https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wet-and-cold-weekend-ahead
A weak high pressure system and a cold nor’easter are affecting Cyprus as the week comes to an end, with low pressure setting in for the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-refutes-tatar-comments-over-potential-uk-north-cyprus-flight-link
UK, north Cyprus, Tatar, flight, Ercan airport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-drafts-package-to-ease-tension-with-anakara
Athens plans to present a package of proposals to ease Aegean tensions in talks with Ankara on confidence building measures on February 17-21....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/yellow-warning-for-thick-fog-covering-cyprus
After fog and low clouds blanketed the Nicosia skies on Wednesday, the Met Department issued a yellow warning for dense fog at mountainous and semi-mountainous regions, which will remain in effect until 10am on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-delegation-to-visit-moscow-to-discuss-syria-s-idlib
A Turkish delegation will go to Moscow in coming days to discuss the escalating conflict in Syria’s Idlib region, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday, adding that around 1 million people had been displaced there due to Russian-backed Syrian attacks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syria-displacement-is-worst-since-conflict-began-un-says
More people have fled fighting in Syria over the past 10 weeks than at any other time in the 9-year-old conflict and the city of Idlib, where many are sheltering, could become a graveyard if hostilities continue, two U.N. agencies said on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/37-of-energy-for-heating-and-cooling-in-cyprus-from-renewable-sources
Renewable energy accounted for 37 per cent of the total energy used for heating and cooling in Cyprus in 2018, which ranked 8th EU-wide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-purchase-arms-worth-€240m-from-france
Contracts have been signed for the purchase of military equipment worth €240 million from France, Defence Ministry announced on Friday, confirming recent reports in French media....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-gets-yellow-warning-ahead-of-cold-blast
A wind advisory and a flood warning went into effect Friday, ahead of a cold weekend, with weather officials warning of gusty winds as an incoming cold front and high pressure battle it out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-dust
The atmosphere on Thursday was permeated with high levels of dust, as the island braces for the coldest temperatures recorded in the last three years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-drops-case-in-ayia-napa-police-blunder
A case has been dropped against former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou, just hours before a judge was expected to rule in Alexoui’s bail hearing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-s-air-travel-under-scrutiny
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades is firing back at critics saying his use of a private jet owned by a Saudi billionaire has actually saved the state a lot of money, while opposition parties raise fears of dependency and quid pro quo with foreign donors...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flamingo-deaths-raise-alarm-in-cyprus
Over a dozen flamingos were found dead at Aliki salt lake in Larnaca, with officials playing down the incident while members of the Green party are calling for an investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-readies-middle-east-peace-plan
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release his long-awaited peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington next week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreign-powers-back-libya-ceasefire
Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky truce in Libya, but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades of oilfields by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar that could cripple the country’s crude production...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-italy-to-continue-cooperation-in-the-eastern-mediterranean
Cyprus Defence Minister Savvas Angelides and his Italian counterpart Lorenzo Buerine, agreed to continue the mutual information, coordination and cooperation, regarding the issue of energy security in the EEZ of Cyprus and more generally in the Εastern Mediterranean...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-and-dog-escape-house-fire
A young woman and her dog had to evacuate their residence in Paphos after a fire broke out in the living room just after midnight...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/libya-in-the-wake-of-a-ceasefire
Libyan eastern forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar announced on Saturday a ceasefire in the western region, which includes the capital Tripoli, starting 00:01 on Sunday and the internationally recognized Government of National Accord agreed to the truce...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-says-military-shot-down-plane-in-error
Iran said on Saturday it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 people aboard and voiced its deep regret, after initially denying it brought down the aircraft in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/missile-suspected-in-iran-plane-crash
The plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people aboard was likely brought down by a missile unintentionally, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, while Tehran has invited officials from the US, Ukraine, and Canada to join the investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-hopes-cooler-heads-will-prevail
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said he hoped more sensible ideas would prevail regarding the situation in the Middle East, while sources expect "no unpleasant surprises” ahead of a mandate review for UN peacekeeping on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/both-us-and-iran-claim-‘self-defence
Iranian UN ambassador has sent a letter to the UN Security Council calling Tehran’s missile strikes a "measured and proportionate" act of "self-defense,” while the US also says killing Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani was for self defence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/explosion-averted-at-famagusta-hospital
Officials went on high alert on Wednesday following a leak of medical oxygen at Famagusta General Hospital, with officials saying the incident was serious due to high risk of explosion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-attacks-us-air-bases-in-revenge
Iran launched missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/video-shows-plane-crashing-in-tehran
A Ukrainian airliner crashed soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s state television and Ukraine’s leaders said...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-escalation-continues-after-midnight-tweet
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-preemptive-strike-put-to-the-test
The Trump administration on Friday justified its killing of a top Iranian general as an act of self-defense, trying to deflect accusations that it violated international law and concerns raised by legal experts and a senior UN rights investigator....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-says-ankara-playing-with-fire
Athens says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is “playing with fire” as he seeks parliament approval to send military troops into Libya, following a formal request from Tripoli...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lebanon-says-greek-vessel-violated-waters
Beirut is seeking answers through the United Nations following an alleged maritime violation by a Greek vessel in Lebanese territorial waters...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-military-drone-lands-in-cyprus
A military armed drone landed in the northern part of Cyprus on Monday after flying a five-hour mission from its naval base in Turkey...
