https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-chemist-unable-to-check-for-rat-poison
A dog owner is raising questions over the test capabilities at the state’s chemistry labs, following a case where one of his employees might have also been affected by rat poison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/others-ready-to-host-kids-if-zygi-won-t
Two communities have stepped up to the plate to signal their readiness to welcome refugee unaccompanied minors following recent protests in Zygi, but state officials insist on original location due to approved funding...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interview-with-jaap-winter
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-end-of-political-totems
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ngo-says-trafficking-victims-lack-support
Recent law enforcement operations against human and sex trafficking in Cyprus drew attention to a number of additional problems, including waning state support and landlords refusing to rent homes to trafficked women...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/weak-greek-economy-threatened-by-world-unrest
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/religious-leaders-welcome-meeting-between-anastasiades-and-akinci
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spehar-anastasiades-akinci-meeting-a-significant-step
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/persuasion-and-force
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-bet-on-behavioural-science
Cyprus police is betting on behavioural sciences in another effort to combat crime, drawing on experts and techniques reminiscent of CSI shows on television...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/united-against-racism-germans-stage-mass-protest-against-far-right
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nobel-prize-in-economics-awarded-to-nordhaus-and-romer
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/ticking-bombs
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/opium-found-in-ancient-cyprus-vessel
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lessons-from-northern-ireland
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-details-emerge-in-larnaca-abduction
Larnaca investigators have learned that the suspect in Tuesday’s kidnapping had carefully laid out an elaborate plan to divert attention from police moments before snatching the two school boys...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/institutions-are-testing-the-resilience-of-cypriot-society
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/co-working-spaces-and-entrepreneurship
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/osce-praises-cyprus-efforts-to-combat-human-trafficking
Following the unprecedented disruption of a sex trafficking ring in Cyprus, OSCE’s Combating Trafficking in Human Beings praised the country for its progress in combating human trafficking and urged agencies to seek ways for even better coordination...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-scrambles-to-counter-teacher-strike
The government is putting together measures to minimise the impact of next week’s teacher strike, with the education minister saying he is willing to pick things up with the unions from where they were left off at the last handshake...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-crisis-at-end-of-tether
Difficult days lie ahead in public education, with state teachers unions saying a last-minute proposal by ruling party Disy, at least at face value, is no different than the latest government measures already rejected...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elderly-woman-defrauded-by-own-flesh-and-blood
Police have arrested a married couple following a complaint by an 84-year-old woman, saying her daughter and son-in-law were beating her and stealing her monthly pension...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/come-back-support-greece
We are caught between celebrations over Greece’s “clean exit” from the bailout programs on one hand and, on the other, allegations that the country has effectively signed up to what can be considered a “fourth memorandum” and is headed to economic disaster....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stephen-lillie-there-is-only-plan-a-for-cyprus
There is a clear plan A for Cyprus, that of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation solution, and there is no plan B, UK High Commissioner in Nicosia, Stephen Lillie, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), stressing that “for plan A to succeed the negotiations need to be well prepared, and the public opinion needs to be well prepared” as well....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-town-loves-movie-score-maestro-morricone-–-and-it-shows
Once upon a time in central Greece, a small town fell in love with famed film composer Ennio Morricone and painted a huge mural in his honor....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-solitary-third-age-of-greek-australians
Thirty-three-year-old Dimitra will lock her door tomorrow morning and breathe in the chilly Melbourne air. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-russia-s-decision-to-expel-embassy-personnel-arbitrary-and-retaliatory
Russia’s decision to expel members of the Greek embassy in Moscow is “arbitrary, retaliatory and not based on any evidence,” the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a lengthy announcement issued on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/wanted-a-respected-person-for-assistance-effort
After the cries of despair come the calls for help and the need for long-term support. The victims of the lethal inferno that devastated eastern Attica on July 23 don’t just need words of solidarity but deeds too....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/2021-a-landmark-year
It won’t be long before 2021 is upon us. In three years’ time Greece will be celebrating the bicentennial of its war of independence against Ottoman rule. It will be a landmark anniversary and should be commemorated as such. All sorts of institutions, foundations and associations will host events which, combined with the state ceremonies, will lend a celebratory character to the occasion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/a-useful-proposal-instead-of-useless-noise
Nowadays, the actions of politicians are strongly geared toward their public image....