https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scholarship-foundation-still-clearing-2019-applications
The Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation continues to process applications that date back to 2019, according to its president, while facing staff shortages and missing resources following the transfer of responsibilities from the abolished Independent Social Support Body....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/rising-fuel-costs-put-pressure-on-cyprus-airways-ticket-prices
Cyprus Airways is preparing for a new phase of growth following a period of stabilization after the serious difficulties it faced in 2024. The airline is gradually changing its ownership structure, expanding its fleet, adding destinations and improving its services....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cape-greco-monastery-moves-closer-to-approval-despite-unauthorized-building
A monastery built without the necessary permits inside Cape Greco’s protected landscape has moved a step closer to approval, reopening a dispute over whether construction that broke the rules can be allowed to stay....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/all-day-schools-on-life-support-as-115-posts-remain-unfilled
Cyprus’ optional all-day schools are ''on life support'' because of staff shortages, the primary teachers’ union warned today, as lawmakers examined unfilled posts, delayed appointments and parents’ complaints about operating hours....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-investigate-bbc-allegations-over-abramovich-s-wealth
Police have launched an investigation on their own initiative into a BBC report alleging that billions linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich “disappeared” through Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/agros-hunters-and-villagers-take-back-a-woodland-from-fly-tippers
Someone went to the trouble of taking chairs, mattresses and scrap metal into woodland near Agros. Thankfully, others were willing to make the much harder journey: carrying it all back out....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-macron-refuses-minister-s-exit-as-france-counts-the-cost-of-riots
France’s interior minister offered to resign. President Emmanuel Macron told him to stay. After a weekend of burning buildings, looted shops and thousands of arrests, the government begins Monday under pressure to explain how protests turned into widespread violence, and what it will do next....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-honours-cypriot-born-former-usc-president-max-nikias
A book presentation in Nicosia has celebrated the life and achievements of C. L. Max Nikias, the Cypriot academic who rose to lead the University of Southern California (USC), one of the leading universities in the United States....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hadassah-brings-the-future-of-medicine
Leading professors and doctors from the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem gathered today at the St Raphael Resort in Limassol for “Hadassah’s Distinguished Medical Professors & Doctors Live in Limassol”, Hadassah’s first medical conference in Europe. The event is the prelude to this evening’s official opening of Hadassah Medical Centre Limassol.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-plans-new-apartment-block-management-system-for-2029
Cyprus is preparing to transfer responsibility for managing jointly owned buildings to District Local Government Organisations (DLGOs) from 1 January 2029, under proposed reforms intended to address longstanding problems affecting apartment blocks and other shared properties....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-museum-chairman-proposes-shared-display-deal-for-parthenon-marbles
In an interview with Kathimerini Greece conducted by Alexis Papachelas, British Museum board chairman George Osborne said he remains optimistic that a long-running dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures can still be resolved through a shared arrangement that would see the 5th-century BC artefacts displayed in both Athens and London....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eight-bidders-€180-million-and-a-second-chance-for-cyprus-stalled-gas-terminal
Eight bidders, €180 million and one second chance for Cyprus’ failed gas terminal. The government is trying again to finish Vasiliko, a project meant to help bring down electricity costs that has instead become a costly lesson in delays....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/majority-of-cypriot-students-fail-basic-reading-benchmarks-in-latest-pisa-results
Educational standards on the island faced intense scrutiny this week as parliamentary leaders and academic experts grappled with alarming international test scores showing that a significant majority of local students struggle with basic reading skills....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/what-s-shaping-cyprus-business-this-week
Key gatherings across Cyprus this week bring together leaders in artificial intelligence, corporate governance, and sustainable finance. Here is your quick look at the top conferences, networking events, and local industry milestones on the agenda....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/politicsblog-disy-s-greatest-hits-same-drama-different-chorus
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, these days, our politicians conducted their conversations entirely in lyrics from Karvelas songs?
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/workers-forced-to-sleep-on-building-sites-in-cyprus-complaints-allege
The Labor Department is investigating cases that are shaking the foundations of the construction industry....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-byzantine-icons-stolen-after-1974-returned-to-cyprus
Two Byzantine icons dating to the 14th century have been returned to Cyprus after being stolen from church property following the 1974 Turkish invasion, the Holy Metropolis of Morphou has announced....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mp-attacks-slow-reconstruction-of-refugee-housing-after-rent-bill-hits-€6-million
The government’s handling of the Ktizo housing scheme has come under fire after DIKO MP Zacharias Koulias questioned whether the programme’s remaining apartment blocks will ever be completed under the current approach....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/conservation-work-completed-at-one-of-limassol-s-oldest-mosques
The restoration of historic religious buildings is continuing across Cyprus, with conservation work recently completed at the mosque in Koilani, Limassol district, and the Church of Ayia Paraskevi in Palaiosofos, Kyrenia district....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/george-metzakis-ceo-of-cyta-joins-techisland-s-board-of-directors
TechIsland®, Cyprus’ largest technology association, announces the appointment of George Metzakis, CEO of Cyta, to its Board of Directors.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/makis-cashbox-and-the-government-s-two-voices
A party leader who supports the government is publicly clashing, and in unusually strong terms, with a minister from the same political camp. That minister also happens to have served successfully in his father’s government....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/event-by-the-cyprus-institute-of-directors-corporate-governance
The Cyprus Institute of Directors & Corporate Governance (CyIoDCG) is organising an event on leadership and sound corporate governance on Friday, 16 October, at 17:00, at the PwC Experience Center in Nicosia.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/c-l-max-nikias-presents-his-book-american-trojan-in-nicosia
The historic Pancyprian Gymnasium will host the presentation of the memoirs of an immigrant, tracing the rise of USC and the renewal of American higher education.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/university-of-limassol-strengthens-international-academic-collaboration-with-symbiosis-international-university
The University of Limassol has strengthened its international academic network through a new partnership with Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), India, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘we-know-who-they-are-poachers-rake-in-€10-million-a-year
Poachers in Cyprus are estimated to make more than €10 million in profits each year. Both the enormous sums involved and the cases presented before the House Environment Committee suggest that existing penalties are failing to act as an effective deterrent....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-cypriot-property-service-says-disputed-land-contracts-were-terminated-in-2024
The Turkish Cypriot Properties Management Service has rejected allegations surrounding the allocation of agricultural land to a former employee, saying the claims made before the Parliamentary Refugees Committee were not supported by specific evidence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trade-unions-warn-worker-leasing-may-be-linked-to-human-trafficking
Cyprus MPs are seeking answers from the authorities over allegations that workers are being illegally leased to businesses, with trade unions telling Parliament that some cases may be connected to human trafficking....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/889-out-of-1-234-patients-approved-for-treatment-abroad-in-one-year
A total of 1,234 requests to send patients abroad for medical treatment were received by the Health Insurance Organisation over the past year, according to information presented to the House Health Committee....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-air-traffic-control-running-50-positions-short-of-required-staffing
Cyprus’ air traffic control system is operating with around 90 controllers, compared with an authorised requirement of 140, Parliament was told on Thursday, as MPs examined flight safety issues affecting the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hospitals-schools-and-beaches-avoid-strike-disruption-for-now
If you had a hospital appointment, children at school, business at a government department, or plans for a final September swim, Thursday came with one less headache....
