https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christianna-diogenous-georgios-kazantzis-and-joseph-antoniou-to-speak-at-the-green-agenda-cyprus-summit
This year’s Sustainable Development Conference is dedicated to supporting and strengthening Cyprus’ national strategy for a Green Transition....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-lawlessness-of-opinion
Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Cyprus, Antonis Ellinas, pointed out the cultural divide between Europe and the United States concerning freedom of expression as both a concept and a way of life....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/olympia-nisiforou-constantinos-yiorkadjis-and-george-chryssochos-to-speak-at-green-agenda-cyprus-summit-2025
This year’s Green Agenda Cyprus Summit will shine a spotlight on how Cyprus can step up its role in environmental protection and sustainable development. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/greek-universities-set-up-shop-in-cyprus-but-this-time-you-ll-pay-tuition
In a move that’s set to shake up the local university scene, three of Greece’s largest public universities are opening campuses in Cyprus, and unlike back home, they’ll be charging tuition....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/giorgos-pechlivanoglou-giorgos-petrou-and-giorgos-tziortzis-to-speak-at-green-agenda-cyprus-summit
This year’s Sustainable Development Conference will focus on supporting and advancing the national strategy for a Green Transition....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-stone-age-surprise-in-akamas-as-discovery-shakes-up-island-s-prehistoric-history
It turns out Akamas wasn’t the quiet backwater of ancient Cyprus after all. A new archaeological dig in the northwest part of the peninsula has unearthed artifacts so significant, they’re already changing the narrative on Cyprus’ early prehistory and could change how future development unfolds in the area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cypriots-eye-business-opportunities-but-fear-of-failure-still-looms
A growing number of Cypriots believe the island is ripe for starting a business—but fear of failure is still holding many back, according to the National Report on Entrepreneurship in Cyprus 2023/2024, released Tuesday by the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/george-demosthenous-maria-panayiotou-michalis-persianis-to-speak-at-green-agenda-cyprus-summit
This year’s sustainable development conference puts the spotlight on strengthening Cyprus’s national strategy for the Green Transition. The primary goal is to position the country as a model of environmental responsibility and sustainable growth, making a meaningful contribution toward a greener, more resilient future....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kostas-kadis-byron-ioannou-antonia-theodosiou-to-speak-at-the-green-agenda-cyprus-summit
The Green Agenda Cyprus Summit, taking place on 19 May 2025 at the Hilton Hotel in Nicosia, will focus on strengthening Cyprus' commitment to the Green Transition and sustainable development....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘they-buried-our-children-grief-and-fury-as-trial-over-hotel-collapse-that-killed-35-students-grinds-on
The trial surrounding the Grand Isias Hotel collapse continues to stir public outrage more than two years after the tragedy, which killed dozens, many of them students and teachers, during the Feb. 6, 2023, earthquake....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/when-the-flames-start-to-lick-at-flesh-and-the-radicalization-of-young-men
What is happening with teenage and young men in our country, and across Europe more broadly? ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-losing-faith-in-politics-but-not-in-police
Cypriots have made one thing loud and clear: when it comes to politics, their trust is running on empty....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/he-was-one-of-us-cyprus-mourns-pope-francis
From the moment he stepped onto the global stage, Pope Francis stood out, not just as the first Jesuit pope or the first from Latin America, but as a man who truly lived what he preached. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cypriot-roots-african-heart-archbishop-makarios-reflects-on-a-life-of-faith-and-mission
Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi, Exarch of All Eastern Africa, marked his 80th birthday on April 18 with a deeply personal message reflecting on a life devoted to spiritual service, missionary work, and love for Africa, the continent he now calls home....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/study-suggests-nose-picking-may-be-linked-to-alzheimer-s-risk-mouse-model-shows
A 2022 study led by Griffith University scientists suggests a surprising potential link between nose-picking and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, at least in mice....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-slow-erasure-of-old-nicosia-as-gentrification-creeps-through-the-old-town
I remember one winter afternoon in 2004, sitting beside the Faneromeni church, I think it was February, eating tangerines I’d bought from an elderly street vendor while waiting for two friends. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/cyprus-makes-its-move-in-the-age-of-ai
Ask any country today and chances are they’ll tell you they want to be a hub for technological development—especially in the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-s-historic-olive-grove-to-be-relocated-for-major-urban-project
All olive trees from the historic grove in the “Metochi tou Kykkou” area of Nicosia will be uprooted and replanted in a newly designated green space at the center of the site as part of plans to transform the land into a mixed-use urban development....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-struggle-to-keep-up-as-food-and-energy-prices-climb
As prices continue to rise at the supermarket and electricity bills put pressure on family budgets, more people in Cyprus are finding it harder to make ends meet....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kykkos-monastery-s-mega-project-set-to-transform-engomi
A major new development is taking shape in Engomi, Nicosia, on land owned by the Kykkos Monastery. The project is one of the largest mixed-use developments Cyprus has seen and is designed to transform the area surrounding the “Agios Prokopios” Metochi into a modern urban center....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-living-chiofta-by-mike-hajimichael-a-different-book-launch
During the pandemic lockdown, creativity flourished, and what started as an everyday collection of Cypriot words and memories, turned into a daily podcast....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/top-green-energy-futurist-ramez-naam-to-speak-at-green-agenda-cyprus-summit
The organizing committee of the Green Agenda Cyprus Summit 2025 has announced that internationally acclaimed futurist and green energy expert Ramez Naam will be one of the headline speakers at this year’s sustainable development conference, taking place on May 19, 2025, at the Hilton Nicosia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/international-students-rattled-as-visa-crackdown-hits-harvard-ucla-and-dozens-of-u-s-campuses
A quiet but unsettling wave of student visa cancellations is rippling through U.S. college campuses, and not even Harvard has been spared. The university recently confirmed that five of its international students, three still enrolled and two recent graduates, had their visas suddenly revoked without explanation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-mayor-no-plans-to-cancel-u-of-cyprus-lease-for-faneromeni-school
The lease agreement allowing the University of Cyprus to use the historic Faneromeni School building will not be canceled, Nicosia Mayor Charalambos Prontzos confirmed to K on Monday, dismissing speculation about a potential change of plans....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chewing-gum-found-to-release-microplastics-into-saliva-study-reveals
A new pilot study suggests that chewing gum may be an unexpected source of microplastic ingestion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ex-volunteer-commissioner-admits-to-using-fake-diplomas-to-secure-job
Former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannis Giannakis admitted in court on Wednesday to using forged academic diplomas to secure his position....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-bets-on-students-to-revitalize-old-nicosia-but-at-what-cost
Once overshadowed by controversy over unregistered universities—a scandal that drew scrutiny from Brussels—Cyprus has quietly reinvented itself as a rising destination for students across Europe. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspended-ex-commissioner-still-paid-thousands-while-awaiting-trial
By next June, former Volunteer Commissioner Giannakis Giannakis will have received a staggering €76,800 from the state—despite being suspended for allegedly forging his diploma and altering his final high school grades....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-honors-greek-independence-day-with-pride-and-purpose
With a strong sense of national pride, Cyprus celebrated the anniversary of Greece’s War of Independence on Tuesday with a grand student parade in Nicosia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/new-health-and-education-complex-to-transform-lakatamia
Investments in Cyprus' health sector are booming, with new hospital units sprouting up across the island....
