https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/italy-suspends-schengen-travel-with-spain-while-tens-of-thousands-voluntarily-return-to-morocco
A migration emergency in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta has caused a sharp diplomatic rift across the European Union, prompting Italy to suspend border-free travel with Spain while tens of thousands of migrants head back across the border to Morocco....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-one-should-live-in-fear-of-arrest-erhurman-says
The fallout from Cyprus' increasingly heated property dispute isn't going away. After sparking criticism with comments he made following Wednesday's UN talks, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman has returned to the debate, insisting he does not believe anyone should have to live in fear of being arrested because of the island's unresolved property issue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europe-wants-a-bigger-say-in-the-cyprus-talks-new-envoy-says
The European Union's newly appointed Special Envoy for the Cyprus issue arrived in Cyprus today, making his first official visit to the island with a stop at the Presidential Palace, where he met President Nikos Christodoulides....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/surrounded-by-sea-yet-still-looking-inward
It is clearly no coincidence that Cyprus' administrative capital has been located inland for so many centuries, nor is it accidental that, as the island's native inhabitants, we have historically had such a limited relationship with the sea. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-warns-cyprus-over-allowing-the-use-of-its-foreign-military-bases
As tensions in the Middle East continue to cast a shadow over the region, Iran has warned Cyprus not to allow foreign military bases on the island to be used for any attacks against the Islamic Republic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/guterres-has-opened-the-door—but-who-really-holds-the-key
The secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, visited Cyprus this week, with the aim of securing a minimum of consensus for a meeting between the different sides before his term expires at the end of the year. It seems that he succeeded....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/a-most-useful-cbm-exchange-of-information-on-properties
Confidence building is an essential ingredient for the resumption of the talks, as Antonio Guterres stressed in his statement at the end of his recent official visit to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defence-seeks-new-psychiatric-assessment-in-phedonos-trial
Lawyers for suspended Paphos mayor Phedon Phedonos have asked the court to allow the complainant to be examined by a private psychiatrist of their choosing, adding a new point of dispute to the high-profile criminal case....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/guterres-cyprus-gamble-can-a-multilateral-conference-break-years-of-deadlock
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes the goal of convening a multilateral conference on the Cyprus issue is ''feasible,'' according to information obtained by Kathimerini, with the UN chief appearing optimistic during his closed-door meetings that he may even be in a position to announce the prospect of such a conference “possibly today.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-orders-release-of-asylum-seeker-held-on-public-safety-grounds
The Supreme Court has ruled that the continued detention of a Sudanese asylum seeker was unlawful and ordered his immediate release through the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-years-€1-billion-and-hundreds-of-projects-cyprus-closes-its-eu-recovery-chapter
The end of the summer marks the completion of Cyprus’ Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), effectively closing a five-year cycle of investments and reforms....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-republic-of-cyprus-is-being-held-hostage-by-its-own-energy-crisis
Energy Minister Michalis Damianos recently advised citizens to remain patient while the Transmission System Operator Cyprus (TSOC) rolls out scheduled blackouts during heatwaves over 40 degrees Celsius. Unsurprisingly, these comments met with anger and outrage....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-videogate-case-solved-a-few-details-but-nobody-knows-who-paid-for-the-job
Despite the size of the investigation and the sheer volume of gathered evidence, the core question stays open: who ordered the "Videogate" job, and what were they actually trying to achieve? ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hundreds-of-thousands-flee-as-violent-wildfires-sweep-western-europe
Emergency operations across France and Spain are attempting to contain severe wildfires that have forced nearly 270,000 people from their homes. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-protests-turkey-s-plan-for-gas-pipeline-to-occupied-north
Turkey is seeking to reshape the energy landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean by pushing ahead with plans to build an undersea natural gas pipeline linking mainland Turkey directly to the occupied areas of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-arrest-19-migrants-residing-illegally-in-cyprus
Police arrested 19 people during an operation in Nicosia targeting third-country nationals staying illegally in the Republic of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-year-later-limassol-communities-remember-the-wildfire-that-changed-everything
Two of our fellow citizens lost their lives. The green turned black. Homes were burned; 125 square kilometers of land were reduced to ashes. Forests and agricultural areas were consumed by flames. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-last-chance-for-cyprus-talks-guterres-plays-his-final-card
The outgoing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is preparing to play his final card on the Cyprus issue, aiming to set in motion a strategic agreement amid Ankara’s highly controversial stance, maintaining momentum on one hand while making its red lines increasingly clear on the other....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-records-eu-s-second-largest-annual-drop-in-public-debt
Cyprus recorded the second-largest annual reduction in government debt among European Union member states during the first quarter of 2026, according to figures released by Eurostat on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-cyprus-can-be-our-common-home
For the first time in more than 15 years, a United Nations secretary-general is preparing to visit Cyprus, and President Nikos Christodoulides used a memorial event on Monday evening to send a clear message about what he believes the next chapter of the Cyprus problem should look like....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-cypriots-demonstrate-outside-london-embassy-on-invasion-anniversary
Members of the British Cypriot community assembled outside the Turkish embassy in London on Friday for a demonstration organized by the Famagusta Association of Great Britain. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/videogate-no-wrongdoing-found-as-probe-points-to-attack-on-cyprus
The controversial ''VideoGate'' footage that shook Cyprus earlier this year was not evidence of wrongdoing, but an edited video allegedly created as part of an effort to damage the reputation of the Republic of Cyprus, according to the findings of an independent investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wants-schengen-in-18-months-is-that-realistic
Joining the Schengen Area would do more than end border checks for Cypriot citizens traveling within Europe. It would place Cyprus among what is often described as the EU’s ''inner core,'' the group of countries that belong both to the European free-travel zone and the euro area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/52-years-later-christodoulides-says-cyprus-talks-must-restart-from-where-they-stopped
Fifty-two years after the Turkish invasion, President Nikos Christodoulides said the memory of those who lost their lives in 1974 carries a responsibility for today’s leadership: to continue efforts to end the division of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-begins-work-on-gas-pipeline-to-occupied-north-setting-its-sights-on-europe
Turkey has reportedly begun building a 101-kilometer natural gas pipeline linking its southern coast to the occupied north of Cyprus, in a move that could reshape the region's energy landscape if completed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-greece-to-co-develop-combat-drones
Greece and the Republic of Cyprus are expected to move forward in the coming period with a joint program under the EU’s SAFE initiative for the co-production of an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-cyprus-talks-gaining-momentum-but-not-everything-in-uk-report-is-accurate
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that recent developments show “mobility” on the Cyprus issue but cautioned that not everything reported in a recent Independent article reflects reality....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/millions-lost-cyprus-connection-inside-the-eu-probe-into-an-alleged-vat-fraud-network
A major European investigation into an alleged €46.9 million VAT fraud scheme has put a network of companies with links to Cyprus under scrutiny, with authorities looking into how small electronic devices may have been used to move millions of euros through a complex tax fraud operation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-cypriots-reject-eu-appointment-of-new-cyprus-envoy
A sharp diplomatic rift has opened between Brussels and the Turkish Cypriot leadership following the European Commission's decision to appoint a new special representative for Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/wearing-the-soul-of-cyprus-how-penelope-marathovouniotis-turns-history-into-heirloom
There are some people you meet and instantly feel you've known forever. That's how it was when I first met Penelope Marathovouniotis almost ten years ago....
