https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-police-official-says-cypriot-fbi-plan-has-been-ready-for-a-decade
The creation of a specialized unit to combat organized crime, commonly referred to as the “Cypriot FBI,” had already been fully designed about ten years ago, according to former Assistant Chief of Police Christoforos Mavrommatis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/laouris-says-blocking-budget-could-justify-leaving-public-workers-unpaid
A candidate associated with the Direct Democracy movement says he would be prepared to block the government’s budget if he believed a critical issue was at stake, even if that meant state employees temporarily going without pay....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-dismisses-rumors-of-cuts-in-blind-allowance
Cyprus authorities on Wednesday moved to reassure the public that financial support for blind individuals has not been suspended, pushing back against what they described as misleading information circulating in recent days....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-quarries-still-out-of-control-audit-warns
Six years after the last audit of Cyprus’ Mining and Quarrying Service, compliance remains alarmingly low, according to a new report from the Auditor General. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-envoy-criticises-nato-build-up-near-cyprus
The Russian ambassador to Cyprus has expressed concern over the reported build-up of NATO forces in the eastern Mediterranean near the island, warning that increased military activity risks further destabilising an already tense region....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/politics-blog-$200-oil-camels-and-political-drama
Iran warns us to brace for $200-a-barrel oil. ''Let those who pay in dollars worry,'' a friend said, with as much understanding of the global economy as Fidias himself. Joking aside, we should be the ones stressing. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-crisis-triggers-10-growing-concerns-for-the-eu
The consequences of the joint U.S.–Israel attack on Iran are causing growing concern among the EU’s 27 member states, as sources tell Kathimerini that the European External Action Service’s Crisis Response and Information Centre believes Tehran is pursuing a strategy aimed at “creating chaos,” carrying out indiscriminate strikes across several countries in the region, with Cyprus among those affected....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/200-sick-days-a-year-cyprus-prisons-in-chaos-over-staff-leave
A Cyprus prison employee who took more than 200 sick days a year, backed by 111 medical certificates but only six recorded doctor visits, has become the most eye-catching example in a new Audit Office report exposing serious gaps in how staff sick leave is monitored....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/crises-give-birth-to-opportunities
Everything happened at breakneck speed and within such a short period of time that it left little room for the brain’s digestive system to process events. Even more so because, at the same time, we were experiencing a déjà vu of failures and structural dysfunctions in the field of Civil Defence and Protection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/women-still-underrepresented-in-politics-and-diplomacy-house-president-says
President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou said on Monday that women remain underrepresented in politics and diplomacy, despite gradual progress in recent years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/when-will-the-war-end
The all-powerful United States is acting without being constrained by the even limited and sometimes perfunctory scruples of the past. It did so last October in Venezuela. It is doing so now in the Middle East....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-state-of-the-republic
In the United States, they’re still trying to figure out what went wrong. Why did the system of checks and balances fail so badly that they ended up with this kind of president and their democracy in such a state? ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-meets-meloni-eni-ceo-in-rome
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides wrapped up a busy day in Rome on Friday, meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and holding high-level talks with ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen diplomatic and energy ties....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mock-hangings-of-top-politicians-shock-limassol-carnival-crowd
A carnival celebration in Limassol took a dark turn Sunday when a group of masked individuals unfurled threatening banners from a bridge and staged mock hangings of prominent politicians....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/half-a-million-a-month…for-a-boat-that-doesn-t-move
Half a million a month. That’s what the Cypriot taxpayer is shelling out for the floating platform Prometheus, currently anchored, or, if you ask the cynical, stranded, somewhere off the coast of Malaysia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/u-s-europe-trapped-in-a-loveless-marriage
After 13 months of Trump 2.0, after Greenland, the suffocating pressure on Kyiv and the flirtations with Putin, the tariffs and sanctions against Europeans defending the EU’s digital sovereignty, the verdict could be even harsher....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-delivers-longest-state-of-the-union-in-us-history
President Donald Trump set a record Tuesday night, delivering the longest State of the Union address in U.S. history....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/presumption-of-innocence-is-not-a-political-shield
The presumption of innocence has become little more than salt water for gargling in the mouths of our politicians, a convenient rinse to wash away their reluctance to rise to the occasion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/former-norwegian-pm-jagland-hospitalized-after-reported-suicide-attempt
Former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland has reportedly been hospitalized following what local reports describe as a suicide attempt, as Norwegian authorities continue investigating his alleged links to the so-called Epstein files....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/dangerous-matters
It is now final. Everyone in this country is clean, incorruptible, and spotless. That is the impression being conveyed to society. And this is exactly where the complete erosion of trust in institutions and the rule of law begins, and not without reason....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-invokes-cyprus-in-sweeping-history-speech-says-turkey-stopped-the-bloodshed
Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a wide-ranging speech on Turkey’s past and present by pointing to Cyprus, telling an audience of soldiers’ families and veterans that Turkish forces “stopped the bloodshed” there, a remark that quickly drew attention as he framed it as part of a broader story about national struggle and survival....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-island-is-drowning-in-concrete
In idyllic corners across Cyprus, occupied and free alike, natural beauty has steadily given way to concrete and graceless construction....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/€1-billion-worth-of-school-fixes-needed-but-only-€35-million-in-the-budget
It would take about €1 billion for the government’s school construction unit to handle all the work it needs to do, its director told lawmakers, warning that current funding is nowhere near enough....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/cyprus-soap-opera-ends-everyone-s-innocent-again
We’ve reached the finale of one of the longest-running soap operas on our little island. The much-ballyhooed, shocking, twist-filled telenovela titled Al Jazeera, or as it’s sometimes called, This is Cyprus,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-service-to-appeal-syllouris-tziovanis-acquittal-accuse-court-errors
The Legal Service is taking aim at the controversial acquittal of former House Speaker Dimitris Syllouris and ex-MP Christakis Tziovanis, announcing it will appeal the decision of the Nicosia Criminal Court.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leader-and-two-time-u-s-presidential-candidate-dies-at-84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a major figure in the US civil rights movement and a longtime force in Democratic politics, has died at the age of 84....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-house-speaker-ex-mp-cleared-in-golden-passport-case
Former House Speaker Dimitris Syllouris and ex-MP and businessman Christakis Tziovanis were acquitted Tuesday in the long-running ''golden passports'' trial, a case that has captivated Cyprus for years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/verdict-day-in-cyprus-golden-passport-scandal
The moment of truth has arrived in one of the most explosive corruption cases in recent memory, as the Nicosia Permanent Criminal Court is set to deliver its verdict Tuesday morning for former House Speaker Dimitris Syllouris and ex-MP and businessman Christakis Tziovanis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/16-years-for-one-case-audit-exposes-shocking-delays-in-land-department
Serious systemic problems are undermining how state land is managed and how property rights are protected, according to a new special report by the Audit Office of Cyprus examining the Department of Lands and Surveys....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fire-destroys-home-of-mom-of-three-still-waiting-for-aid
A devastating house fire has left a young mother and her three children, all diagnosed with autism, without a home, exposing what appears to be another troubling delay in state support for families already in crisis....
