https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/conflict-of-interest-raised-again-in-passport-probe
The audit office in the Republic of Cyprus is sending all its findings on golden passports to the state’s anti-corruption agency, citing a conflict of interest for the state’s two chief law enforcement officers who served as ministers during the investment scandal...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-to-help-farmers-transition-from-chemical-pesticides-by-2030
With its Farm to Fork program, the European Commission is helping farmers in the EU transition away from the use of chemical pesticides by adopting new rules that will facilitate the approval of micro-organisms for use as active substances in plant protection products....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/poland-spain-italy-are-a-favorite-for-working-migrants
The median age in the 27 European Union countries is projected to mark an increase of 4.5 years between 2019 and 2050 to reach 48.2 years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pakistan-s-floods-fueled-by-its-melting-glaciers
A series of extreme floods have utterly devastated the South Asian nation, which is home to some 225 million people, washing away roads and buildings, destroying farms, and stranding hundreds of thousands. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-secures-eu-co-funding-for-national-cybersecurity-coordination-center
The European Commission has approved the N4CY project proposal for the development of the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre of Cyprus (NCCC-CY), securing EU co-financing for the project, the Digital Security Authority (DSA) announced on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/8-year-old-in-stable-condition-after-dog-attack
An 8-year-old boy is in stable condition after he was attacked by a stray dog this morning in the area of Agios Ioannis in Limassol....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/norway-plans-to-deport-refugee-lawbreakers
The Norwegian government has announced that the country plans to deport foreigners who have broken the law and who hold refugee status but no longer need protections in the country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gorbachev-who-steered-soviet-breakup-dead-at-91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unficyp-urges-caution-following-buffer-zone-reports
A couple of incidents that took place in the buffer zone are making headlines in Cyprus, including allegations that Turkish soldiers violated the green line, with UN peacekeepers saying they were investigating but also urging caution before drawing conclusions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-1-000-people-have-died-in-pakistan-s-worst-flooding
The Cyprus government has expressed deep condolences and solidarity to the Government and the people of Pakistan for the tragic loss of life following the floods in the country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-irregular-immigration-the-responsibilities-of-turkey-and-the-eu
"Turkey will take all necessary measures to prevent the opening of new sea or land routes of irregular migration from Turkey to the EU and will cooperate in this regard with neighboring countries as well as the EU." ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-to-introduce-domestic-covid-measures
German authorities have said that the country will introduce domestic COVID protective measures in October as they are needed for autumn and winter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-new-hotel-to-be-built-in-the-dromolaxia-meneou-area
The Environmental Authority gave the green light for the construction of a hotel unit in the coastal area of Meneou-Dromolaxia, in the location of Parayalia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-doubles-russian-oil-imports-filling-eu-void
Turkey doubled its imports of Russian oil this year, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday, as the two countries are set for broader cooperation in business and especially energy trade in the face of western sanctions against Moscow....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-turkey-must-behave-as-a-nato-ally
Senator Bob Menendez, chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, calls for more steps to deepen the multidimensional relationship between Greece and the US, from defense and security to emerging technologies, the digital economy, the maritime industry and commercial shipping....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-embassy-weighs-in-on-knife-assault-in-cyprus
The Russian embassy in Nicosia is calling for a 'thorough and objective' investigation into a knife assault in Larnaca, hoping a fair punishment would act as a deterrent in Cyprus after a Ukrainian female was caught on video threatening people at a pro-Russia event...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-mulls-military-training-for-ukrainian-forces
The European Union is considering the possibility of organizing a "training and assistance" mission for the Ukrainian army, which will take place in neighboring countries, the EU High Representative on foreign policy Josep Borrell said on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-investment-program-problematic-from-the-start
Much ink has been spilled over the Cyprus Investment Program (CIP). From its inception in 2017 until its abolition, the CIP was a scheme wherein the Cyprus Government granted Cypriot citizenship to investors, "golden passports" as it is well-known....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/palestinians-fly-to-cyprus-in-israeli-airport-pilot-program
Several dozen Palestinians flew to Cyprus on Monday from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-peek-into-the-secret-underwater-lives-of-dolphins-video
Video footage from GoPro cameras strapped to a pair of Navy-trained bottlenose dolphins reveals the ocean animals' hunting habits up close for the first time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interior-ministry-aware-passport-applications-did-not-meet-criteria
In the Audit Service's report on the naturalization program, references are made to the manner in which passports were granted, stressing that there were cases in which the Ministry was aware that there were applications that did not meet the criteria, characterizing its approval as illegal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sleepy-greek-port-becomes-us-arms-hub
But the sleepy port of Alexandroupoli in northeastern Greece has taken on a central role in increasing the US military presence in Eastern Europe to contain Russian aggression. That flow has angered not only Russia but also neighboring Turkey, underlining how war in Ukraine is reshaping Europe’s economic and diplomatic relationships....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-fair-state-five-proposals-to-fight-corruption
In the Cyprus of 2022, corruption has permeated all levels of our society. The extent of the problem needs to be ascertained first. Then, the diagnosis of its causes. Finally, but most importantly, the specific proposals to combat it....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-this-is-how-corrections-will-be-made-on-erroneous-accounts
Since errors in electricity bills were discovered, the Electricity authority has received thousands of Viber and WhatsApp messages and emails with photos and meter numbers from panicked consumers trying to report the problem on their own bills....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unprecedented-rise-in-dog-abandonments-this-year
Dog shelters in Cyprus are "filled to the brim", volunteers say, as they are daily called to take in abandoned dogs, while adoptions from the UK – where the majority of dogs go to – have plunged due to Brexit, the pandemic and the economic crisis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dad-s-hurried-deportation-stirs-debate-in-cyprus
The hasty deportation of a detained man, whose wife and teenage son remain in Cyprus, has stirred up debate this week, bringing the child commissioner head to head with the state’s law enforcement authorities and even the interior minister himself...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scientists-warn-of-dire-effects-as-mediterranean-heats-up
While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bomb-squad-blows-fanny-pack-to-smithereens
Law enforcement authorities in Paralimni went on high alert Wednesday over a suspicious item, with a controlled explosion later revealing it was a just fanny pack with fishing sinkers inside...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-states-facilitating-employment-of-third-country-nationals-to-ease-labor-shortage
The European Union’s population is aging. The factors behind this phenomenon are many, but the declining fertility rates and the increased life expectancy, along with migration to countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, are the main ones....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-in-soldier-murder-cover-up-raises-stakes
A high-powered attorney in Cyprus representing the family of a soldier, whose death initially ruled a suicide has been updated to murder, has hinted at lawsuits if prosecutors fail to go after the perpetrators...
