https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/osce-praises-cyprus-efforts-to-combat-human-trafficking
Following the unprecedented disruption of a sex trafficking ring in Cyprus, OSCE’s Combating Trafficking in Human Beings praised the country for its progress in combating human trafficking and urged agencies to seek ways for even better coordination...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-scrambles-to-counter-teacher-strike
The government is putting together measures to minimise the impact of next week’s teacher strike, with the education minister saying he is willing to pick things up with the unions from where they were left off at the last handshake...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/green-sea-turtle-rescued-in-limassol-returns-to-the-sea
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspects-remanded-in-sex-trafficking-case
The five suspects detained Tuesday on sex trafficking charges, including three cops, have been remanded in custody while police did not rule out additional arrests pending the investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/human-trafficking-network-busted-in-cyprus
Cyprus police arrested five people, including three cops, following the unraveling of a human trafficking network that was forcing Eastern European women into prostitution...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/announcement-of-appointment-of-director
The Management of K. Treppides & Co Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Maria Sourmeli as a Director of the Firm, with effect from 1st September 2018...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-in-north-say-drug-dealers-fly-drones-from-south
Turkish Cypriot police say an unmanned aerial drone was used in a recent drug deal in the north, citing security camera footage showing a recent delivery from the south...
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/european-corruption-watchdog-calls-fyrom-‘disappointing
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group says the performance of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on preventing corruption is “clearly disappointing,” and is calling on authorities to take action....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-national-arrested-in-the-north
A Greek national, who was arrested last week by Turkish Cypriot police on drug related charges, appeared in court Tuesday in north Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-positions-of-syriza-new-democracy-and-our-allies
Diplomats, analysts and officials from international institutions visiting Greece have a hard time understanding and assessing what in their eyes appears to be a bizarre political reality....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dherynia-mayor-appalled-at-checkpoint-backlash
Dherynia Mayor Andreas Karayiannis says his constituents are appalled at groups and politicians protesting against the opening of a checkpoint in their area, despite delays making the crossing an unlikely scenario this summer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-improves-but-more-work-needed-to-combat-human-trafficking
A US report on human trafficking has reinstated the Republic of Cyprus back to Tier 1, saying the country meets minimum standards while the situation in the north is a lot worse...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senators-add-more-roadblocks-to-turkey-s-f35-deal
US senators are turning up the pressure over the F35 fighter jet sale to Turkey, with new restriction proposals that could possibly make the delivery of the stealth warplanes more difficult...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-under-pressure-to-curb-migration
European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to agree new measures to restrict arrivals across the Mediterranean as growing popular discontent over immigration puts pressure on governments from Germany to Italy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rouvikonas-claims-attempted-attack-on-anel-mp-s-office
The Rouvikonas anti-establishment group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attempted attack on the office of an MP with Independent Greeks, the right-wing party in Greece’s left led-coalition....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anarchist-group-attempts-to-barge-into-ministry-in-support-of-n17-hitman
About 20 members of anarchist group Rouvikonas attempted to barge into the Citizens Protection Ministry on Monday morning but were prevented by the ministry’s guards....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-mayor-issues-warning-to-police
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has levelled new accusations against Cyprus police, pointing to a prison inmate abuse with hot water that was not reported as well as saying he has evidence that cops knew about secret drone operations while dismissing his allegations on the matter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-kills-passerby-and-two-police-officers-in-belgium
A gunman killed two police officers and a passer-by on Tuesday before being shot dead in the center of the Belgian city of Liege, public broadcaster RTBF said on its website and authorities said terrorism could not be ruled out as a motive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/godly-giants-in-kilts-meet-greece-s-best-known-soldiers
It might be the short, pleated kilts, tasselled black garters and pompom-tipped shoes, but there's something more endearing than intimidating about Greece's best-known military unit, the Presidential Guard...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/yulia-skripal-attempted-assassination-turned-my-world-upside-down
Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia. But the daughter of one of Russia’s most famous spies says she wants to return to her country “in the longer term”, despite the poisoning...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/turkey-s-muslim-friendly-holidays-find-a-modest-place-in-the-sun
Turkey’s $26 billion tourism industry has been battered by security fears and political disputes in recent years but one corner of the market is quietly growing - beach holidays for conservative Muslims...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/pulitzer-winning-author-philip-roth-dies-at-85
Author Philip Roth, who was both hailed and derided for laying bare the neuroses and obsessions that haunted the modern Jewish-American experience, died on Tuesday at the age of 85...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cbd-bank-fined- €715-000-for-non-compliance-of-anti-laundering-rules
The Central Bank of Cyprus announced Tuesday that it has imposed a fine amounting to €715,000 on the Cyprus Development Bank Ltd due to non-compliance with anti-laundering laws and directives...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-anarchist-groups-claim-responsibility-for-court-paint-attack
Three anarchist groups claimed responsibility on Monday night for the paint attack against the Council of State earlier in the evening, saying it was a protest against the court's decision to rubber-stamp the so-called Katrougalos law which allowed pension cuts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ex-russian-spy-sergei-skripal-discharged-from-hospital
Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who was poisoned by a nerve agent in Britain more than two months ago, has been discharged from hospital, England’s health service said on Friday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korea-reconsiders-summit-with-trump-puts-talks-on-ice
North Korea threw next month’s unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump into doubt, threatening weeks of diplomatic progress by saying it may reconsider if Washington insists on unilateral denuclearization...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/may-to-raise-human-rights-during-erdogan-s-visit
British Prime Minister Theresa May will raise human rights issues at talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in London...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-clock-is-ticking-on-britain-s-of-poor-brexit-progress
The European Union has warned Britain time was running out to seal a Brexit deal this autumn and ensure London does not crash out of the bloc next March, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May...
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...