https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-cypriot-wwii-veterans-reunite-after-70-years
Two World War II veterans, a Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot who fought together in the war, met once again in Nicosia 70 years later...
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/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/news/energy-talks-with-total-still-ongoing
French energy giant TOTAL’s plans in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) were the topic of discussion in a Paris meeting on Saturday between between President Nicos Anastasiades and CEO Patrick Pouyanne...
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/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/mediterranean-diet-is-falling-out-of-favour-with-southern-europeans
Recent data found that in Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Malta, Greece and San Marino, one in five boys were obese...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-die-18-injured-in-train-accident-in-italy
Two people died and 18 were injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services said on Thursday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biggest-uk-contribution-for-exercise-argonaut
The four-day international maritime search & rescue and non-combatant evacuation exercise “Argonaut 2018” is taking place in Larnaca...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/total-wants-to-expand-cyprus-energy-search
French energy giant Total wants to expand its search for oil and gas off the east Mediterranean coast of Cyprus, a senior company official said on Monday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-first-modern-islamist-fundamentalist-conquest-of-the-west
New revelations expose Turkey stealthily positioning itself to attempt to permanently possess the northern third of Cyprus which is rich in hydrocarbons...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/europe-s-walls-and-italy
A coalition government between two Italian parties that are ready to challenge core European Union rules and practices will show whether the Union still has reserves of strength or whether decay and fragmentation are inevitable...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-32-of-asylum-seekers-are-unaccompanied-minors
In 2017, 225 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Cyprus making up 32.4% of all asylum applications it received, official EU data showed on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akinci-says-east-med-pipeline-not-a-route-for-peace
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says plans to push forward for the EastMed pipeline are counter to peace efforts in the region, adding that an energy solution which excludes Turkey would be a mistake...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-egypt-gas-pipeline-could-cost-$1-billion
A pipeline connecting Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas field to Egypt’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities will cost between $800 million and $1 billion, Egyptian petroleum minister Tarek El Molla said on Monday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-summit-to-discuss-gas-pipeline-to-italy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Tuesday's summit to Nicosia with the leaders of Cyprus and Greece will focus on the possibility of building a gas pipeline to Italy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-registers-biggest-dip-in-unemployment-in-eu
Cyprus recorded the EU's largest annual dip in unemployment in March, from 12.3% to 9.1% followed by Greece (23.2% to 20.6%, Croatia (11.8% to 9.4%) and Portugal (9.7% to 7.4%), according to Eurostat...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/don-t-get-caught-up-in-the-east-med-energy-hype
It is tempting for resource-poor countries to overestimate the promise of newly discovered hydrocarbon resources, particularly in times of need...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/uk-dogs-and-cats-catching-deadly-diseases-from-ticks-after-travelling-abroad
British pets are catching deadly diseases from foreign ticks after travelling to Europe on pet passports, vets have warned....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/crunch-year-in-cyprus-bid-to-become-regional-energy-player
Cyprus is ramping up efforts to become a regional energy player with 2018 seen as a critical year in deciding where it stands, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said in an exclusive interview with Kathimerini...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/my-gladiator-lay-down-his-shield-toddler-alfie-evans-dies-in-britain
Alfie had a rare, degenerative disease and had been in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britain-backs-the-island-s-energy-search-and-peace-initiatives
UK's Minister for Europe, Sir Alan Duncan, has reiterated his government’s recognition of the Republic of Cyprus’s sovereign rights in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and support for the resumption of reunification talks...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eni-committed-to-cyprus-despite-turkish-threats
Italian energy giant ENI said on Wednesday it was committed to exploring for natural gas offshore Cyprus despite efforts by Turkey to block drilling earlier this year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-is-open-for-business-and-china-s-buying
As US President Donald Trump builds barriers to Chinese trade, Cyprus is throwing open the gates...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-kills-10-after-ploughing-van-into-toronto-sidewalk-crowd
The brutal incident - which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a “tragic and senseless attack” - was one of the most violent in recent Canadian history...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ecb-mulls-shelving-rules-tackling-eurozone-npls
The European Central Bank is considering shelving planned rules that would have forced banks to set aside more money against their stock of unpaid loans, after suffering a political backlash....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-granted-protection-status-to-1300-asylum-seekers-last-year
Of the 175,800 Syrian citizens granted protection status in the EU, more than 70% received protection status in Germany...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cannabis-and-opium-were-part-of-ancient-cypriot-culture
The distinction between medicine and the mind-altering drug may have been lost on ancient peoples...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/only-two-out-of-ten-babies-in-cyprus-born-outside-of-marriage
Cyprus has seen a huge rise in babies born outside of wedlock since the turn of the century with an eight-fold increase from 2.3% in 2000 to 19.1%...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/banks-in-cyprus-greece-and-portugal-may-need-further-reserve-build-up
Fitch also notes that average NPL/total loan ratios at the EU`s largest banks had declined to 4% by end-2017 from 6.5% at end-2014...
