https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-paddles-go-up-for-berengaria-hotel
Despite a recent spike in interest for the auction of the abandoned Berengaria hotel in Cyprus, the historic building failed to draw bidders who would be willing to meet the minimum asking price of just over €2 million...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-greece-and-cyprus-pillars-of-stability-in-a-turbulent-region
Greece and Cyprus are the only European pillars of stability and security in a turbulent region, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told the European Parliament Plenary in Strasbourg...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kotzias-sees-lute-in-athens
Jane Holl Lute, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General, is set to meet with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Tuesday afternoon as part of her ongoing Cyprus tour...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/week-starts-off-with-mixed-weather
There is still a chance of rain and thunderstorms in the late afternoon Monday and Tuesday, while weather is expected to clear up by mid-week as temperatures rise slightly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-baffled-by-paralimni-mystery-goon
Police are investigating whether a bomb attack in Paralimni may be linked to arson on a nearby beach, where public sun beds and umbrellas were set on fire...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/monaco-telecom-happy-with-mtn-cyprus-acquisition
MTN Cyprus, a fast-growing telecommunications provider in the country, has officially been acquired by Monaco Telecom, with the new owner eyeing even better days for services on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-meets-to-address-teacher-crisis
The Cabinet is holding an emergency session Tuesday at noon to discuss the teacher crisis, with a whole host of problems in the backdrop including a slowdown by the unions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/latest-boatload-of-refugees-prompts-cabinet-meeting
Twenty presumptive refugees, mainly women and children, arrived in the Republic of Cyprus on Monday, prompting a partial Cabinet meeting on Tuesday in the wake of recent undocumented arrivals...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/week-starts-off-with-yellow-weather-warning
Weather officials say Monday skies will be mainly clear while a yellow alert goes into effect due to high temperatures expected to reach 41 degrees around the capital...
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/teacher-demo-forces-eleventh-hour-debate
The government is contemplating a suggestion that would allow proposed education measures to take hold but only through the end of the calendar year, in exchange of labour peace and talks with the teachers unions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-cypriots-to-touch-base-with-ankara
Turkish Cypriot officials are reportedly getting ready for a trip to Ankara where they will discuss the Turkish economic crisis and its impact on the northern part of the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-who-refused-police-pad-down-gets-arrested
A man was arrested Tuesday night following a police search in Paphos that ended up with the suspect biting the officer’s hand and getting arrested...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-cyprus-gets-rid-of-small-business-bad-loans
The Bank of Cyprus says it has sold a portfolio of non-performing loans worth €2.8 billion to Apollo Global Management, a transaction that will reduce its stock of NPLs to €5.2 billion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-trustee-says-co-op-sapped-with-impunity
Investigators in the probe into the collapse of credit unions in Cyprus heard testimony this week that political parties endorsed a sense of impunity among bank officials...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/light-reshuffle-seeks-balance
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave his cabinet a light reshuffle on Tuesday, promoting certain close associates and bringing in some new faces while keeping key ministry posts untouched....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-turkish-violations-of-greek-air-space
With Greece reeling on Tuesday from the death of a Hellenic Air Force pilot during a training flight, six Turkish fighter jets violated Greek national air space a total of 47 times over the northeast, central and southeast parts of the Aegean Sea....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-march-nine-thousand-strong
Thousands of demonstrators descended on Presidential Palace Avenue on Tuesday, protesting a Cabinet decision to trim down the number of class-exempt teaching hours in state schools...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-roads-close-as-teachers-march
Traffic police say there will be road closures in Nicosia on Tuesday late afternoon due to a scheduled teacher demonstration where thousands of educators are expected to join...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/air-force-pilot-dies-after-plane-crashes
The captain of a Hellenic Air Force training aircraft who died in a plane crash during a training flight on Tuesday has been named....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-martial-takes-over-stavrovouni-commando-s-case
A military commando officer, who was arrested last week following the discovery of hidden weapons and explosives in Stavrovouni, is being court-martialed in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ozersay-accuses-south-of-putting-the-clamps-on-north
A Turkish Cypriot top official has accused the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus of unfairly targeting the shipping industry and universities in the north at a time when there are calls for better relations between the two communities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-cyprus-ceo-stays-put-through-2020
Bank of Cyprus CEO John Patrick Hourican will stay in his current position through the end of 2020, following a decision by the executive board at the largest lending institution in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-regroup-ahead-of-big-demonstration
States teachers unions rejected over the weekend a government attempt to seek middle ground in budgeting exempted hours, saying they had nothing to do with the proposal and warning they would resist any change without mutual agreement...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-makes-final-offer-to-teachers
President Nicos Anastasiades has weighed in on the ongoing debacle between state educators and the government, drawing up a final offer to teachers and expecting an answer before the weekend is out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-expresses-strong-support-for-prespes-agreement
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell described the Prespes agreement as “historic” after a meeting with Nikola Dimitrov, the foreign minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-ruling-stirs-turkey-tension
Greek-Turkish relations took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry and other senior officials accusing Athens of violating the Geneva Convention and of protecting terrorists....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-men-in-custody-over-alleged-attack-in-limassol
Three men have been arrested in connection with an alleged attack against a 48-year-old man from Limassol, with police trying to identify a fourth individual who could be residing in the north...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-pilot-could-receive-travel-papers
Suleyman Ozkaynakci, the Turkish serviceman who piloted the helicopter in which he and seven other Turkish officers fled to Greece following Turkey’s failed coup in 2016, could be eligible to receive travel documents, according to the decision in May by the Council of State to grant him asylum....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-a-thousand-employees-choose-co-op-buyout
Over a thousand employees at Cyprus Cooperative Bank signed up for a voluntary severance package, well above the target of 900 set by the bank ahead of a takeover by Hellenic Bank...
