https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/documentary-on-cyprus-to-be-aired-on-bbc
A documentary on the cultural treasure of Cyprus will soon be screened by the BBC following the involvement of the former President of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations and a good friend to Cyprus, Deborah Androus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-s-karagiannis-appointed-to-coordinate-final-stage-of-local-governement-reform
The Director-General of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece, Yiannis Karagiannis, has been appointed as the expert to coordinate the provision of Greek expertise to the Republic of Cyprus for the implementation of the final stage of local government reform....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mitsotakis-ready-to-respond-to-turkish-claims-at-madrid-nato-summit
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is heading to the upcoming NATO summit with the text of the conclusions of the European Council in his briefcase which calls on Turkey to stop making threats against Greece and to move on a de-escalation trajectory....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/kea-s-seabed-museum-of-historic-shipwrecks
A marine park, one of just a few of its kind in the world, is being launched off the island of Kea, with historic shipwrecks and consisting of three protected sea areas, each covering 36 hectares....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/veil-of-mystery-over-pachyammos-excavations
Greek Cypriot officials were heading back to a bombing site in Pachyammos on Monday to investigate two missing person cases from the 1964 events but reportedly unrelated to Turkish bombardment, as relatives of disappeared persons keep pushing the state for answers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-tackle-inflation-energy-shocks-from-russia-s-war
A day after endorsing Ukraine’s candidacy to join the European Union, the bloc’s leaders turned their attention Friday to the severe economic turbulence looming over the coming months as the full impact of Russia’s war sinks in and the threat of recession rises....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourism-stages-comeback-despite-losses-from-russian-market
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus during May increased significantly compared to the same month of 2021, however, they were still lower compared to May 2019 and with obvious losses from the Russian and Ukrainian markets....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-on-erdogan-the-west-and-greek-turkish-relations
Let’s start with the domestic facts and figures to dispel the widespread wishful thinking betting on the victory of the so-called “opposition front” at the next elections....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/concerns-over-increasing-drugs-trafficked-through-occupied-side
Cyprus Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) on Thursday expressed concerns that drug dealers may be using Turkey to transport illegal substances to the occupied areas and then to the Cyprus Republic. This comes after drug traffickers needed to find other distribution channels following the start of the war in Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/why-the-spike-in-covid-cases-now
For the third consecutive week, there has been a recorded spike in the number of positive covid cases in Cyprus. Last Friday's weekly report showed a 50% increase followed by an additional 3,500 positive cases which were reportedly detected from Saturday to noon on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-survey-energy-security-concerns-reinforce-government-focus-on-renewable-energy-programs
Energy security has risen to the top of government priority lists in the wake of geopolitical instability and spiralling gas prices....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/only-half-of-cypriots-agree-with-eu-sanctions-against-russia
Only 54% of respondents in Cyprus, compared to an average of 80% in the European Union, agree with EU financial sanctions against Russia, according to the European Parliament's spring Eurobarometer findings....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-what-is-turkey-up-to
This summer, for the first time in many years, the omens concerning Greek-Turkish relations are particularly gloomy. There are many objective reasons why Turkey causing a heated incident is not the most likely scenario;...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-s-fiscal-cooperation-with-occupied-areas-unacceptable
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades intends to send letters to the UN Secretary-General, the EU, the guarantor powers and the US to inform them of the illegal protocol of economic and fiscal cooperation Turkey has signed with the regime in the island’s occupied areas....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-cyprus-drives-sustainable-digital-innovation-in-financial-services-with-kyndryl
Kyndryl, the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider and Bank of Cyprus, the leading banking and financial services group in Cyprus, announced an agreement to expand their collaboration with a new five-year managed IT services program that advances the Bank’s ESG commitments through 2030, by supporting the Bank’s levels of service, giving access and visibility to its products to all stakeholders....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/efforts-afoot-to-de-escalate-tensions
The United States, seconded by Germany, has intervened decisively to keep tensions between uneasy allies Greece and Turkey from boiling over....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-plays-supporting-role-in-lng-arena
After years of trying to locate and extract natural gas from its EEZ, Cyprus' prospects continue to stagnate due to the current geopolitical conditions, the Cyprus issue, and the fact that the research, although promising, has not yet yielded the large quantities that were found in the EEZ of Egypt and Israel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-to-greece-ferry-link-launches-with-great-fanfare-video
The launch of the ferry link service between Limassol and Piraeus occurred this Sunday amid great fanfare led by the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades and attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anita Demetriou, and various other Ministers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prison-warden-alleges-illegal-activity-to-undermine-her
Nicosia Central Prisons Warden Anna Aristotelous is launching a complaint against a high-ranking police official, accusing him of enlisting a convicted informant to seek videos that could be politically harmful to the country’s top corrections officer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/and-just-like-that-cyprus-gets-its-own-air-force-one
President Nicos Anastasiades today expressed his sincerest gratitude to Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis for providing Cyprus with its own Presidential aircraft to be used by government officials for authorized trips abroad....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-meets-with-president-anastasiades-in-cyprus
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cyprus President Nikos Anastasiades said Friday that international law, strong alliances and the countries’ presence in the EU are what protect against Ankara's rhetoric and provocations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/it-s-full-steam-ahead-for-the-cyprus-greece-ferry
Preparations are on overdrive for the first ferry round-trip on Sunday between Cyprus and Greece after 21 long years, according to the shipping line coordinating the route....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-critic-wants-kissinger-to-apologize-over-cyprus
An American scholar is calling on Henry Kissinger to apologize to Cypriots for betraying Greeks and appeasing Turkey, arguing that the father of modern realpolitik had signaled to Turkey back in 1974 that 'aggression works'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wooing-migrant-millionaires
Greece is becoming a top destination for wealthy migrants, as it is expected to welcome 1,200 “millionaire immigrants” this year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/euroasia-interconnector-will-help-free-eu-from-energy-dependence
Tapping into Israel’s vast renewable sources of energy will help reduce the EU’s dependence on Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during her visit to Israel, highlighting the importance of Cyprus and Greece in securing energy supply....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-valuable-ally-you-said
I have been trying for a long time to understand exactly what various Western officials mean when they monotonously repeat that “Turkey is a valuable ally.” Turkey is obviously a large, strategically important country at a critical geopolitical crossroads. No great power can ignore it....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parthenon-sculptures-to-be-shared-british-museum-suggests
The Parthenon sculptures Greece is demanding back from Britain could be shared by the two countries, British Museum Chairman George Osborne told LBC, a digital news service registered in the UK, on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-defense-minister-and-greek-mp-s-clash-at-nato-meeting
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Greek MPs engaged in an intense confrontation in Istanbul on Tuesday during the joint meeting of the Political Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) and the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-threatens-greece-yet-again
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued fresh threats against Greece, this time accusing the country of supporting an international campaign directed against his country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-how-likely-is-a-greek-turkish-military-conflict
"Conflict over the Aegean Islands: Erdogan Threatens Europe with Next War." This is the title of a comment by the Greek-born editor-in-chief of the Munich newspaper Münchner Merkur, George Anastasiadis, on Turkey's new threats against Greece over sovereign rights in the eastern Aegean islands....
