https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-take-initiative-on-eu-migration-policy
Cyprus will be stepping up measures to address a recent increase in the flow of refugees and undocumented migrants to the island nation, including putting heads together with other Mediterranean countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-sentenced-for-assaulting-billionaire-investor
The Famagusta District Court handed down sentences to four men in connection with the beating of Egyptian investor Naguib Sawiris, hours before the stone laying ceremony for the Ayia Napa marina back in 2016...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/manafort-lawyer-blames-cyprus-accounts-on-oligarchs
Prosecutors described Paul Manafort as a “shrewd” liar and accused him of misleading his tax preparers, banks, and US authorities in claiming that secret accounts did not exist...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wants-to-rein-in-‘passport-selling-agencies
The Cyprus government has issued strict guidelines aimed at curbing the overt promotion of passports, censuring agencies that explicitly try to lure rich foreign nationals for enrollment in the citizenship-by-investment programme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/treppides-annual-event-in-moscow
K. Treppides & Co Limited is delighted to announce its annual event in Moscow taking place on the 6th of June 2018...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/passport-scheme-could-bring-‘dutch-disease-in-cyprus
The Fiscal Council is warning that the passports-for-cash scheme could mean that some sectors of the economy could suffer while others grow, a phenomenon known as the Dutch disease...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britons-dash-to-become-german-before-brexit
Driven by the prospect of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union next year, the number of British passport holders who became German citizens jumped by 162 percent last year, Germany’s Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-tightens-vetting-for-investment-for-passport-scheme
In the wake of criticism that it was operating a "passports-for-cash" scheme, Cyprus has toughened up vetting procedures for those investors looking to get their hands on a European Union passport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/easyjet-founder-wealthiest-cypriot-in-the-uk
The Sunday Times published the names of 1000 richest people in the UK, with easyJet founder Stelios Hadjioannou topping the list among Cypriots...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-32-of-asylum-seekers-are-unaccompanied-minors
In 2017, 225 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Cyprus making up 32.4% of all asylum applications it received, official EU data showed on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brexit-hit-eu-staff-ditch-uk-passports
About one in 10 British civil servants at the European Commission has taken another EU nationality since the Brexit vote, but are nonetheless resigned to scant prospects of future promotion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-residency-and-citizenship-by-investment-scheme-remains-appealing-to-investors
With more than three decades of presence operating as a leading international advisory services firm, K. Treppides & Co Ltd offers insight into the latest residency and investment trends to impact Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-citizenship-and-residency-through-investment
A lot has been said about the investment path to citizenship or residency in Cyprus, often clouding perceptions on all the different issues associated with the programme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-uk-minister-bites-the-dust-over-immigration
Home Secretary Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday after Prime Minister Theresa May’s government faced an outpouring of indignation over its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents who were wrongly labelled illegal immigrants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-central-banker-says-oligarchs-are-banks-achilles-heel
Former central banker Panicos Demetriades says Cyprus is serving Russian oligarchs at the expense of its credibility abroad while doubting the success story in a tell-all interview with Kathimerini...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-granted-protection-status-to-1300-asylum-seekers-last-year
Of the 175,800 Syrian citizens granted protection status in the EU, more than 70% received protection status in Germany...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cnn-peeks-at-eu-passports-for-russians-in-cyprus
Cyprus was featured on CNN’s Around The World video section, where special reporter Matthew Chance highlighted the controversial passport scheme which grants citizenship to wealthy foreign nationals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-naturalised-citizens-up-by-40
The biggest group of foreign nationals that obtained Cypriot citizenship in 2016 were Russians, followed by UK nationals, according to Eurostat data that show close to one million foreigners became EU citizens that year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-message-intercepted-saying-package-has-been-delivered-before-spy-poisoning
Yulia and Sergei Skripal are recovering following Novichok attack in Salisbury...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-jihadist-does-not-expect-fair-trial
Two members of the “Beatles of ISIS” squad, one of them of Cypriot origin, say they don’t expect to get a fair trial after being stripped of their British citizenship. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/paphos-holds-title-for-selling-land-to-most-foreigners
The booming city of Paphos has managed to defend its title for being at the top of real estate sales to foreign buyers, surpassing Limassol which is a very popular investment destination particularly for Russians. But there is some criticism over some of the tools being used to attract buyers, namely the cash-for-passport scheme....
