https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/seizing-opportunities
Greece needs to play its cards right if it wants to profit from the opportunities arising on the international stage, but also to keep in mind that all of the big players are unpredictable and the game at hand incredibly complex....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-agrees-to-return-of-asylum-seekers-german-gov-t-says
The German government says Greece has agreed to take back migrants who apply for asylum there and later turn up at Germany's border with Austria....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-turkish-tensions-add-to-regional-risk
US-Turkish relations have never been easy to manage. But the current standoff between Washington and Ankara is striking, even by the standards of an historically difficult relationship....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/the-mistakes-of-greece-s-creditors
A lot has been said about the mistakes made by Greece’s lenders during the bailout programs. The fact is they made many errors, including some serious ones. Meanwhile, Greek politicians were responsible for refusing to take ownership of the required reforms and failing to reach a degree of basic consensus. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hot-weather-still-a-cyprus-gold-mine
Inbound visitors drawn to the island spend more money than what outbound locals spend overseas, and a study says it is because of the warm climate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-resident-behind-global-online-scam
A global network of online scammers has been dismantled, with the brain of the operation arrested in Larnaca in connection with €18 million worth of damages caused by internet fraud...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-offers-€10-million-to-greek-fire-victims
The government of the Republic of Cyprus is offering €10 million to the fire victims in Greece, calling on citizenry and local businesses to do their share as well...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-offers-help-to-combat-greece-fires
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering her country's help to fight the forest fires raging in Greece.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/investing-in-knowledge
A growth rate of 1.9 percent is way too small for a country like Greece, especially as the rest of Europe’s performance is so much more robust. This is, after all, a country that shed 25 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the course of a decade. What we should be seeing, therefore, is the effect of a tightly wound spring, whereby a virtuous cycle of growth begins and only gets faster with time. Instead, we’re hobbling along at 1.9 percent, the slowest rate an economy can achieve after hitting rock bottom....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nissi-beach-is-cnn-travel-s-july-pick
Nissi Beach is recommended this month by CNN Travel as one of a handful of global destinations for July beachgoers, certifying once more that Ayia Napa remains on the world map when it comes to beach summer fun...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/no-more-pretexts
The world will never be the same since Donald Trump was installed in the White House. In a sense, his election was unavoidable. Not because matters became unbearable in the last 30 years after the fall of the communist system in Europe. Rather, it was because they became in a way unnatural....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/diko-calls-for-inquiry-on-controversial-glossary
The House foreign affairs committee will discuss a controversial glossary of political terms aimed at journalists in Cyprus, following debate and criticism on Greek Cypriot social media on fears of censorship...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/overall-retail-rise-not-overshadowed-by-slight-drop
Retail trade volume in Cyprus dropped by 0.8% in April 2018 compared to March, but rose by 5.8% since a year ago...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-detains-eldyk-soldier-on-greek-warrant
A Greek solider serving in Cyprus was arrested in connection with funding a terrorist group, following a deposit he made last year to the Revolutionary Fund...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-jobless-drop-in-may-biggest-in-the-eu
Cyprus recorded the largest unemployment drop in the European Union for May 2018, dropping to 8.4% from 8.6% the previous month...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-under-pressure-to-curb-migration
European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to agree new measures to restrict arrivals across the Mediterranean as growing popular discontent over immigration puts pressure on governments from Germany to Italy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/g-a-p-vassilopoulos-group-strikes-a-deal-with-ups
G.A.P. VASSILOPOULOS Group has entered into an agreement to be the authorized service contractor for UPS in Cyprus as of July 1st 2018...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/may-tourists-up-7-6-despite-russian-drop
Tourist arrivals went up by 7.6% last month, lending credence to earlier predictions that industry numbers were on a good path despite a disappointing Russian exit...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/worried-investors-looking-for-lillevyali-in-cyprus
The whereabouts of Russian hedge fund manager German Lillevyali are currently unknown, but his possible location in Cyprus is shrouded in even more mystery as people are looking to get their money back...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kotzias-confirms-tsipras-is-waiting-call-from-fyrom-s-zaev-on-name-talks
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias confirmed on Monday that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expecting a crucial phone call from his counterpart at the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Zoran Zaev, on the long-running name dispute that has soured the relations between the two countries....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cto-sees-tourism-potential-despite-russian-defect
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation says tourist arrivals are expected to rise in 2018 despite a drop in Russian visitors to the island, while the government is moving forward with new plans for tourism on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-will-shop-elsewhere-if-us-won-t-sell-f-35-jets
Turkey will go elsewhere if the United States does not allow it to buy Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by broadcaster NTV and other media on Wednesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-kills-passerby-and-two-police-officers-in-belgium
A gunman killed two police officers and a passer-by on Tuesday before being shot dead in the center of the Belgian city of Liege, public broadcaster RTBF said on its website and authorities said terrorism could not be ruled out as a motive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/berlin-urges-athens-skopje-to-take-advantage-of-historic-opportunity
The German government on Monday encouraged Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to solve all the remaining issues standing in the way of an agreement to settle a decades-old dispute regarding the latter’s name....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/imf-berlin-still-divided-over-greek-debt-but-progress-in-sight
A meeting of the so-called Washington Group – representatives of Greece’s creditors as well as the governments of Germany, France, Spain and Italy, the biggest eurozone economies – failed to break a deadlock over the Greek debt as the International Monetary Fund and Berlin remain divided on the length of an upfront extension on bailout loans....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/turkey-s-muslim-friendly-holidays-find-a-modest-place-in-the-sun
Turkey’s $26 billion tourism industry has been battered by security fears and political disputes in recent years but one corner of the market is quietly growing - beach holidays for conservative Muslims...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britons-dash-to-become-german-before-brexit
Driven by the prospect of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union next year, the number of British passport holders who became German citizens jumped by 162 percent last year, Germany’s Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/merkel-speaks-with-tsipras-zaev-over-fyrom-name-talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel conveyed her country's interest in the developments concerning talks between Athens and Skopje over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), during a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/lidl-fined-€80-000-for-false-advertising
Cypriot authorities fined Lidl supermarkets €80,000 for misleading advertising, citing unfair commercial practices following complaints submitted by consumers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fyrom-pm-sees-solution-to-name-dispute-with-greece-in-june
FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said an agreement between Skopje and Athens to settle a decades-old name dispute could be reached before a European Union summit in June...
