https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/nicosia-reception-venue-still-operating-illegally-three-years-after-opening
A reception venue in Nicosia district has continued operating since October 2023 despite failing to meet essential planning and building permit requirements, according to a new report by the Audit Office, which points to persistent failures by state authorities to enforce the law....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/€800-000-offered-to-kill-limassol-man-in-remote-controlled-car-bombing-plot
Four men have been remanded in custody for eight days in connection with an alleged assassination plot targeting a former convict in Limassol, with police continuing their search for two additional suspects believed to have been involved....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thanasis-nikolaou-s-mother-to-wait-another-week-to-testify
More than 21 years after her son was found dead beneath the Alassa bridge, Andriana Nikolaou was due to give evidence Tuesday in the criminal case her family brought against five people. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/third-arrest-in-fatal-peyia-stabbing
Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 51-year-old British man in Pegeia arrested a third person Tuesday as they worked to establish how he ended up bleeding in the passenger seat of a car....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/peyia-stabbing-suspect-says-he-stepped-in-to-protect-his-mother
A 20-year-old man told police he heard a heated argument in the kitchen and walked in and saw his mother’s partner threatening her with a knife. He said he stepped in and stabbed the man in the ribs, an investigator told Paphos District Court on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/depression-in-men-can-hide-behind-anger-and-irritability
Depression in men does not always look like sadness. From irritability and angry outbursts to excessive drinking and workaholism, discover the less obvious warning signs, why many men struggle to seek help and how to recognize when support is needed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-new-crossings-on-the-table-as-un-pushes-for-progress-in-cyprus-talks
Four new routes across the Green Line and a plan to clear mines near Deryneia are the immediate test for Cyprus’ leaders Monday as the United Nations tries to build momentum for a return to formal peace talks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/classroom-argument-erupts-over-same-sex-adoption-in-cyprus
A classroom discussion about adoption by same-sex couples has sparked controversy in Cyprus after an audio recording of an argument between a teacher and a student was leaked on social media....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/why-nothing-changes-in-cyprus
The other day, I watched Britain’s growth minister, Dan Tomlinson, give an outstanding interview on Sky News....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/politics-by-gangland-rules-when-fear-takes-hold-of-german-politics
Fear, intimidation and political allegiances collide in Berlin as questions emerge over the Left’s ties to antisemitic and extremist circles. A closer look at the pressure behind the political façade and the cost of challenging the rules....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-hotel-manager-found-guilty-of-sexually-abusing-two-teenage-guests
A Paphos court on Tuesday found a 53-year-old hotel manager guilty of sexually abusing two British teenagers who were staying at the hotel during a summer holiday in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-who-beat-neighbor-s-cat-to-death-must-serve-jail-time
A man who killed his neighbor's cat by repeatedly striking it with a broomstick must serve two months in prison immediately, the Court of Appeal ruled Friday, overturning a decision that had allowed him to avoid jail....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nursing-unions-push-back-against-plans-to-recruit-foreign-nurses
Cyprus’s main nursing unions have called for proposed changes to the rules governing the recruitment of nurses from third countries to be halted, arguing that staffing shortages should be addressed through better employment conditions and recruitment of local professionals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pamboridis-bets-he-can-unite-disy-—-but-will-averof-back-him
Giorgos Pamboridis outlined his vision and policy platform today at his first news conference since formally entering the race for Democratic Rally’s nomination for the 2028 presidential election....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/heating-fuel-tax-cut-takes-effect-but-mps-push-for-more-relief
Heating fuel taxes fall by 6.39 cents a liter from today, Oct. 23, giving households some relief before winter, although MPs warned that the reduction would only partly ease the pressure of rising energy costs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-fuel-market-paradox-why-is-paphos-the-most-expensive
The complexity and deep distortions of Cyprus’ fuel market become clearest when we shift our focus from the national picture to the differences between districts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-illusion-of-cheap-fuel
The political paradox is that the state funds a public transport system that has failed to become a sufficiently reliable alternative for much of the population....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/averof-keeps-election-plans-unclear-puts-fuel-bills-in-the-spotlight
Averof Neofytou had plenty to say on Friday about what people are paying at the pump. On what he intends to do about the presidential election, the answer remained less clear....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nina-schick-the-greatest-risk-for-cyprus-is-remaining-a-passive-consumer-of-artificial-intelligence
With a career that has brought her close to the most influential centres of political and technological decision-making in the United States and Europe, Nina Schick is now ranked among the world’s top 20 speakers on artificial intelligence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-swiss-bank-without-switzerland-ubs-weighs-a-move-abroad
How big can a bank become before its home country can no longer afford to rescue it? That question is at the heart of a dispute in Switzerland, where banking giant UBS is considering whether its future could lie abroad....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/weekend-warriors-meet-a-queen-chase-the-wine-and-let-someone-else-cook
You have all week to discuss what needs fixing around the house. This weekend, leave it broken for another 48 hours. There’s a queen expecting visitors in Pyrga, wine waiting in Kalo Chorio and enough happening in Nicosia to make “there’s nothing to do” a fairly difficult argument to defend....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-mutual-assistance-clause-stalls-as-ireland-refuses-debate-and-nicosia-s-push-for-strategic-autonomy-falters
The much-publicized EU “mutual assistance clause” remains limited in scope, despite Nicosia’s ambitious push and President Nikos Christodoulides’ efforts to convince European partners that “the time has come for the EU’s strategic autonomy.” ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/monday-forecast-summer-s-last-dramatic-exit
A shy little low-pressure system has tiptoed in and is currently rearranging the furniture. Nothing apocalyptic, just enough personality to keep things interesting....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/worker-seriously-injured-in-mouttagiaka-attack-police-search-for-colleague
A 44-year-old construction worker remains in serious but stable condition after being injured with a drywall cutter during an argument at a building site in Mouttagiaka on Thursday morning....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/at-the-acropolis-rubio-tells-the-west-to-stop-apologizing-and-rebuild-its-power
Standing at the Acropolis in Athens, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a message aimed well beyond Greece: The West must regain its confidence, rebuild its strength, and stop feeling ashamed of its own history....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/father-asks-court-for-leniency-over-three-year-old-son-s-death
A 37-year-old British father facing a charge over the death of his three-year-old son has asked the court to show leniency when determining his sentence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/this-isn-t-a-story-about-a-fish-tavern…
The political storm battering the Democratic Rally (DISY) is simply the turmoil that had long been brewing beneath the surface at the party’s Pindarou headquarters, now erupting into the open....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schengen-crossing-checks-at-british-bases-will-be-tightened-green-line-next
One of the two major obstacles to Cyprus’ full participation in the Schengen area appears close to being removed, according to information obtained by Kathimerini, following consultations between the Foreign Ministry and the administration of the British bases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘absolutely-not-holguin-says-peace-talks-cannot-grow-in-a-hostile-climate
Can Cyprus return to meaningful negotiations while trust between the two sides is still being chipped away?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/twenty-one-years-later-thanasis-family-finally-reaches-trial
Exactly 21 years after Thanasis Nikolaou was found dead beneath the Alassa bridge, his family returned to court Tuesday—still fighting for answers, but now one step closer to seeing the case fully heard....
