https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/proposed-marriage-act-aims-to-fix-divorce-in-cyprus
The government in the Republic of Cyprus is reviving attempts to reform marriage law, with legislation proposals aiming to modernize divorce proceedings, eliminate outdated laws, and prevent child marriages that could violate statutory rape laws...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/us-based-lone-star-to-revise-offer-for-bank-of-cyprus
US-based equity fund Lone Star said it is considering options with regard 'to the possibility of making a revised offer proposal to the Board of the Bank of Cyprus.'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/company-ordered-to-pay-fines-after-miner-s-death
A judge in Paphos has ordered a mining company to pay a fine to the Labor office for a series of violations that led to the death of a Syrian worker after a pit collapsed during excavations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-headmaster-sends-50-students-home-due-to-inappropriate-hairstyles
The beginning of the school year in Larnaca did not get off to a good start this morning. According to reports, the Headmaster of Larnaca High School sent 50 students home, without so much as a "good morning", due to their haircuts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-airlines-dismiss-rumors-of-post-pandemic-ripple-effect
Airlines operating out of the Republic of Cyprus reportedly have denied rumors that they could be going under, following trouble with Romanian Blue Air and a Bloomberg report warning about the island’s two carriers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/$600-spacex-starlink-internet-dish-surprisingly-good-despite-outages
Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, is becoming increasingly popular across the world — so much so that some users have even taken it on vacation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/euro-dollar-exchange-falls-to-a-20-year-low
The escalation of the energy crisis with Moscow's aggressive, albeit predictable, decision to close the Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely has led to a new fall in the euro, this time below 99 cents on the dollar....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europe-direct-centre-to-provide-information-on-grant-and-funding-opportunities
The only bi-communal Europe Direct Centre in Cyprus starts its operation in the Ledra Palace Area on the 8th of September....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ryanair-blames-lack-of-incentives-for-closing-its-athens-hub
The intense competition in the domestic market, which started to shrink Ryanair’s share, is the reason why it decided to close its base in Athens this winter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/metsola-europe-s-bloc-is-made-stronger-by-the-discovery-of-so-much-natural-gas-in-your-country
In anticipation of Roberta Metsola's visit to Cyprus on September 9th, Kathimerini's George Kakouris sits down with the European Parliament President and gets her take on the Cyprus problem, recently discovered natural gas reserves and the issue behind Cyprus' "golden passport" scandal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-afternoon-clinics-already-behind-on-launch-day
Afternoon working hours for clinics in state hospitals went into effect Monday, as part of health reform in the Republic of Cyprus, but officials warned outpatient and surgery departments still had a backlog to go through due to the pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/price-of-halloumi-will-increase-under-pdo-category
The Minister of Agriculture, Costas Kadis, expressed his satisfaction with the production of halloumi so far as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bi-communal-summer-camp-uses-science-as-a-means-to-peace
The role of science in peace-building was highlighted in a bi-communal STEAM camp, which was organized this summer and was funded by the US Embassy in Cyprus. The STEAM for Peace and Entrepreneurship Camp Attendance Certificate Ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-cyprus-announces-€50m-net-profit-in-first-half-of-2022
Bank of Cyprus announced a profit after tax amounting to €50 million for the first half of 2022, setting its sights on dividend distribution in 2023, for the first time since 2011, depending on market conditions and regulatory approvals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-minimum-wage-set-at-940-euros-per-month
The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Kyriakos Kousios, announced the establishment of the National Minimum Wage after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, calling it a historic day for the welfare state....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-insists-greece-s-s-300-locked-on-turkish-plane
The theory that Greece’s Cypriot-bought Russian-made S-300 could be heading for Ukraine got some attention this week, after Ankara insisted that Athens used the previously-forgotten missile system to lock on a Turkish plane over the weekend, a claim Greek officials deny...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-secures-eu-co-funding-for-national-cybersecurity-coordination-center
The European Commission has approved the N4CY project proposal for the development of the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre of Cyprus (NCCC-CY), securing EU co-financing for the project, the Digital Security Authority (DSA) announced on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/photovoltaic-systems-are-increasing-in-popularity-in-cyprus
With inflated electricity prices hitting households and businesses, the installation of photovoltaic systems, or solar panels, comes as an attractive solution for more and more consumers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gorbachev-who-steered-soviet-breakup-dead-at-91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-mulls-cap-on-electricity-prices-as-costs-soar
The Czech presidency of the European Union has called for an emergency meeting of the bloc’s energy ministers to consider measures of dealing with the energy crisis, including imposing a ceiling on the price of electricity....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/veterinary-medicine-program-now-being-offered-at-the-university-of-nicosia
Do you want to study in one of the most rapidly evolving sectors of the global market, offering you the opportunity to either be self-employed, work in a large organization, or dedicate yourself to the field of research while contributing to the development of scientific innovation and progress?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scrambles-to-block-hostile-takeover-of-bank
The government in the Republic of Cyprus is racing against the clock to arm itself with legal tools to prevent a takeover of the country’s biggest bank by an American private equity firm, which has until next month to submit a final offer that some shareholders may find hard to resist...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-may-benefit-from-innovative-cancer-therapy-in-finland
Cyprus’ Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela is in Finland to discuss the possible cooperation of the two countries with regards to the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, an innovative cancer therapy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/18-year-old-with-no-travel-history-diagnosed-with-monkeypox
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday a new monkeypox case, concerning an 18-year-old man, following a molecular laboratory test by the microbiology laboratory of the Nicosia General Hospital....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-to-introduce-domestic-covid-measures
German authorities have said that the country will introduce domestic COVID protective measures in October as they are needed for autumn and winter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nurses-draw-picket-line-as-er-incident-heads-to-court
Union nursing staff at Limassol General Hospital went on a two-hour strike on Friday, following an incident a day earlier involving a commotion in the Emergency Room that led to the arrest of an outpatient and two others...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brazen-robberies-in-broad-daylight-increase-in-london-video
Knife-wielding moped robbers are exploiting the longer days and busier streets to target West End shoppers in a crimewave that has seen hundreds of designer watches stolen this year, police have warned....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/aegean-and-emirates-announce-codeshare-partnership
Emirates and AEGEAN announce the launch of a codeshare partnership, enabling their passengers to benefit from increased connectivity and travel to eight domestic Greek destinations via Athens, with a single ticket....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/broken-fortress-discovered-under-mega-monument-burial-mound-in-cyprus
Archaeologists excavating an enormous ancient burial mound in Cyprus have uncovered an even older structure hidden beneath it: a rampart, or part of a defensive wall, according to a statement from the Department of Antiquities Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukrainians-celebrate-their-independence-day-as-war-rages-on
The Ukrainian Ambassador to Cyprus, Ruslan Nimchynskyi, expressed the Ukrainian embassy's and the Ukrainian community’s gratitude to Cyprus and other countries for the solidarity exhibited in an event that took place on Wednesday on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence....