https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-employee-arrested-for-defrauding-citizens
A 43-year-old resident of Paphos has been ordered by the Paphos District Court to be detained for seven days on allegations of misappropriating over €30,000 from a semi-governmental organization, AEK, intended for the installation of photovoltaic panels....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-fund-facing-mighty-resistance-in-lukoil-deal
Efforts to dispel US concerns over suspected Russian influence in a Cypriot fund buying a Lukoil plant in Sicily may be gaining traction with Italian officials, with reports suggesting American resistance may be losing ground after a crucial meeting last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-s-digital-travel-document-plan-faces-backlash
The Commission of the European Union has officially launched a public consultation on the digitalization of travel documents and facilitation of travel, which requires EU citizens to share their opinions on the matter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-report-reveals-47-mine-contaminated-areas-in-cyprus
According to data from UNFICYP, 47 suspected hazardous areas in Cyprus could be contaminated with mines and/or explosive remnants of war (ERW), covering roughly 1.7 million square meters of land....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mfa-korneliou-leaves-kouros-enters
Kornelios Korneliou, the director general of the Foreign Ministry, will step down on Monday and be succeeded by the head of the President's Diplomatic Office, Kyriakos Kouros....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-clarifies-position-on-turkey-s-bid-to-lead-imo
There will be no issue as regards the Republic of Cyprus' membership of the International Maritime Organization in the event that Turkey is elected as its Secretary-General, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-300-loan-applications-submitted-for-oikia-scheme
Applications for 1,318 potentially eligible loans involving a total amount of €131.1 million were submitted under the Oikia scheme, which is a loan management plan with government funds granted under Government Housing Plans....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreclosure-sales-to-restart-after-parliamentary-vote
The House of Representatives voted 22 to 18 against a proposal for a new three-month suspension of foreclosure sales, which had been tabled in the form of an emergency bill....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/consumers-cutting-back-on-non-essential-items-as-cost-of-living-rises
As the cost of living crisis continues to rise globally, consumers have drastically adjusted their spending behaviors, with the majority (53%) of global consumers “holding back” on non-essential spending. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/exness-opens-internship-positions-for-university-students
Exness, a global, Limassol-based fintech company specializing in trading, has announced its Cyprus summer internship program. This is the second year the leading multi-asset broker offers junior-level positions to students who want to gain working experience in their field studies. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-ordered-to-pay-wife-200-000-euros-for-25-years-of-housework
A Spanish court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife 200,000 euros for 25 years of unpaid domestic labor, based on the minimum wage throughout their marriage, court documents showed Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/one-peak-left-for-cypriot-mountaineer
Cypriot citizen Evgenios Staroselskiy is set to begin his attempt next June to conquer the most demanding peak in the world, mountain K2 in Pakistan and raise the Cyprus flag on it...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-suspicious-of-media-reports-on-nord-stream-culprits
US and German media reports that Ukrainians or pro-Ukrainians might have blown up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year were taken with a grain of salt in Russia, with Moscow doubling down on calls for a UN-led investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-who-s-who-of-the-christodoulides-government
On Monday afternoon (27/02), Nikos Christodoulides, the country's new leader, unveiled his new administration. Read the detailed biographies of the individuals who make up the new government....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/netflix-cuts-prices-in-30-countries
Streaming giant Netflix has cut prices in more than 30 countries as it attempts to attract more subscribers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/how-will-airport-traffic-fare-this-year
Passenger traffic at Cypriot airports is expected to return to 2019 levels this year. According to current data, passenger traffic will reach at least 96% of what it was in 2019 and may even exceed it. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/2023-will-be-the-year-banks-dole-out-dividends
Apart from entering 2023 with inflationary tendencies and following a year with a geopolitical crisis due to the Ukrainian one, it is expected to be the year when the term "dividend distribution,"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-new-limassol-piraeus-schedule-will-be-available-soon
The new schedule for the Cyprus-Greece sea link is expected to be announced within the next week, or by early March at the latest. As "K" has been informed, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/island-remembers-camps-for-holocaust-survivors
Cyprus and Israel commemorated on Thursday the 74th anniversary of the closure of the concentration camps for Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors, who fled Europe after World War II for Israel...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rescuers-work-through-night-as-hopes-fade-for-survivors
Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/australian-government-removes-chinese-made-surveillance-cameras
Australia's defense department will strip its buildings of Chinese-made security cameras to ensure they are "completely secure", the government said on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-syria-new-7-7-magnitude-earthquake-also-felt-in-cyprus
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Institute, a new earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 was recently felt in Turkey. According to Syrian state media, it was also felt in Damascus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-s-second-delaware-home-searched-by-fbi
The FBI searched President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home Wednesday as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents, the president's personal lawyer said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/banks-are-revising-lending-rates
Cypriot banks are preparing new loan rates in an effort to redesign the pricing of loans. In the first half of 2023, Cypriot banks will see significant changes in the pricing of new loans, accompanied by increases in interest rates, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pega-s-amendment-games
The debate on Cyprus will turn into a game of balances and... amendments in relation to the draft report of the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Surveillance Software (PEGA), ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-responds-to-cbs-disinformation-and-fake-news
The report on the CBS show '60 Minutes' about Russian oligarchs was referred to by the Finance Minister in his detailed response on the issue. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ten-hotels-in-cyprus-malta-and-greece-replace-single-use-plastics
Ten tourist accommodations in Cyprus, Greece, and Malta participated in a pilot project that saw the implementation of these solutions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suicides-in-greece-up-by-25-in-the-last-two-years
The number of people committing suicide in Greece in 2022 increased by almost 25% relative to 2020, according to the annual suicide data reported and analyzed by the Suicide Observatory Klimaka....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/47-700-young-europeans-to-be-granted-free-travel-tickets
DiscoverEU, which is an action of the Erasmus+ program that gives youngsters a chance to travel throughout Europe for free, has announced that a total of 47,700 tickets will be given to European youngsters at the end of this winter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/fund-are-investing-in-cypriot-banks
Investing in Cypriot banks is becoming more common. The progress they have made in terms of the non-performing loan burden they have shed, their capital adequacy, which is characterized as good,...
