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2461. Cyprus dismisses reports on NATO scenarios

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-dismisses-nato-scenarios

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides says the Republic of Cyprus is not seeking membership into NATO or Partnership for Peace, reiterating that issues of security and defence are discussed inline with EU membership...

2462. Deal on FYROM name is receding, says government official

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deal-on-fyrom-name-is-receding-says-government-official

The likelihood of a deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the latter's name moved further away as the neighboring country is “not ready” to respond to the proposals discussed between the foreign ministers of the two countries in Brussels, a Greek government official said on Friday....

2463. ‘Severna Makedonija’ on the table

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘severna-makedonija-on-the-table

As Athens and Skopje appear to be edging towards a solution on the Macedonia name dispute, reports indicated on Thursday that the Republic of Northern Macedonia (Severna Makedonija) is the likeliest settlement....

2464. CTO sees tourism potential despite Russian defect

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cto-sees-tourism-potential-despite-russian-defect

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation says tourist arrivals are expected to rise in 2018 despite a drop in Russian visitors to the island, while the government is moving forward with new plans for tourism on the island...

2465. President fires back at critics over UN document

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-fires-back-at-critics-over-un-document

President Nicos Anastasiades is firing back at critics both north and south of the Green Line, who are accusing him of tripping over a UN document that many believe could serve as a basis for peace talks...

2466. Cyprus to undertake coordinating, regional role in addressing climate change

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-undertake-coordinating-regional-role-in-addressing-climate-change

Cyprus, a country heavily affected by Climate Change, will be faced with more intense heat waves, droughts and perhaps even new diseases, Professor Costas Papanikolas, President of the Cyprus Institute (CyI) has told CNA, stressing the importance of the International Conference on Climate Change, organised recently by CyI, as well as the primary regional role of the Institute....

2467. Name deal with FYROM within reach

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/name-deal-with-fyrom-within-reach

Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are reportedly on the brink of reaching a deal to resolve the decades-old name dispute after the two countries’ foreign ministers apparently reached common ground on Monday. ...

2468. Turkey will shop elsewhere if US won't sell F-35 jets

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-will-shop-elsewhere-if-us-won-t-sell-f-35-jets

Turkey will go elsewhere if the United States does not allow it to buy Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by broadcaster NTV and other media on Wednesday...

2469. Berlin urges Athens, Skopje to take advantage of «historic opportunity»

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/berlin-urges-athens-skopje-to-take-advantage-of-historic-opportunity

The German government on Monday encouraged Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to solve all the remaining issues standing in the way of an agreement to settle a decades-old dispute regarding the latter’s name....

2470. Funeral for nine Syrian refugees held in north

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/funeral-for-nine-syrian-refugees-held-in-north

The funeral of nine Syrian refuges, whose bodies washed up on the northern shores of the island, was held in Lefka on Saturday, with their relatives living in the south crossing the checkpoints to pay their final respects...

2471. Greece, FYROM name dispute talks narrow, intensify, says UN envoy

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-fyrom-name-dispute-talks-narrow-intensify-says-un-envoy

Talks to resolve a decades-old dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the latter’s name have narrowed, and ministers will continue negotiations in Brussels, United Nations envoy Matthew Nimetz said on Friday....

2472. Mirror images of national agony

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/mirror-images-of-national-agony

When I hear “Macedonia is Greek!” I think of the slogan used by opponents to Irish independence in the early 1900s:“Ulster is British” ...

2473. Senator introduces bill to end US arms embargo on Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senator-introduces-bill-to-end-us-arms-embargo-on-cyprus

Robert Menendez, a top Democrat in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced a bill to end the Cyprus arms embargo enforced by Washington since 1987...

2474. North Korea still wants to talk after Trump nuked summit

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korea-still-wants-to-talk-after-trump-nuked-summit

North Korea responded on Friday with measured tones to US President Donald Trump’s decision to call off a historic summit with leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month, saying Pyongyang hoped for a “Trump formula” to resolve the standoff over its nuclear weapons programme...

2475. Yulia Skripal: Attempted assassination turned my world upside down

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/yulia-skripal-attempted-assassination-turned-my-world-upside-down

Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia. But the daughter of one of Russia’s most famous spies says she wants to return to her country “in the longer term”, despite the poisoning...

2476. With eye on re-election Tsipras rolls dice on Macedonia

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/with-eye-on-re-election-tsipras-rolls-dice-on-macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking a big gamble in trying to settle a decades-old name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia which could backfire in a pre-election year among voters already jaded by his economic austerity policies...

2477. Turkey's Muslim-friendly holidays find a modest place in the sun

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/turkey-s-muslim-friendly-holidays-find-a-modest-place-in-the-sun

Turkey’s $26 billion tourism industry has been battered by security fears and political disputes in recent years but one corner of the market is quietly growing - beach holidays for conservative Muslims...

2478. Trump relaxed about Kim summit being cancelled

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-relaxed-about-kim-summit-being-cancelled

US President Donald Trump said there was a “substantial chance” his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is resistant to giving up his nuclear weapons...

2479. Paraguay opens embassy in Jerusalem after US lead

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paraguay-opens-embassy-in-jerusalem-after-us-lead

Paraguay opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the second country to follow the United States in making the politically sensitive move from Tel Aviv...

2480. Venezuela's re-elected Maduro faces overseas censure

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/venezuela-s-re-elected-maduro-faces-overseas-censure

Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro faced fresh international censure on Monday after re-election in a vote foes denounced as a farce cementing autocracy in the crisis-stricken OPEC nation...

2481. US says Cyprus energy riches must be shared as part of a solution

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-says-cyprus-energy-riches-must-be-shared-as-part-of-a-solution

Cyprus’ oil and gas resources should be equitably shared between both communities on the island, in the context of an overall settlement said Jonathan Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs...

2482. Greek village ‘lost for words’ over news of Texan shooter

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-village-‘lost-for-words-over-news-of-texan-shooter

The family of the Texan teen gunman were “quiet, peaceable people” who never raised eyebrows in the Greek village where his father spent his youth...

2483. Russian 'dirty money' flowing through London damages UK

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/russian-dirty-money-flowing-through-london-damages-uk

Russian money hidden in British assets and laundered through City of London financial institutions damages the government’s efforts to take a tough stance against Moscow’s aggressive foreign policy, a committee of lawmakers said...

2484. The first modern Islamist fundamentalist conquest of the West?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-first-modern-islamist-fundamentalist-conquest-of-the-west

New revelations expose Turkey stealthily positioning itself to attempt to permanently possess the northern third of Cyprus which is rich in hydrocarbons...

2485. Harry and Meghan seal it with a kiss

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/harry-and-meghan-seal-it-with-a-kiss

Britain’s Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle were pronounced husband and wife on Saturday by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a glittering union that brought a measure of modern Hollywood glamour into the 1,000-year-old monarchy...

2486. There could be no flights after Brexit

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/there-could-be-no-flights-after-brexit

There is a possibility that flights will not be able to take place the day after Britain’s planned departure from the EU next year...

2487. Prince Charles to walk Meghan down the aisle

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/prince-charles-to-walk-meghan-markle-down-the-aisle

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle at her glittering wedding to his son Prince Harry after her own father had to pull out because of ill health...

2488. Ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal discharged from hospital

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ex-russian-spy-sergei-skripal-discharged-from-hospital

Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who was poisoned by a nerve agent in Britain more than two months ago, has been discharged from hospital, England’s health service said on Friday...

2489. Turkey says countries should not follow US on Israel embassy move

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-says-countries-should-not-follow-us-on-israel-embassy-move

Muslim countries must together ensure that other nations don’t follow in the path of the United States and open embassies in Israel’s Jerusalem, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Friday, at the start of a summit to address the issue...

2490. Cyprus energy search – averting a US-Turkey crisis

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/cyprus-energy-search-–-averting-a-us-turkey-crisis

Cyprus continues to proceed with offshore oil and gas projects despite Turkey's opposition...

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