https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/wwf-documentary-‘blue-future-to-premiere-on-sunday
The world premiere this Sunday of “Blue Future,” a documentary by the World Wildlife Fund, will coincide with the start of the crucial United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/limbo-in-a-blue-tent-african-asylum-seekers-stuck-on-cyprus
It seems a strange place to pitch a tent. Plump in the middle of the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that has divided Cyprus along ethnic lines since 1974,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/video-of-shark-spotted-off-the-coast-of-larnaca
Boaters were thrilled when they spotted a shark while sailing in Larnaca near the Zenobia wreck....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-puts-foot-down-on-migration
The Republic of Cyprus is adding pressure on a pending agreement over an EU migration pact, with three proposals backed by MED5 countries aimed at airing their grievances against the bloc, a union that is going through a power struggle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wants-clean-slate-in-naturalizations
The government in the Republic of Cyprus has laid out a new blueprint for naturalizations of foreign investors and skilled immigrants, pointing to a departure from the country’s disgraced golden passport scheme while respecting the EU position on citizenship criteria...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/greece-s-significant-air-power-projection
Greece’s military procurement program – a thorn in Turkey’s side, described by its defense minister, Hulusi Akar, as “provocative” – is back at the fore, after the recent briefing in Parliament about the navy’s acquisition of 44 torpedoes for its Type 214 submarines....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lilly-interview
Marina Economidou interviews UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie regarding the UK's proposed plan to the Cyprus solution....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-seekers-stuck-in-cyprus-buffer-zone
Cypriot Interior Minister Nikos Nouris says the ordeal of three Cameroonians currently stuck in the buffer zone could end if EU fellow members agreed to take them in, with reports saying the bloc is still looking for consensus on migration policy but nothing has been agreed to date...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-warns-house-over-crucial-eu-money
Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides is calling on Parliament to approve structural reforms that come as a condition to the disbursement of over €1 billion from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Fund...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-seafront-s-last-oil-tank-gone
A video showing the removal of the last oil tank from Larnaca’s seafront was posted online Tuesday, revealing an unobstructed view of the ancient town’s blue waters after years of local and national efforts...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-urges-public-to-use-covid-tracer-app
The Republic of Cyprus’ health ministry is calling on the public to use the CoVTracer-EN, the country’s national application for mobile phones, in a bid to avoid congestion and contribute to the containment of daily coronavirus infections...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vandals-spray-paint-mosque-with-graffiti
A graffiti incident at a mosque in Limassol has drawn wide condemnation on Thursday, a holiday with bicentennial celebrations on the island marking the Greek revolt against the Ottoman Empire...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-celebrates-greek-independence
City officials in Nicosia are joining celebrations around the world to mark 200 years from the start of the Greek War of Independence, with a light show and a flag display set to adorn the southern part of the divided capital for the next three days...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teens-injured-after-car-rams-shopping-cart
Two teenagers were injured on Tuesday in Paphos after a car struck them while one boy was pushing a shopping cart with the other inside...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-sees-ankara-games-ahead-of-summit
Not only did Turkey continue to ignore Athens’ proposals for the next round of exploratory contacts between the two countries on Monday, its Defense Ministry once again revisited the issue of demilitarization of the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean, going as far as denouncing the presence of Greek warships at Kastellorizo....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akar-turkey-determined-to-defend-rights-across-‘blue-homeland
Turkey is determined to defend its rights across the “Blue Homeland,” the country’s defense minister, Hulusi Akar, said Friday, invoking an expansionist doctrine that envisages Turkish control over the waters of the eastern Aegean and the northern Mediterranean....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-says-backdoor-cyprob-plan-by-uk-unacceptable
Imposing a blueprint for a Cyprus settlement from the outside is unacceptable, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova said Thursday, commenting on reports suggesting a backdoor ‘British plan’ for settling the Cyprus Problem....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teacher-ready-to-sue-over-twitter-search
A teacher who won an appeal following an unlawful police search, in connection with a Twitter parody account complaint filed by Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, has vowed to sue the state saying she was targeted because of her activism...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/policy-priorities-unaffected-by-pandemic-finmin-says
Despite the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic Cyprus’ economic policies remain the same, targeting macroeconomic and financial stability, prudent fiscal policies, and establishing a competitive, business-friendly regulatory environment of high standards, Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-biden-urges-americans-to-turn-page
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, vowing to end the ‘uncivil war’ in a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ankara-wants-lausanne-treaty-change
Reiterating a call frequently made by Turkish leaders, Turkey’s Energy Minister Fatih Donmez raised the issue of renegotiating the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, which set out the modern borders between Greece and Turkey....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/milwaukee-bridge-lit-in-colors-of-greek-flag
Milwaukee’s Hoan Bridge was lit blue-and-white, the colors of the Greek flag, for a few hours on Tuesday evening in celebration of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s signing a five-year supermax extension with the local NBA team, the Milwaukee Bucks...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ankara-tries-to-open-jerusalem-channel
In a bid to create rifts in Israel’s alliances with Greece and Cyprus, Turkey is reportedly trying to open channels with Tel Aviv through proposals officially submitted by retired rear admiral Cihat Yayci, architect of Ankara’s expansionist Blue Homeland doctrine and its maritime borders pact with Libya. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/this-week-to-define-next-coronavirus-measures
The last week of November will be decisive, as its coronavirus figures will determine the next steps to be taken, both in terms of suggestions to be submitted by the government’s expert task force and government decisions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘no-going-back-on-varosha-decision
Over 200 Varosha property owners are seeking to return to the divided island’s most popular ghost town, with Turkish Cypriots appearing ready to address Greek Cypriot grievances with or without a solution to the Cyprus problem, adding there is “no going back” on the plan to open the abandoned city...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ken-hughes-at-digital-agenda-cyprus-summit-2020-once-again
Ken Hughes is now acknowledged as being one of the world’s leading authorities on consumer, shopper and cyber shopper behaviour. He is internationally renowned for helping his largely blue-chip client base to understand the physical, digital and future consumer....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/let-s-keep-akamas-clean
This year, for the 6th consecutive year, the action #Akamascleanup, an initiative of “Kathimerini” newspaper, Alphamega supermarkets, and Latchi Watersports, was crowned an absolute success....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athalassa-national-park-in-troubled-waters
State authorities are warning the public to avoid contact with the water at the lake in Athalassa National park, following reports of dead fish floating upside down at the surface...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-concerned-over-east-med-tensions
A US top diplomat has criticized Turkey’s policy in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, while voicing concerns that tensions in the region complicate NATO's efforts to present a united front in the face of Russia's destabilizing activities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mitsotakis-spells-out-message-to-turkey
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Turkey to “stop the provocations” in the Eastern Mediterranean and return to the negotiating table in order to resolve disagreements regarding the delimitation of maritime zones...
