Officer of Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/delivery-driver-middleman-scandal-widens
A recent traffic accident has prompted police to widen a fraud investigation that began in Limassol and now has reached the capital, following revelations that foreign food delivery drivers in Cyprus were paying middlemen to secure driver permits through the state’s austere system...
