https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/first-shipping-minister-sets-ambitious-targets-for-cyprus
The country’s location and tax system have made it a shipping magnet -- drawing maritime companies from Norway, Greece, Dubai and South Korea -- and prompting the creation of a ministry for the industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hawaiians-brave-volcanic-lava-to-rescue-their-pets
Lava spewing in fountains up to 90 meters high from an erupting Hawaiian volcano has destroyed 35 homes and other buildings, officials said, warning residents allowed brief visits to their properties to be prepared to flee at a moment’s notice...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-residency-and-citizenship-by-investment-scheme-remains-appealing-to-investors
With more than three decades of presence operating as a leading international advisory services firm, K. Treppides & Co Ltd offers insight into the latest residency and investment trends to impact Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/greece-s-new-startup-culture-technology-and-seagrass-sunglasses
Greek student Stavros Tsompanidis was walking on a beach when he saw a business idea in the piles of dried-up seagrass...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/twitter-urges-all-users-to-change-passwords-after-glitch
Twitter urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as “hashing”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/eu-sees-strong-growth-as-unemployment-declines
The Commission foresees a "strong growth momentum continuing" in the coming years, but warned of risks widening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/you-can-t-put-a-price-on-heritage
When the German tabloid Bild suggested that Greece should sell off Corfu and the Parthenon as part of its asset-stripping, they didn't know that Durrell had foreseen this many years ago...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-says-iran-lied-on-nuclear-arms-pressures-us-to-scrap-deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled what he said was evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program that could step up pressure on the United States to pull out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/don-t-get-caught-up-in-the-east-med-energy-hype
It is tempting for resource-poor countries to overestimate the promise of newly discovered hydrocarbon resources, particularly in times of need...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-uk-minister-bites-the-dust-over-immigration
Home Secretary Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday after Prime Minister Theresa May’s government faced an outpouring of indignation over its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents who were wrongly labelled illegal immigrants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-twitter-accounts-tried-to-help-labour-win-uk-election
Russian Twitter accounts pumped out messages in support of the opposition Labour party in an attempt to influence last year’s British election, according to new research...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/murder-weapon-found-in-strovolos-case
Two more suspects were arrested Friday night in the Strovolos murder case, on the same night when police also found the murder weapon believed to have been used in the crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-is-dragging-its-feet-on-nature-protection
With regard to Cyprus, none of the 11 evaluation criteria received positive scores, with the great problem of the inadequate protection and management of the Natura 2000 sites ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-make-an-arrest-in-strovolos-double-murder
Police have made an arrest in connection with the Strovolos double murder, with authorities describing this development as a step closer to solving the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-defend-actions-in-double-murder-case
Another foreign expert could be joining the investigative team in the Strovolos double murder, with police facing many unanswered questions and pushing back on criticism for the way they are handling the case....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/specialist-team-recovers-mirage-flight-recorder
An oceanographic vessel of the Greek Center for Marine Research, using a robotic submersible, retrieved on Tuesday the flight recorder of the Mirage 2000-5 which crashed into the sea in the central Aegean, near Skyros, on April 12, killing the pilot Captain Giorgos Baltadoros....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-is-open-for-business-and-china-s-buying
As US President Donald Trump builds barriers to Chinese trade, Cyprus is throwing open the gates...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-keep-a-tight-lip-in-strovolos-double-murder
Police are keeping a tight lip in the Strovolos double murder case, saying the investigation is going forward despite public and media criticism pointing to a series of errors.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/facebook-reveals-secrets-on-how-it-polices-the-service
Facebook has faced fierce criticism from governments and rights groups in many countries for failing to do enough to stem hate speech...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/premeditated-murder-not-ruled-out-in-aglandjia-case
Nicosia police say they are not ruling out premeditated murder in the Aglandjia homicide case, where the body of an 80-year-old woman was found tied up and gagged in her own home. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/why-roundabouts-get-cypriot-drivers-in-a-twist
If you drive a vehicle in Cyprus, then you most likely have to use a roundabout at some point. But with many drivers not following the rules, merging with traffic becomes a challenge even for responsible drivers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-recovery-is-being-recognised-by-international-agencies
Fitch does not currently anticipate developments with a high likelihood of leading to a downgrade...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-searching-for-clues-in-brutal-double-murder-case
Crime investigators in Nicosia believe they are getting closer to cracking the Strovolos double murder case wide open, despite coming away empty handed during a search in the perimeter of the home and sharing little information with the media. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-granted-protection-status-to-1300-asylum-seekers-last-year
Of the 175,800 Syrian citizens granted protection status in the EU, more than 70% received protection status in Germany...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-couple-murdered-in-front-of-their-son
The autopsy of the Strovolos couple in Nicosia who were murdered in their own home Thursday has revealed the 60-year-old man and his 59-year-old wife were savagely stabbed multiple times and went into hemorrhagic shock....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passenger-killed-when-engine-explodes-on-southwest-airlines-us-flight
The death of 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan on Flight 1380 was the first in a US commercial aviation accident since 2009...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/issues-of-violence-are-primary-concern-to-women-across-both-communities-in-cyprus
The survey aimed at examining the position of women, their perceptions, aspirations and experiences across the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities with respect to personal, professional and political issues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-registers-record-number-of-tourists-in-march
Tourist arrivals in March rocketed 36.4%...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/only-two-out-of-ten-babies-in-cyprus-born-outside-of-marriage
Cyprus has seen a huge rise in babies born outside of wedlock since the turn of the century with an eight-fold increase from 2.3% in 2000 to 19.1%...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-spied-on-skripal-and-daughter-for-at-least-5-years
Russia’s ambassador to Britain said he was concerned the British government was trying to get rid of evidence related to the case...
