https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-seeker-behind-bars-for-multiple-offences
An asylum seeker is facing multiple charges following his arrest, when he pulled a knife during an argument at Kofinou Reception Center...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-goes-all-out-in-the-maritime-insurance-game
Cyprus has been a serious contender in the maritime and shipping industry, but recently it emerged as one of few unbeatable alternatives for big foreign P&I clubs looking to set shop home away from home...
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/spotless-blue-skies-as-temperatures-rise
Weather officials say temperatures will rise over the next few days, with maximum highs in the upper 30’s and waterless clouds in the skies
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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/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/man-in-trunk-tried-to-cross-checkpoint-illegally
Two men have been arrested at the Agios Dhometios checkpoint when officials discovered one of them hiding in the boot of a car in an attempt to cross into the south illegally...
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/business/additional-revenues-of-4-7-billion-euros-needed-to-reach-targets
The Greek government will have to collect additional tax revenues of 4.7 billion euros in the first post-bailout period of enhanced supervision (2018-2022) by its creditors, in order to achieve the agreed primary surpluses and record surpluses....
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/demolitions-of-illegal-homes-to-begin-in-mid-september
Demolitions of homes that were destroyed in last month’s wildfires are to continue next week while work to knock down properties that have been illegally built on forestland or coastlines is expected to start in the middle of September.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/west-nile-infections-rising-in-greece
The spread of the West Nile virus in Greece is reaching alarming levels, with the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) reporting 107 cases that have resulted in 11 deaths so far this year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-picks-up-the-pace-in-search-of-missing
More exhumations are in the works by the Committee of Missing Persons, starting on Monday on both sides of the island, including areas inside military zones in the north...
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/amid-aid-delays-to-fire-victims-nd-leader-visits-mati
A month after the disastrous wildfires on the outskirts of Attica that claimed the lives of 96 people and destroyed dozens of homes and thousands of hectares of land, the government approved additional aid for victims, as Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis conducted separate visits to Mati, the coastal settlement east of the capital where dozens died....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mal-intent-behind-tilliria-blaze
Officials believe a fire that broke out in Tilliria Wednesday evening was most likely the result of a malicious act, where 30 hectares of pine tree forest were burned down...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/couple-of-hot-days-ahead-before-weekend-drop
Officials issued a yellow warning for extreme hot weather on Thursday, with inland temperatures expected to reach 41° Celsius, while overall temperatures will drop slightly over the weekend to reach normal seasonal averages...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bulgaria-scrambling-over-olympic-bankruptcy
The bankruptcy of Cyprus-based Olympic Insurance Company has become the focus of attention and a regulator has resigned, after 200,000 Bulgarians were left without insurance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/come-back-support-greece
We are caught between celebrations over Greece’s “clean exit” from the bailout programs on one hand and, on the other, allegations that the country has effectively signed up to what can be considered a “fourth memorandum” and is headed to economic disaster....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-travel-adaptor-could-electrocute-someone
Cyprus authorities warn the public over an electrical travel adaptor, saying it fails to comply with safety guidelines and could cause electric shock, just weeks after a similar warning was issued on another device...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-department-terminates-augusta-helicopter-probe
The Legal Services department is closing the case of the controversial purchase of Agusta helicopters, saying investigators did not find evidence of wrongdoing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ngo-says-asylees-can-t-cope-in-cyprus
A human rights group is calling on authorities to do more to help asylum applicants in Cyprus, saying rules governing financial aid are “racist and inhuman” five years post economic crisis...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chance-of-rain-looming-over-clear-skies
Weather in the next few days will be mostly clear but with afternoon clouds and a chance of rain at noon on Tuesday mainly over the mountains...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-ups-pressure-on-eu-migration-policy
Nicosia is pushing for a single EU migration policy that would make refugee redistribution not only mandatory but also relative to population sizes of member states...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shadows-loom-over-government-s-‘clean-exit-scenario
Greece’s bailout exit has been eliciting condescending and bitter commentary on the country’s beaches and in its near-deserted cities, as few Greeks believes their lives are going to improve or that the country’s prospects will be akin to those of other bailed-out eurozone states. Greece’s “return to normalcy” and “clean exit,” much touted by the government, appear to be happening somewhere else....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-extradites-egyptian-hijacker
The lawyer of Egyptian hijacker Mostafa Emam, who was extradited by Cyprus authorities after he withdrew his case with the European Court of Human Rights, says her client gave up after succumbing to pressure in a Nicosia prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stephen-lillie-there-is-only-plan-a-for-cyprus
There is a clear plan A for Cyprus, that of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation solution, and there is no plan B, UK High Commissioner in Nicosia, Stephen Lillie, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), stressing that “for plan A to succeed the negotiations need to be well prepared, and the public opinion needs to be well prepared” as well....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ahi-says-us-ban-on-arms-sales-to-cyprus-unlawful
The US prohibition on sales of defense and military technology to Cyprus is “unlawful” and can be removed without the need for legislation, a Greek American lobby group has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/regling-says-greece-will-remain-linked-to-esm
Greece will be monitored more closely by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the other institutions after its bailout ends six days from now compared to other countries that emerged from rescue programs, according to ESM chief Klaus Regling....
