https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-27-people-over-potentially-illegal-election-posts
Cyprus police have begun questioning 27 people over social media posts and advertisements linked to the 2026 parliamentary elections, following 127 complaints about election-related content published during a period when such material is prohibited by law....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/c-l-max-nikias-presents-his-book-american-trojan-in-nicosia
The historic Pancyprian Gymnasium will host the presentation of the memoirs of an immigrant, tracing the rise of USC and the renewal of American higher education.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/tourism-chief-says-cyprus-weathered-the-crisis-and-is-ready-for-a-2027-comeback
Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis spoke openly to Kathimerini about the state of tourism, the handling of the crisis, the external factors affecting the industry, and the outlook for 2027....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-month-that-puts-athens-paris-and-ankara-to-the-test
October is shaping up to be a crucial month for the Cyprus-Europe electricity interconnection, with Greece and France preparing the framework for seabed surveys to resume from Kasos to Cyprus. As the project gathers momentum, Turkey remains the key uncertainty, while Nicosia faces its own political and financial decisions over the cable....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hidden-4-1-rise-in-public-sector-staff-costs-in-2027
While the government is cutting civil service positions in an effort to contain the public-sector wage bill, the picture presented by staffing expenditure tells a different story....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eurobank-sets-its-sights-on-abu-dhabi-after-mumbai-expansion
It is becoming increasingly clear that banks are looking to establish representative offices in markets beyond the countries where they already operate, aiming to expand their business and, ultimately, increase profits....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erasmus-student-appeals-for-help-over-two-dogs-allegedly-left-neglected
An Erasmus student staying in Paphos has appealed for help over the alleged neglect of two dogs kept at a residential property, saying the animals appear severely underweight and are being left in poor conditions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/israeli-investment-and-migration-reshape-cyprus-property-market
The Republic of Cyprus is seeing a growing Israeli presence as more Israelis buy homes, establish businesses and invest in large-scale developments, with some choosing to make the island their permanent home....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/5-176-turkish-cypriots-granted-republic-of-cyprus-citizenship-since-2004
A total of 5,176 Turkish Cypriots have been granted Republic of Cyprus citizenship since 2004, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Interior to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/s-p-upgrades-cyprus-to-a-opening-the-door-for-banks-to-follow
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) upgrade of Cyprus is a major recognition for the country, although it did not come as a surprise, given the strong performance of the Cypriot economy. The upgrade also opens the door to further rating improvements in the private sector....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-of-appeal-upholds-detention-of-terrorism-suspect
Cyprus’ Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by Khaled Mortaga against a decision to keep him in custody while he awaits trial on serious terrorism and organised crime charges....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/from-promotion-to-action-cyprus-new-strategy-for-its-international-image
Swedish communications consultancy Kreab has presented the strategy it is using to help repair Cyprus’ reputation internationally following a tender awarded in late December 2024....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-has-five-distinct-resale-property-markets
Cyprus’ resale property market looks very different from one district to another, both in the number and value of transactions and in prices....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-rejects-three-eu-revenue-proposals-as-nicosia-draws-red-lines-over-eu-funding-plans
Nicosia drew its red lines during a particularly divisive discussion among the 27 member states, which focused on both the size and composition of the EU’s “New Own Resources” (NORs), meaning the new revenue sources the European Union is proposing to use to finance the 2028-2034 European budget while partially reducing its reliance on direct contributions from member states....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-air-traffic-control-running-50-positions-short-of-required-staffing
Cyprus’ air traffic control system is operating with around 90 controllers, compared with an authorised requirement of 140, Parliament was told on Thursday, as MPs examined flight safety issues affecting the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/under-13-social-media-could-soon-be-off-limits-across-the-eu
The European Commission is proposing a single EU-wide age limit for children’s access to social media, along with strict rules governing how digital platforms, online games, and artificial intelligence applications interact with minors, under a new legislative proposal known as the EU KIDS Act....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/revolut-data-breach-puts-cyprus-users-on-scam-alert
Revolut has suffered a data breach after fraudsters posing as government officials tricked the financial technology company into releasing sensitive customer information....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/it-s-alive
When Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic and former OpenAI employee, resigned noisily on X, he warned that artificial intelligence companies were playing with the lives not simply of people, but of humanity itself, in a race to build self-improving models....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/finance-ministry-puts-hourly-workers-demands-at-€50m-as-strike-looms
The Finance Ministry has put the total cost of the demands submitted by unions representing hourly-paid workers at around €50 million over the three-year period of the proposed agreement, as a strike remains scheduled for Thursday, September 17....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/von-der-leyen-brace-for-a-hotter-tougher-and-more-digital-world
Ursula von der Leyen’s latest State of the Union address was not exactly a feel-good speech. Her message was that Europe is living in a more dangerous, hotter and less predictable world, and it needs to prepare accordingly....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-workplace-accidents-leave-one-dead-and-another-seriously-injured-within-days
A fatal accident at a construction site in Peyia has been followed just days later by another serious workplace incident in Nicosia, with both cases now under investigation by police and the Department of Labour Inspection....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-cyprus-minister-didn-t-declare-€2-4-million-of-his-assets-as-required
For most people, €2.4 million is not an amount easily overlooked. Yet an unnamed former minister in the Christodoulides government failed to include bank accounts containing roughly that amount in official asset declarations filed when entering and leaving office, according to the chairman of Parliament’s institutions committee....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/same-government-building-€23-million-more-what-changed
Cyprus is preparing to spend an estimated €68 million on a new headquarters for the Legal Service, €23 million more than the broadly similar project put forward three years ago....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-company-loses-€105-000-after-fraudsters-hijack-supplier-email
A Limassol company has been left €105,000 out of pocket after fraudsters impersonated one of its overseas suppliers and redirected a payment into a bank account controlled by the scammers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anti-corruption-authority-ends-inquiry-into-spy-van-case
Cyprus’ anti-corruption authority has ended its inquiry into the “black van” affair after the Legal Service told it that everything it wanted to examine had already been investigated....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israeli-palestinian-drug-ring-suspected-of-running-cyprus-trafficking-route
Two Israeli and Palestinian couples have been detained in Limassol following the seizure of more than 126kg of ketamine, with investigators examining an alleged criminal network that is believed to have been importing drugs from Israel to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/houthis-used-claude-ai-to-help-build-missile-guidance-systems
A cell believed to be linked to Yemen’s Houthi rebels used Claude AI to help develop the software needed to guide and control missiles, according to a new Anthropic threat report cited by the Financial Times....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/$60-000-for-someone-willing-to-kill-in-cyprus
It began with an anonymous message on an encrypted app: a ''job'' somewhere in the European Union, a payment of $60,000 in cryptocurrency, and a request for someone willing to kill....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mazonakis-cause-of-death-remains-a-mystery-after-autopsy
The cause of Giorgos Mazonakis’ death remains undetermined after an autopsy failed to provide a clear explanation for the popular singer’s sudden collapse....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/1-from-chatbots-to-co-workers
Three questions decide whether your AI investment compounds into operating advantage or evaporates into another round of pilots.
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