https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/popes-agenda
Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos briefed the media today on the visit of Pope Francis to Cyprus at the Presidential Palace....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seven-greek-soldiers-killed-during-the-invasion-have-finally-returned-home
Forty-seven years after they were killed during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the remains of 7 Greek soldiers were returned to their homeland....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dw-the-pope-will-offer-asylum-to-refugees-in-cyprus
The symbolic move he made in 2016, offering asylum to Syrian refugees living in a camp in Mytilene and taking them with him to the Vatican on the return trip from Greece,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/us-food-banks-struggle-to-feed-hungry-amid-surging-prices
U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge — surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/as-ban-lifts-visitors-to-us-await-long-delayed-hugs-kisses
The U.S. lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-dips-toe-into-euthanasia-debate
Euthanasia in the Republic of Cyprus is forbidden by law but two women in parliament are more than ready to discuss the taboo of painless killing, a practice viewed by the Church as suicide or even murder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/confession-app-highlights-how-ai-could-render-white-collar-jobs-obsolete
Technology is an integral part of the daily life of many people, both personally and professionally....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/conservative-mp-sir-david-amess-dead
Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed multiple times by a man outside a Methodist church in the Leigh on Sea area of Essex, is dead. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/explosive-report-shows-thousands-of-paedophiles-active-in-the-french-catholic-church-since-1950
An independent commission investigating child sexual abuse in the French Catholic church, headed by Jean-Marc Sauve, submitted their findings today to the president of the Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-quarters-of-earthquake-stiken-homes-on-crete-temporarily-uninhabitable
Engineer inspections of homes damaged in Monday’s 5.8-magnitude quake earthquake on Crete have established that three-quarters of them are temporarily uninhabitable....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hopes-are-dim-after-tripartite-meeting-in-new-york
The Archbishop of Cyprus, Chrysostomos, declared today that hopes are dim after the meeting...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/earthquake-in-crete
A strong earthquake shook the island of Crete at 9:17 am this morning, sending residents running outside their homes....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-meets-elpidophoros-after-tweet
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades reversed an earlier decision and finally met with Archbishop Elpidophoros in New York, after the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in America had issued a statement on Twitter calling for unity...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-anastasiades-addresses-the-76th-un-general-assembly
The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, today addressed members of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elpidophoros-clears-up-turkish-house-incident
Archbishop Elpidophoros says he is 'sincerely sorry' for pain he may have caused to Cypriot and Greek Americans by attending the opening of a Turkish House in New York City, while pointing out he has always sought 'honest and courageous' dialogue for peace and religious freedom...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-president-snubs-archbishop-in-new-york
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has canceled a meeting with Archbishop Elpidophoros in New York City, amid reports that Nicosia and Athens were displeased after the high churchman attended the opening of a Turkish House a day earlier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/american-couple-arrested-at-athens-airport-with-antiquities
Two American nationals were arrested at Athens’ international airport on Monday after fragments of ancient vessels and other objects were discovered in their luggage....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/incensed-anti-vaxxers
The recent anti-vaccination rallies in Athens and Thessaloniki were not the first of their kind, but they were the largest:...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/resurrecting-the-hairy-mammoth
The return of hairy mammoths, a species that became extinct 4,000 years ago, in the icy Arctic soils, is envisioned by a new American company, Colossal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-turkey-west-poised-to-dance-a-‘violent-tango-foreign-policy-expert-tells-k
A lot of Erdogan’s rhetoric focuses on making Turkey a great power. He sees that as challenging European hegemony....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/family-of-unvaccinated-covid-victim-hits-back
The family of a COVID victim who died last month at Nicosia General is pointing finger at the state hospital, while dismissing reports in the media that their loved one’s religious faith or private medical advice had brought about his demise...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wildfires-roar-back-to-life-near-athens
Wildfires north of Athens leapt back to life on Thursday as searing conditions persisted and emergency crews battled blazes across Greece for a third day running...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bishop-s-defense-rests-case-in-rape-trial
Former Kition Bishop Chrysostomos pleaded not guilty to rape charges on Monday, with his signed unsworn testimony read in the courtroom during a closed session after he was previously found fit to stand trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/safe-pass-law-lets-door-greeters-inspect-id-docs
Business establishments in the Republic of Cyprus are now inspecting Safe Pass documents presented at the entrance by customers, who are also required by emergency law to show proof of identity when the employee at the door doubts the veracity of a person’s identity...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/reporter-says-low-wanted-to-buy-a-cypriot-bank
A British investigative journalist told an audience in Nicosia that Cypriot-naturalized financier Jho Low had tried to use contacts with Kuwaitis to buy a bank on the island where the Malaysian fugitive could launder stolen money...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-battles-brewing-over-covid-measures
Over a hundred complaints and counting are waiting to be heard in Cypriot courts against the government and members of its coronavirus task force, with legality issues being raised over pandemic measures including Safe Pass...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-lifts-curfew-as-nightclubs-open
The government of the Republic of Cyprus lifted a night curfew on Thursday as further relaxations of pandemic measures kicked in, including the opening of nightclubs based on last-minute protocols...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/archbishop-back-in-cyprus-after-cancer-treatment
Archbishop Chrysostomos was back in his office on Tuesday following his return from the United States where he underwent another cancer treatment, with doctors noting 'noticeable improvement'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-relaxes-further-as-situation-improves
The Cabinet in the Republic of Cyprus is moving forward with more relaxations, following further improvement of the epidemiological situation, but many places still remain off limits to those without a SafePass...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/believers-exchange-blows-outside-church
Police had to step in when an altercation got physical outside a church in Larnaca district, after Orthodox followers reacted to a rival group that went to change the locks following a court ruling on ownership...
