https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/municipal-police-in-the-works
Ministers of Justice and the Interior are putting their heads together to draft legislation for accelerating the creation of a new Municipal Police. The new force will handle minor violations, such as illegal parking and smoking, thus relieving state police who have their hands full with serious offences such as speeding and drinking under the influence. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-and-uk-sign-new-treaty-for-double-taxation-avoidance
For the Cyprus government, the expansion of economic relations with the United Kingdom is a top priority...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dust-levels-remain-as-it-gets-warmer
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-summit-to-condemn-turkey-s-‘illegal-actions-in-east-med
EU recalls Turkey’s obligation to respect International Law and good neighbourly relations and normalize relations with the Republic of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/property-commission-in-north-deemed-ineffective
This, according to legal experts, is tantamount to Ankara admitting the ineffectiveness of the IPC...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hedge-funds-show-interest-in-cyprus-co-op
Major hedge funds are showing interest in the Co-Operative Bank of Cyprus, including one headed by former Bank of Cyprus Vice Chairman and current US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. It is too early to predict any deal since investor goals differ from each other and all would depend on final numbers at a later stage. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/limassol-first-to-open-casino
Limassol will be the first to kickoff the casino industry in the Republic of Cyprus with a temporary venue, along with satellite locations in other cities which are all racing against the clock to open doors this summer....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cobalt-launches-athens-london-route
The Cypriot carrier's service to Athens out of its main base at Larnaca is its trunk route, served 14 times weekly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-attorney-faces-disciplinary-action
Attorney-General Costas Clerides gives the green light for disciplinary action against senior state attorney Eleni Loizidou, whose emails with Russian officials were hacked and made public, damaging the image of the Republic of Cyprus and raising multiple legal questions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eni-east-med-gas-could-supply-europe
Eni’s Luca Bertelli said his company’s recent discovery of a gas off Cyprus contains “almost pure methane” confirming potential for more gas discoveries in the region...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-won-t-abandon-gas-search-despite-geopolitical-challenges
Drillings planned in Cyprus' EEZ for 2018 mainly by ExxonMobil will give a pretty good idea about the island's resources...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/co-op-bank-en-route-to-healthy-future
Cyprus Co-operative Bank will be healthier without a massive NPL problem. Already it has managed to cut down on the number of branches and reduce its staff, but now the big step is finding investors with the right kind of portfolio to move banking forward....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/ayia-napa-is-not-the-new-monte-carlo
In order to improve the image and quality of Ayia Napa, the real perpetrator has to be identified because a crime has been committed in the area and the culprit is our very own greedy, pretentious attitude....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreign-minister-to-visit-israel
Nicosia will be looking for strong Israeli backing for its energy search - which is opposed by Turkey - as both countries seek to pool their natural resources in the region...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-is-a-slightly-happy-place
There is a new top ranking country, Finland, but the top ten positions are held by the same countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-president-concludes-official-visit-to-georgia
President of the House of Representatives Demetris Syllouris concluded on Tuesday his official visit to Georgia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-ready-for-social-meeting-with-akinci
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-sends-exploration-ship-into-east-med
Erdogan: Turkey's stance towards exploration projects for oil and gas has “hopefully taught some a lesson”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biggest-yacht-in-the-world-in-limassol
Limassol may be the focus of attention this week as the American Iwo Jima is in the area for exercise drills, but a different kind of boat is now stealing the show, the luxury superyacht Dilbar which is the biggest in the world....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-dust-in-the-wind
Unexciting weather over the next three days, giving way to dust with no end in sight...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cop-impersonator-loses-stripes
A former cop who was deemed to be deviant in the 1970's actually managed to impersonate a senior officer and represented Cyprus Police internationally...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/human-traffickers-found-guilty
A known Cypriot lawyer was found guilty along with six others in a human trafficking case, where Romanian women were lured to Cyprus for jobs but ended up being locked up until they preformed fake marriages with men from third countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-records-€0-4-billion-negative-trade-balance
According to the first estimate for the euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in January was €178.6 billion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-uk-joint-sarex-conducted-monday
A joint Search and Rescue (SAR) Exercise, titled “CYPUK-01/18” was conducted on Monday, within the Search and Rescue Region and Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus, with the participation of SAR Units and Personnel from the Republic of Cyprus and the United Kingdom....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-calls-for-practical-eu-solidarity-for-the-rights-of-cyprus
Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Christodoulides called on his EU counterparts for the practical and unambiguous EU solidarity to defend the sovereign rights of Cyprus, an EU Member - State, the interests and policies of the Union as well as international rule of law....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-and-georgian-parliaments-support-closer-ties
President of the House of Representatives Demetris Syllouris, in Georgia on the first official visit by a Cypriot House Speaker to the country, has expressed his wish to enhance ties with the Georgian parliament....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nearly-400-000-cypriots-gamble
A total of 399,750 Cypriots above the age of 15 are involved in gambling activities, according to a survey by the National Betting Authority (NBA). The voice calling for more action is getting louder....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cooperative-bank-looking-to-attract-investors
The investor can acquire some or all of the share capital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourist-arrivals-spike-23-4-in-february
Tourist arrivals have hit record highs in every month since March 2017
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/politicsblog-buddy-mitchell-the-fox-of-argaka-and-tales-from-diko
Politics Blog has the inside scoop on all things political, people, and agendas. This issue: buddy Mitchell, the fox of Argaka, and tales from DIKO....
