https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/could-we-soon-pay-without-visa-or-mastercard-europe-is-building-another-option
You pay for a coffee, buy something online or send money to a friend abroad. It takes seconds. But behind that everyday transaction lies a bigger question: who controls the systems that keep money moving?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/children-s-citizenship-is-a-rights-issue-not-a-bargaining-chip-erhurman-says
Should a child’s access to citizenship be part of a political negotiation, or a right that should already be protected?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/when-economic-reality-collides-with-political-reality
The electoral cycle, with societies becoming increasingly polarized and divided, makes the situation even more difficult. Entrenched special interests, and their influence over political decisions, make difficult choices even harder to implement....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-considers-opening-its-market-to-candidate-countries-before-membership
Countries waiting to join the European Union could soon gain access to parts of its single market without first becoming full members, under a draft European Commission plan reported by POLITICO....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘absolutely-not-holguin-says-peace-talks-cannot-grow-in-a-hostile-climate
Can Cyprus return to meaningful negotiations while trust between the two sides is still being chipped away?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/u-s-troops-leave-iraq-shifting-the-regional-balance-toward-iran
The United States completed the withdrawal of its remaining troops from Iraq on Wednesday, closing another chapter in a military involvement that began with the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein 23 years ago....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hijack-alarm-sends-fighter-jets-scrambling-but-flydubai-scare-ends-safely
A Flydubai passenger plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after an alert initially raised fears that the aircraft had been hijacked....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/makis-cashbox-and-the-government-s-two-voices
A party leader who supports the government is publicly clashing, and in unusually strong terms, with a minister from the same political camp. That minister also happens to have served successfully in his father’s government....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/were-public-hospital-bosses-chosen-fairly-doctors-union-wants-answers
Imagine applying for a senior job, meeting all the qualifications and following the published rules, only to discover that new criteria were added after the process had already begun....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-27-people-over-potentially-illegal-election-posts
Cyprus police have begun questioning 27 people over social media posts and advertisements linked to the 2026 parliamentary elections, following 127 complaints about election-related content published during a period when such material is prohibited by law....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘we-can-do-this-to-any-country-we-want-us-envoy-s-alleged-warning-rocks-athens
''We can do this to any country we want. We can do it here, too.'' Those are the explosive words reportedly used by U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle during a private dinner in Athens, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/holguin-the-window-of-opportunity-is-gradually-closing
Cyprus may be watching another opportunity for progress slip away—not because the United Nations has stopped trying, but because the two sides are still unwilling to take the political decisions needed to move forward....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/annita-enters-the-race-as-disy-s-presidential-contest-bursts-open
DISY’s internal battle over the 2028 presidential election is officially underway....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/politicsblog-averof-the-prince-and-churchill
Churchill described the modern Cypriot political scene rather vividly when he said, ''Political opponents are merely people with a different opinion. The real enemies sit on the back benches of your own party.''...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/averof-neofytou-enters-the-2028-presidential-race
Former Democratic Rally leader Averof Neofytou has officially announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential election, confirming a political move he had strongly signaled in recent weeks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-month-that-puts-athens-paris-and-ankara-to-the-test
October is shaping up to be a crucial month for the Cyprus-Europe electricity interconnection, with Greece and France preparing the framework for seabed surveys to resume from Kasos to Cyprus. As the project gathers momentum, Turkey remains the key uncertainty, while Nicosia faces its own political and financial decisions over the cable....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hidden-4-1-rise-in-public-sector-staff-costs-in-2027
While the government is cutting civil service positions in an effort to contain the public-sector wage bill, the picture presented by staffing expenditure tells a different story....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-hurdles-remain-in-cyprus-path-to-schengen
Two obstacles, linked to two of Cyprus’ ''political specificities,'' stand in the way of the island’s full accession to the Schengen area: the unresolved Cyprus problem and the presence of the British Bases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/when-one-nicosia-mayor-walked-out-the-other-followed
Sometimes solidarity means showing up. This time, it meant walking out....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/diplomatica/as-ambassador-anolik-prepares-to-leave-he-shares-one-last-story-of-cyprus-and-israel
Aphrodite and King David may sound like unlikely travelling companions. One belongs to the mythology and shores of Cyprus; the other to the history and faith of the Jewish people....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/u-s-diesel-ban-could-push-up-prices-in-europe-and-consequently-cyprus
A reported U.S. plan to halt diesel exports for 90 days has alarmed Brussels and could eventually be felt far beyond the negotiating rooms—including at petrol stations and supermarket checkouts in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-claims-fall-across-europe-but-cyprus-still-carries-twice-the-average-load
Asylum applications may be falling across Europe, but the pressure is not being felt equally, and Cyprus remains close to the top of the list....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-turns-erdogan-s-u-n-words-against-him-‘if-you-quote-the-charter-apply-it
President Nikos Christodoulides used the world’s biggest diplomatic stage Wednesday to confront Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directly, accusing Ankara of speaking about international law while doing the opposite in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/politicsblog-averof-the-cyprus-problem-and-the-turncoats
Averof essentially announced his candidacy for 2028 yesterday. Of course, he said he would run only if this week’s news from New York turns out to be dark and gloomy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-tells-un-to-recognize-breakaway-north-in-occupied-cyprus
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again used the UN General Assembly to campaign for international recognition of the breakaway administration in the occupied north of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fidias-fined-€6-000-after-parts-of-agora-kept-collecting-users-data
Fidias Panayiotou has been fined €6,000 after Cyprus’ privacy watchdog found that parts of his Agora platform continued collecting or processing personal information despite repeated instructions to temporarily shut them down....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/is-anything-genuinely-moving-or-is-this-another-un-week-of-speeches-and-handshakes
President Nikos Christodoulides will take Cyprus’ case to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday evening, addressing world leaders at about 7:30 p.m. Cyprus time as formal negotiations over the divided island remain stalled....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-guards-cut-for-former-officials-but-anastasiades-keeps-six
Cyprus is pulling police officers away from guarding several former politicians and former first ladies after a new security review concluded that permanent protection was no longer necessary....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/prestige-now-and-foreverr
The similarities in the way Mrs. Vassiliou has spoken about “prestige” suggest that her political education has, sadly, remained unchanged over the years. If nothing else, her political shortcomings appear to have become a defining feature that has stood the test of time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erhurman-no-more-cyprus-talks-just-for-show
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman says he does not want another high-level Cyprus meeting simply to produce photographs, statements, and another promise to keep talking....
