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/news/nicosia-keeps-israeli-pier-on-the-down-low
Nicosia is handling with kid gloves the possibility of Israelis operating a dock in Cyprus, where they would be able to monitor humanitarian aid going into Gaza...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deal-of-the-century-could-include-israeli-jetty-in-cyprus
Israel wants to build a jetty in Cyprus where it can inspect humanitarian aid to Gaza, with sources pointing to serious interest on the part of the Israelis but no deal as of yet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/take-away-lessons-from-cyprus-in-the-digital-agenda
Cyprus is turning the page in the digital age era but there are still many steps in the path forward. This appears to be the general conclusion from Thursday’s conference on "Cyprus in the Digital Agenda" organised by Kathimerini newspaper and the SPP MEDIA Group...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspected-arsonist-arrested-in-tylliria-fire
Police arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of arson in a large forest fire in Tylliria that was put out after midnight, while planes from Greece and Israel are on standby...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-bus-employees-walk-off-job-on-thursday
Employees at the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) will hold a work stoppage on Thursday to protest the planned closure of the bus depot at the former airport at Elliniko, in southern Athens, and further cutbacks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-into-stavros-death-still-open
Members of a Health and Safety Task Force Committee are visiting Alethriko elementary on Wednesday, a Larnaca school where 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis got injured last month and whose death hours later was shrouded in controversy and allegations of incompetence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-push-in-the-uk-for-direct-flights-in-the-north
The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to a new petition in the UK, sponsored by a British conservative MP, who is pushing for direct flights to the north one year after the Pegasus restrictions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-senate-votes-to-block-f-35-deal-to-turkey
US senators voted overwhelmingly to block the sale of F-35 jet fighters to Turkey on Monday, while Lockheed Martin says it expects to deliver planes before the bill could become law...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/noratlas-replica-finds-its-way-to-makedonitissa
The parts of a Noratlas plane arrived at Makedonitissa military cemetery on Monday, where they will be put back together in an exact replica of the aircraft that was shot down by friendly fire during a secret mission in 1974...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/malfunction-terrifies-air-passengers-en-route-to-larnaca
Terrified passengers on a British Airways flight en route to Larnaca were horrified when they saw pressurized air jet-streaming inside the cabin in front of their eyes, causing ear pain and panic attacks...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-throws-co-op-ball-in-hellenic-s-court
The Cyprus Cooperative Bank will examine Monday a final offer from Hellenic Bank to acquire the troubled state-owned institution, with government seeing the buyout as a good step while critics saying tax payers are unfairly picking up the tab...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/debt-collectors-to-go-after-unpaid-electricity-bills
The Cyprus Electricity Authority is resorting to private debt collectors to go after unpaid bills, following criticism that the organisation lost €65 million in late payments or defaulted accounts...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/committee-on-cyprus-missing-has-more-work-to-do
The Committee on Missing Persons says they need to start opening graves to obtain DNA, just days after media reports said CMP was slowing down, but the task ahead is difficult and in need of cash...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ecumenical-patriarch-on-‘green-offensive
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, inaugurated an international environmental conference on the island of Spetses, southwest of Athens, on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-to-brief-nato-counterparts-on-bozdag-remarks
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has said he plans to brief his counterparts during a meeting of NATO defense ministers Thursday on the controversial remarks made by Turkey’s deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag regarding the eight army officers released from pretrial detention on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/out-of-towner-supermarket-enters-nicosia-competition
Papantoniou Supermarkets is getting ready to set up shop in the middle of a tough competitive market in western Nicosia, where other giants also stake a claim, but there are still some permit hurdles for the out-of-town family...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fyrom-name-deal-‘days-away-both-sides-say
There was a sense Tuesday that Athens and Skopje were inching toward a deal on the ongoing “Macedonia” name dispute despite domestic opposition in both countries, with several protest rallies planned for Greece Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-plane-over-nicosia-sends-chills
Local residents in Nicosia were alarmed Sunday afternoon when a Turkish airplane was seen circling over the capital city without landing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/name-talks-hit-an-obstacle
Talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the latter’s official name, which had appeared to be in the final stretch, seemed to have run into problems on Friday, with a senior Greek government official saying that a deal was not likely to be reached in the coming days. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/audit-report-on-ccb-made-public-amid-negotiations
An audit report on the Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) was made public on Friday, amid negotiations between the Co-op and its two bidders, making recommendations for improvement but also criticising the institution on a number of decisions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘severna-makedonija-on-the-table
As Athens and Skopje appear to be edging towards a solution on the Macedonia name dispute, reports indicated on Thursday that the Republic of Northern Macedonia (Severna Makedonija) is the likeliest settlement....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/president-says-cyprus-ready-for-the-maritime-challenge
Cyprus is once again showing its strength in the maritime industry, with President Nicos Anastasiades reiterating government support for what he called ‘one of the most important priorities’ of his administration...
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/cyprus-to-undertake-coordinating-regional-role-in-addressing-climate-change
Cyprus, a country heavily affected by Climate Change, will be faced with more intense heat waves, droughts and perhaps even new diseases, Professor Costas Papanikolas, President of the Cyprus Institute (CyI) has told CNA, stressing the importance of the International Conference on Climate Change, organised recently by CyI, as well as the primary regional role of the Institute....
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/achna-says-no-to-crocs-anywhere-in-cyprus
The Achna local council has voted down the creation of a crocodile park in the area, following loud objections from local residents, who essentially are now blocking any further steps by the company on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/achna-votes-again-on-crocodile-park
The Achna local council will take a vote Tuesday evening on whether or not to give consent to the construction of a controversial crocodile park, following loud objections from local residents...
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/news/there-is-still-hope-for-cyprus-to-host-eurovision-2019
Despite being the first runner-up in this year’s Eurovision song contest, there appears to be a small chance that Cyprus could still be the host next year due to political and security concerns in Israel...
