https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teacher-in-stavros-school-under-investigation
An internal probe into a ‘problem teacher in connection with the fatal injury of a 10-year-old student has angered union teachers, who visited the school premises while their colleagues were talking to investigators...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-court-upholds-insecticide-ban-to-save-bees
An EU court upheld a partial ban on three insecticides known as neonicotinoids, saying that the European Commission had been right in 2013 to restrict their use to protect bees...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/questions-raised-over-school-safety-during-gym-class
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris has received the final report on the circumstances surrounding the death of a 10-year-old student in Larnaca, but people are already raising questions about safety on school premises during gym class...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/opposition-parties-accuse-government-of-interfering-in-justice
Greek opposition parties blamed the government for the resignation of the president of the Council of State on Wednesday, saying it is a strong indication of its interference in Justice....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/bonfire-of-the-vanities-author-tom-wolfe-dead-at-88
Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of “new journalism” who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” “The Right Stuff,” and “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” has died at the age of 88...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-s-souda-bay-military-base-is-‘world-class
Greece’s military base in Souda Bay, Crete, is an “essential hub” for NATO operations in the Mediterranean, combining world-class facilities with access to North Africa, the Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples and US Naval Forces Europe and Africa, US Navy Admiral James Foggo....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/non-performing-loans-spike-by-€1-5-billion
Non-performing exposures (NPEs) in the Cyprus banking system jumped up by €1.5 billion in January, as International Financial Reporting Standard 9 entered in to force...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-pin-hopes-on-show-stopper-eleni-foureira
Perennial makeweight Cyprus hopes to raise its flag over the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with Greek singer Eleni Foureira red-hot favourite to wow audiences with her show-stopping song 'Fuego'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-larnaca-doctors-arrested-in-school-boy-s-death
Two state doctors in Larnaca are in custody following the death of a 10-year-old boy who sustained a head injury during gym class, with his mother blaming ER medics for being incompetent in diagnosing an internal head trauma promptly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hariri-to-visit-cyprus-after-government-formed-in-lebanon
President Nicos Anastasiades spoke Friday on the phone with Lebanon's Saad Hariri, hoping he will be re-elected as Prime Minister of Lebanon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/first-shipping-minister-sets-ambitious-targets-for-cyprus
The country’s location and tax system have made it a shipping magnet -- drawing maritime companies from Norway, Greece, Dubai and South Korea -- and prompting the creation of a ministry for the industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/don-t-get-caught-up-in-the-east-med-energy-hype
It is tempting for resource-poor countries to overestimate the promise of newly discovered hydrocarbon resources, particularly in times of need...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/astrasol-plaintiffs-move-to-block-appeal
The Astrasol case is not over, as plaintiffs are scrambling to block an appeal that challenges a court ruling last year that found defendants were responsible for causing a cancer cluster in a Nicosia residential area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-new-history-starts-now-as-leaders-of-two-koreas-meet
The dramatic meeting, aimed at ending their decades-long conflict, comes weeks before Kim is due to meet Trump to discuss denuclearizing the Korean peninsula...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/understanding-kim-madman-or-misunderstood
US intelligence experts are trying to build a profile of Kim Jong Un to give Trump a competitive edge in one of the most consequential summits since the Cold War...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eni-committed-to-cyprus-despite-turkish-threats
Italian energy giant ENI said on Wednesday it was committed to exploring for natural gas offshore Cyprus despite efforts by Turkey to block drilling earlier this year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/motive-behind-waffle-house-shooting-eludes-nashville-police
The gunman, who began shooting outside the restaurant and then moved inside, aborted his attack and fled when a customer wrestled the rifle from him...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-keep-a-tight-lip-in-strovolos-double-murder
Police are keeping a tight lip in the Strovolos double murder case, saying the investigation is going forward despite public and media criticism pointing to a series of errors.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-fledgling-party-to-run-in-june-polls-after-membership-boost
A masterful campaigner, Erdogan has won nearly a dozen elections and dominated Turkey since his Islamist-rooted AK party swept to power in 2002...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pissouri-residents-want-antenna-gone-this-year
Pissouri residents threaten to pull their kids out of school if Limassol authorities fail to remove a mobile telephony tower that is transmitting next to the community’s elementary school. Scientists remain unconvinced of any real health risk over wifi signals, but parents insist they don't want to take any chances....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cobalt-offers-new-business-class-fares
Business class travellers between Cyprus and Athens can now enjoy a lower airline fare along with great comfort thanks to Cobalt Air, which has dropped its one-way Business Class down to €149 for the summer season. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-spied-on-skripal-and-daughter-for-at-least-5-years
Russia’s ambassador to Britain said he was concerned the British government was trying to get rid of evidence related to the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nigeria-s-boko-haram-has-abducted-more-than-1-000-children-since-2013
One young woman, Khadija, now 17, who was abducted after a Boko Haram attack on her town, then locked in a room, forced to marry one of the fighters and repeatedly raped...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-seeks-closure-of-cyprus-airspace-around-raf-akrotiri
The Cyprus government has stressed it is not involved in any planned attack on Syria and no country has asked to use facilities on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/algerian-military-plane-with-more-than-100-on-board-crashes
More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, officials said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/terrorist-security-challenge-for-harry-and-meghan-s-wedding
Barriers to stop vehicle attacks, armed patrols, and airport-style security will be among the measures employed in largest police operation Windsor has ever seen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uss-donald-cook-on-the-move-after-larnaca-visit
The USS Donald Cook is on the move again, after leaving Larnaca port on Monday, with experts noting that the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is fully capable to take part in any action in Syria....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mcgregor-charged-with-assault-in-new-york-after-rampage
The 29-year-old, who became the first UFC fighter to hold two world titles simultaneously when he beat Eddie Alvarez...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/food-buses-and-cash-getting-out-the-vote-the-egyptian-way
Some women in working class Cairo neighbourhoods told Reuters they were promised bags of food in exchange for voting...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/taxi-drivers-call-off-strike-at-larnaca-airport
The taxi drivers strike at Larnaca airport is being suspended hours after it was launched, following an attack incident and an invitation by the transport minister to meet representatives Thursday afternoon. ...