https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-renews-surrender-deadline-at-azovstal
Russian troops gave Ukrainian fighters holding out in the basements of Azovstal a fresh ultimatum to surrender on Wednesday, as conflicting reports made it unclear whether unarmed civilians could also be inside in Mariupol’s steel plant...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/illegal-fireworks-wreak-havoc-in-cyprus-neighborhoods
Police in Cyprus are doubling down on confiscating illegal fireworks during Orthodox Holy Week, but efforts focus on suppliers and not users that wreak havoc in quiet neighborhoods...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bloodbath-warnings-as-ukraine-awaits-orthodox-easter
Moscow says Kiev is 'completing preparations for monstrous provocations' against Orthodox churches to blame it on Russians, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to push back the offensive in the Donbas region...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-to-offer-consular-services-in-the-north
Russians living in the northern part of divided Cyprus will soon be able to receive consular services, with Greek Cypriot media reporting that the development had been kept quiet for about a year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boy-fights-for-dear-life-after-trike-accident
A man was killed on Sunday and a young boy critically injured after the three-wheel motorcycle they were riding in a Limassol neighborhood overturned under circumstances still pending investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-very-close-to-ending-all-covid-restrictions
The Cypriot government is ‘very close’ to ending all coronavirus restrictions according to health minister, who says hospitalizations were down significantly in the last couple of days...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vindicated-alexoui-goes-after-‘malicious-prosecutors
Nicosia businessman Alexis ‘Alexoui’ Mavromichalis has filed a complaint with police internal affairs five months after he was vindicated of attempted murder, accusing prosecutors of malicious prosecution and concealing exculpatory evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/restrictive-measures-to-be-lifted-completely
With the epidemiological picture showing a small but steady improvement, the road to normalcy is wide open, with the agenda including the lifting of more restrictions and ultimately the introduction of new significant relaxations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-deal-‘everybody-will-hate-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine
The most likely solution that will bring an end to the war in Ukraine is an agreement that “everybody will hate,” James Stavridis, NATO’s Greek-American former commander for Europe tells Kathimerini....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eni-total-to-resume-drilling-in-block-6-kalypso-deposit
The ENI TOTAL consortium will resume work on Block 6 within the Cyprus EEZ. According to information from Kathimerini, the Franco-Italian consortium will initially carry out drilling at a specific point of block 6 in order to have a better picture of the "Kalypso" deposit....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘immediate-solutions-test-cyprus-take-on-eastmed
A US energy official urged Nicosia to seek 'other options' if the island wanted to get energy quickly into markets, with Italy doing just that earlier this week when Rome clinched a deal with Algeria to replace Russian gas imports through the Transmed pipeline...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-relations-between-the-us-and-cyprus-are-at-their-best
Relations between Cyprus and the US are at their best, said President Anastasiades during a meeting with AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association) which was held on Friday at the Presidential Palace....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/global-food-prices-rise-to-highest-ever-levels-in-march
Global food prices rose to their highest ever levels in March as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN has reported....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lavrov-ukraine-has-presented-an-unacceptable-draft-agreement
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that Kyiv had presented Moscow with a draft peace agreement containing "unacceptable" elements, but that Russia would nevertheless continue the talks and try to secure its own demands....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-rushing-to-evacuate-civilians-as-the-war-hits-its-6th-week
Fearing a new offensive in the six-week-old war, Ukraine rushed to evacuate civilians as Russian forces pounded cities and towns in the east and south, and Kyiv called on the West to place "ruinous" sanctions on Moscow....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyclops-the-crown-of-our-security-co-operation-says-kasoulides
On Wednesday, US Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, and Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, expressed their wish that the Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS) will help promote security in the region....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nuland-new-pipelines-will-be-needed-in-the-eastern-mediterranean
New gas discoveries and pipelines will need to be made in the eastern Mediterranean, US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said after her meetings in Turkey, adding that "it is in our interest to have strong relations between Turkey and Israel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/saharan-desert-dust-persists-after-third-consecutive-day
Dust originating from the Saharan desert continues to plague Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean basin for a third consecutive day, the Cyprus institute has said warning people to remain indoors....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fms-of-greece-cyprus-and-israel-hold-trilateral-meeting-on-tuesday-in-athens
A trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will take place on Tuesday in Athens, where Cyprus FM, Ioannis Kasoulides, is traveling on Monday evening....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-let-s-imagine-putin-didn-t-miscalculate
The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin catastrophically miscalculated. He thought Russian-speaking Ukrainians would welcome his troops. They didn’t. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-says-putin-being-misled-by-fearful-advisers
Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misled by advisers who are too scared to tell him how badly the war in Ukraine is going, the White House says....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eastmed-in-position-to-cover-15-16-of-eu-s-annual-russian-gas-imports
The Eastern Mediterranean can provide Europe with 15-16% of its annual imports of natural gas from Russia, according to the former foreign minister of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-sees-key-role-for-east-med-in-new-energy-landscape
Washington has stressed the renewed importance of the eastern Mediterranean region in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Europe’s need to cut energy dependence on Russia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-troops-begin-moving-away-from-positions-around-kyiv
Some Russian units suffering heavy losses in Ukraine had been forced to return home and to neighboring Belarus, British military intelligence said a day after Russia promised to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lagarde-cyprus-will-be-affected-by-inflation-and-rising-energy-costs
Cyprus will be affected by inflationary pressures and higher energy costs due to its dependence on oil imports for electricity generation, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/the-scorpions-are-coming-to-cyprus-in-july
The legendary rock band Scorpions will be performing at Tsirio stadium, in Limassol on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. In honor of the release of their first album 50 years ago, the band is on a world tour promoting the release of their new album "Rock Believer"....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-not-seen-ready-to-compromise-ahead-of-peacetalks
Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, but a senior U.S. official said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not appear ready to make compromises to end the war....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shanghai-facing-biggest-lockdown-in-2-years
Shanghai, the Chinese financial capital of 25 million people, is facing the worst outbreak of covid-19 cases in two years and entering a two-phase lockdown....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-pleads-for-help-says-russia-wants-to-split-nation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-you-can-help-break-the-bias-against-women
This year for Women’s History month, in Cyprus, the United States, and around the world we recognized the achievements of women and girls, celebrated progress made towards achieving equality, and recommitted ourselves to ensuring the full measure of dignity and opportunity due all humans is available to women everywhere. ...
