https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schinas-to-take-over-as-european-commission-vp
Chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas is slated to fill the post of European Commission vice president, replacing Frans Timmermans in the Number Two role, sources have told Kathimerini Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-looks-at-state-salaries-for-clergy
State salaries for the clergy are back in the news as a House finance committee is looking for ways to amend an outdated agreement with the Church dating back to 1971...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-concurs-with-no-case-against-bishop
There will be no criminal case against Morphou Bishop Neophytos in connection with his controversial comments over homosexuality, after the attorney general said the police file he reviewed over the case did not establish a crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-rain-but-inland-temps-still-high
A low-pressure system is affecting the area with some clear weather and inland highs in the upper 30’s and chances of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-uncertain-landscape-to-the-east
One of the Greek government’s biggest problems is its inability to get a clear reading of Turkey’s or rather of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s intentions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-airways-flights-to-cyprus-on-hold
British Airways flights to Cyprus are said to be on hold due to one of the airline’s biggest strikes, with more action expected in the future if no deal is reached...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-wanted-for-questioning-in-ioli-s-death
Australian police have released the image of a man who is considered a person of interest as they investigate the death of dual citizen Ioli Hadjilyra, whose body was found in a Brisbane park last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/student-reclaims-right-to-wear-hijab
High School principal Loizos Sepos has been relieved of his administrative duties at Saint Barnabas, following a controversy last week when he banned a female student who wore a hijab...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/little-boy-drowns-in-family-pool
A little boy from Russia died on Saturday after doctors were unable to revive him following an apparent drowning incident at the family’s home swimming pool in Paphos...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/we-don-t-give-up-hope-after-inconclusive-effort
We don’t give up hope, there is an ongoing process said the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, after attending an informal social gathering on Friday with the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and UN envoy Jane Holl Lute, in the United Nations Protected Area, in Nicosia
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-launches-exandas-portal-in-a-bid-to-enhance-transparency
The implementation of 767 development projects, with a total cost of more than 2.7 bln euros, as well as the progress in implementing 321 government policies, reforms and national strategies are outlined in “Exandas”, the new internet portal launched on Friday by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades. According to officials, 92.17% of the projects listed is expected to be completed by 2023.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-principal-probed-after-hijab-incident
A high school principal in Nicosia is facing a disciplinary probe after he reportedly expelled a female student for wearing a hijab...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/filipino-tv-airs-cypriot-serial-killer-episode
A drama series in the Philippines is airing an episode that tells the harrowing tale of overseas Filipino workers based on the serial killer case in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/overtaxation-led-to-tax-evasion
Losses incurred by the state coffers due to tax evasion in 2014-17 were greater than the value-added tax revenue increase as a result of consecutive tax hikes, according to a European Commission report on the so-called VAT deficit (the difference between the expected VAT revenues and actual collections)...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sixth-round-of-talks-as-lute-continues-efforts-to-hammer-out-a-deal
The UN Secretary General's special envoy Jane Holl Lute will hold new meetings on Friday morning with Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, and with the Turkish Cypiot leader, Mustafa Akinci, as efforts continue to formulate the terms of reference, that will pave the way for the resumption of the Cyprus talks.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wet-weather-looming-over-cyprus
A low-pressure system is affecting the area with some clear weather and highs in the mid 30’s but also clouds and possibly afternoon rain in the days ahead...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/funeral-held-for-arian
Friends and relatives of Arian attended her funeral on Thursday, five months after the body of the young Filipina was discovered in an abandoned mine shaft outside Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lute-continues-consultations-as-obstacles-remain
Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou told reporters that the President had today another meeting with Mrs Lute and that the consultations are continuing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/german-giant-acquires-foody
Cypriot startup Foody has been acquired by a German food delivery giant in a friendly takeover reaching dozens of countries all over the world...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-woman-found-dead-in-brisbane
Reports say Australian authorities have not ruled out that a Cypriot woman found dead at a busy park was possibly the victim of a brutal rape and murder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mental-health-patient-says-she-was-raped
A woman suffering from mental illness says she was raped twice by an elderly man who was a frequent visitor at her institution in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-us-energy-companies-to-operate-in-cyprus-us-ambassador-says
US Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber expressed on Wednesday evening her conviction that more US energy companies will operate in Cyprus, joining ExxonMobil and Noble Energy. She was addressing a business dinner of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cyprus, in Nicosia, in the presence of Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lute-still-thrashing-out-terms-of-reference
A new meeting has been for Thursday between President Nicos Anastasiades and UN envoy Jane Lute, aimed at reaching an agreement on the terms of reference for the resumption of Cyprus peace talks...
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/brexit-plans-at-breaking-point
The British parliament voted on Wednesday to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31, but rejected his first bid to call a snap election two weeks before the scheduled exit...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-fisherman-saves-turtle-in-trouble
A video showing a local man in Cyprus removing a plastic ring from a turtle’s neck is making the rounds on the internet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/greece-and-the-us-commitments-and-credibility
The signals coming from the two centers of power in the United States, the president and Congress, are often conflicting, which makes it hard for Athens to carve out an effectual foreign policy. This conundrum is set to continue throughout the Trump administration...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bit-of-rain-in-the-forecast
A low pressure system is affecting the area with highs in the mid 30’s and officials forecasting chances of rain in the afternoon.
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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/north-and-south-repatriate-artworks
Representatives from the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities exchanged art works and audiovisual recordings in the buffer zone on Tuesday...