https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/niyazi-against-turkish-language-holdup
Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek is calling on the European Commission to clarify why the EU is slow-walking the process of making Turkish an official language of the EU...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-fm-crashes-turkish-fm-s-interview
The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, had a two-minute exchange with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in front of cameras, highlighting their different approaches to the current peace talks...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-heads-to-new-york
President Anastasiades departs for New York via London on Saturday, 21 November, to take part in the deliberations of the UN General Assembly and address the plenary on Thursday.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-turkey-s-aim-for-control-scuppers-peace
Turkey is undercutting efforts to quickly revive peace talks aimed at solving Cyprus’ decades-long ethnic split by imposing unacceptable terms, the island nation’s president said Tuesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stolen-flag-handed-back-in-the-north
A flag along and a photo stolen by a Greek Cypriot teen last week from a school in the north were handed back to the principal by the Turkish Cypriot leader himself...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-and-daughter-arrested-in-the-north
A mother and daughter, who got arrested in the north on trespassing charges, were released on Monday by a Turkish Cypriot civilian court...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teen-removes-flag-from-school-in-the-north
A video published by Turkish media shows a person, purportedly a Greek Cypriot teenager, pulling down a Turkish flag in a local schoolyard during a pilgrimage in the north...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-downplay-drone-risk-off-paphos
Cypriot officials dismiss reports that say Turkish drones had interfered with flight paths of commercial airplanes taking off or landing at Paphos airport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/escrow-account-the-key-to-cyprus-eez
Kathimerini reports that President Anastasiades, in an effort to de-escalate tensions in the Cypriot exclusive economic, proposed the creation of an escrow account that would safeguard the Turkish Cypriot community's share from the natural gas proceeds...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-vacationers-shell-out-more-abroad
Cypriots on holiday spend way more money and time abroad than in their own country, according to Eurostat, even as over half cannot afford a one-week annual holiday away from home...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/reporters-set-foot-in-cypriot-ghost-town
Journalists are set to step inside Varosha for the first time since 1974, as officials in the north declare the ghost town ought to re-open under Turkish Cypriot administration...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-to-name-exoplanet-this-year
Members of the public in 100 countries, including Cyprus, will soon have an opportunity to vote on a name to be given to an exoplanet by the end of the year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/macron-sends-stern-warning-to-ankara
In a show of solidarity with Cyprus, French President Emmanuel Macron sent a stern message to Turkey on Thursday that Paris and the European Union will not tolerate violations in the Eastern Mediterranean...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-arrested-in-separate-knife-attacks
Two men were arrested on assault charges over the weekend in two separate knife incidents in Larnaca and Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/south-hands-over-murder-suspect-to-north
Another murder suspect is in police custody in the north in connection with the murder of a Turkish Cypriot businessman, after Greek Cypriot police handed Azmad Ali Virk over to UN officials...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/common-interest-for-talks-but-disagreements-on-serious-issues-remain
President Anastasiades said that there is a positive climate and a common basis on which the talks for a Cyprus settlement can take place, noting, at the same time, that disagreements on serious issues remain, but there is an agreement that differences cannot be bridged without dialogue.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/joint-statement-following-anastasiades-akinci-meeting
Statement by the United Nations Spokesperson in Cyprus on behalf of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı and the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kastellorizo-ignored-by-turkey-in-eez-map
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu presented a map Monday of Turkey’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) stretching south of the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes to a few miles west of Paphos on Cyprus’ western coast.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akar-says-effort-to-scrap-guarantees-on-cyprus-futile
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has reportedly reiterated Ankara’s rejection of calls by Cyprus and Greece for a scrapping of the system of guarantees that were established when the island gained independence from Britain in 1960.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-and-south-touch-base-on-west-nile
Members on the Bicommunal Technical Committee on Health met Wednesday to discuss the West Nile virus, following one death in the north and a number of cases throughout the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ayia-napa-c2-holds-grand-opening
The Ayia Napa satellite casino is having its grand opening on Wednesday right in the heart of the resort town...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-we-choose-peace-and-reconciliation-without-giving-up-sovereign-rights
History, which is recorded in books and in memories, is alive and present and reminds us of our obligation to defend justice and not be complacent, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday from the Cyprus Republic, where he is wrapping up a two-day official visit.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-grants-approval-to-eni-total-to-drill-in-block-7
Nicosia has granted approval to the energy companies ENI and Total to explore block seven of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and approved nine other drilling operations within the EEZ over the next two years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-issue-top-priority-says-mitsotakis
The main concern and complete, firm strategic pursuit of Greece’s external policy is an end to the Turkish occupation, stated Monday Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-confrontation-over-turtle-nests
Sea turtle conservationists in Paphos who take part in a nesting protection programme in the region have launched new allegations against locals while also criticizing police...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unficyp-mandate-renewal-sends-message-of-urgency-for-resumption-of-cyprus-talks-us-diplomat-says
US Mission’s to the UN Political Coordinator Rodney Hunter has said that his country believes UNFICYP’s new mandate sends a message that the two leaders, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci "must work with a sense of urgency" to resume reunification talks. He also expressed disappointment with the lack of progress since the Conference on Cyprus in 2017 but expressed the belief that a settlement "remains achievable."
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-responds-to-akinci-s-hydrocarbons-proposal
In a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres President Anastasiades responded to a proposal by Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci regarding the co-management of natural gas affairs.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-state-solution-negotiating-tactic-or-inevitability
In an interview on Monday Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that in Crans Montana President Anastasiades told him that the best solution is a two-state solution and that later in New York Anastasiades said to move forward with a confederation.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drug-squad-arrest-limassol-businessman
Police arrested a local businessman in Limassol in connection with a drug bust earlier this year, following on new witness testimony in the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/cyprus-diplomacy-and-the-dizzying-gas-effect
The spin on political developments in Cyprus has had a dizzying effect on the public but state institutions seem unshaken...
