https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-on-agenda-as-erdogan-visits-uk
Cyprus is expected to be on the agenda as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-into-lawyers-involvement-in-migrant-smuggling-racket
Judicial authorities in northern Greece are investigating the involvement of local lawyers in rackets smuggling migrants and refugees across Greece’s Evros River border from Turkey...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doctorts-clash-with-minister-following-boy-s-death
State doctors say working conditions are to blame for the death of a school boy that led to the arrest of two emergency medics, with the health minister describing the connection as “most unfortunate” as the incident is under three separate investigations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/are-britons-really-bothered-about-royal-wedding
There is no doubt that the wedding of Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and sixth-in-line to the throne, and Hollywood actress Markle, star of TV drama “Suits”, has the media transfixed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/apoel-nicosia-win-sixth-consecutive-cyprus-championship
APOEL Nicosia has won its sixth consecutive Cyprus championship after beating Anorthosis Famagusta 2-1 at home....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/israel-s-netta-beats-cyprus-in-eurovision
Israel’s Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon on Saturday, bringing Israel its fourth victory in the glitzy pageant, watched by over 200 million people around the world, and the right to host the event next year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-pin-hopes-on-show-stopper-eleni-foureira
Perennial makeweight Cyprus hopes to raise its flag over the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with Greek singer Eleni Foureira red-hot favourite to wow audiences with her show-stopping song 'Fuego'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-larnaca-doctors-arrested-in-school-boy-s-death
Two state doctors in Larnaca are in custody following the death of a 10-year-old boy who sustained a head injury during gym class, with his mother blaming ER medics for being incompetent in diagnosing an internal head trauma promptly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/israel-eyes-5-claim-of-cyprus-aphrodite-gas-field
Energy Ministry Yuval Steinitz told Cypriot leaders that Israel is demanding 5% or more of the production from the joint Aphrodite-Yishai natural- gas field in disputed Mediterranean waters...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hariri-to-visit-cyprus-after-government-formed-in-lebanon
President Nicos Anastasiades spoke Friday on the phone with Lebanon's Saad Hariri, hoping he will be re-elected as Prime Minister of Lebanon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-backs-off-supplying-syria-with-s-300-missile
Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-get-a-push-in-their-crackdown-on-organised-crime
Police are making headway in the war on drugs and organised crime, following the arrest of shooting suspect in custody Elias Mouzos while also receiving harsh criticism from the mayor of Paphos who says police let gangsters run his town...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-tourism-income-spikes-13
Revenue from Cyprus tourism jumped 13% in February compared to last year, official data showed Friday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-seeks-very-meaningful-summit-in-with-n-korea
US President Donald Trump has high hopes of “doing something very meaningful” to curtail North Korea’s nuclear ambitions at a summit in Singapore next month, after Pyongyang smoothed the way for talks by freeing three American prisoner...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bbc-s-wrong-translation-of-‘fuego-highlights-eurovision-reality
An error on BBC that got the translation mixed up in Cyprus’ Eurovision song title “Fuego” shows it can be a daunting experience for the media trying to keep up with different languages and cultures all at once...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/all-lights-set-on-green-for-end-to-greek-bailout
Greece’s exit from a bailout program instituted by the eurozone and International Monetary Fund looks set to proceed in August, Luxembourg finance minister Pierre Gramegna said on Friday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/greece-cyprus-and-israel-together-in-washington
While the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel confirmed once again in Nicosia their strategic choice to follow a common course on a number of issues and to promote cooperation in a series of sectors – leading with energy – diaspora organizations from the three countries organized a joint conference in Washington...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/serbia-can-depend-on-cyprus-as-a-credible-ally-and-friend-in-europe
President Anastasiades said Serbia should consider Cyprus a reliable partner within the EU as Belgrade aims for membership and underlined that the future of Serbia must be in Europe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/radisson-hotels-take-over-larnaca
The well known Radisson hotel chain will soon be welcoming guests in Larnaca, with Radisson Blu coming in July and two more in the works
...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-england-keeps-powder-dry-on-rate-rise
The Bank of England held interest rates and said weak growth during a snowy start to 2018 was likely to be only temporary, but it wanted to see a pick-up in the economy in the next few months before raising borrowing costs...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/auditor-says-air-traffic-control-needs-to-do-better
The Department of Civil Aviation’s Safety Regulation Unit was recently under the Auditor’s microscope, and findings show it is not properly organised and lacks efficiency due to a lack of best practices...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-halts-medical-cannabis-bill-due-to-recent-crimes
Members of the House are turning against a medical marijuana bill, citing recent horrific crimes on the island and fears they may be linked to the use of cannabis. But studies suggest that decriminalisation has actually helped violent crime rates drop considerably....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-can-t-save-iran-deal-after-trump-nuked-it
European countries are powerless to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran after the United States pulled out, the deputy head of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/changing-the-constitution-of-fyrom
As talks aimed at resolving the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) intensify, it has to be understood by all sides that any name that is agreed should be used domestically as well as internationally...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/tui-plans-to-bring-more-german-tourists-to-cyprus
TUI holiday operator hopes to bring more German tourists to Cyprus next year, starting in the summer of 2019 while boosting efforts to make the island an all-year-round destination...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-committed-to-preserving-cyprus-peacekeeping
Jonathan Cohen, the nominated Deputy Representative of the United States to the UN, vowed to preserve the UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-targets-israeli-bases-across-syrian-frontier
Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli barrages against Syria since the conflict there began in 2011...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chemical-attack-accusations-‘a-farce-assad-tells-kathimerini
In an exclusive interview with Kathimerini, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that the Syrian Army used chemical weapons against civilians while taking aim at both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-official-in-cyprus-for-fact-finding-tour-on-peacekeeping
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bintou Keita is in Cyprus to review the UN peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) and the ongoing progress in the implementation of the Security Council-mandated strategic review of the Mission...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akinci-says-east-med-pipeline-not-a-route-for-peace
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says plans to push forward for the EastMed pipeline are counter to peace efforts in the region, adding that an energy solution which excludes Turkey would be a mistake...
