https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tennis-star-djokovic-wins-court-battle-to-stay-in-australia
World number one Novak Djokovic was released from Australian immigration detention on Monday after winning a court challenge to remain in the country to pursue his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title at the upcoming Australian Open....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/feeding-your-dogs-insects-can-help-fight-climate-change
Many pet owners reflexively bark “No!” when their dog or cat prepares to feast on a bug. But despite what scientists call the “yuck factor,” insects could be a sustainable secret ingredient for the booming pet food industry....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-department
Cyprus has continued to make progress in strengthening banking efforts to combat terrorist financing, according to the State Department's report on terrorism for 2020. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/east-med-is-‘not-a-turkish-sea-president-of-french-senate-tells-kathimerini
The East Mediterranean is not a Turkish sea and interoperability between the French and Greek armed forces is a factor that brings stability to the region...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-s-new-chancellor
Olaf Scholz became Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor Wednesday, opening a new era for the European Union’s most populous nation and largest economy after Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/end-of-an-era-germany-s-merkel-bows-out-after-16-years
Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-readies-its-air-force-to-transport-covid-patients-to-other-parts-of-the-country
Germany readied its air force to transfer COVID-19 patients from overwhelmed hospitals in the south as national case numbers rocketed and a new virus variant in South Africa caused widespread alarm....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/1-the-evros-example
The West, particularly Europe, is faced with a dilemma. It is challenged by tough players that casually utilize threats and blackmail....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/youtuber-mafia-boss-shakes-politics-in-the-north
The Turkish Cypriot political landscape has been shaken to the core after an ex-con mafia boss turned YouTube sensation threatened to release videos starring prominent politicians in private sex encounters...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/colin-powell-dies-after-complications-from-covid-19
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/shorter-work-week-gains-momentum-in-belgium
Belgium could move to a four-day working week, as the government discusses broader reforms of the labor market....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/futuristic-mega-yacht-back-in-cyprus
The futuristic mega yacht owned by a Russian industrialist is drawing attention once again in Cyprus, with maritime maps showing the Sailing Yacht A anchored in Chrysochou Bay on Monday morning...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/why-europeans-are-facing-a-heavy-winter
Europe 's households are facing much higher energy bills in winter due to rising global energy and gas prices, and consumer organizations have warned that the most vulnerable could be hit by energy poverty....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fears-of-panic-buying-in-the-uk-ahead-of-the-christmas-season
Fears of panic shopping ahead of Christmas are being raised by market participants in Britain....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-cost-of-ignoring-climate-crisis-unimaginable
Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/congress-presses-state-department-on-turkey-s-drone-program
Twenty-eight members of the House of Representatives, led by Congressmen David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Gus Bilirakis of Florida, wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to '[express] concern over Turkey’s UAV program, which has destabilized multiple regions of the globe and threatens US interests, allies, and partners'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-teams-waste-no-time-in-greece
A Cypriot fire fighting team dispatched to Greece this week wasted no time upon arrival in Attica on Wednesday, as wildfires in the broader area continued to threaten the wider region in the hottest part of the summer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-focused-on-agenda-after-cabinet-reshuffle
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says this week reshuffle of his Cabinet will serve the government agenda, while blaming the opposition for his coalition-style approach falling flat...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eastmed-faces-another-challenge-next-week
European Union countries will seek to prolong EU support for cross-border natural gas projects, a stance at odds with the European Commission’s plan to end such funding, according to a draft document...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-mines-insolvency-under-scrutiny-in-us
Cyprus Mines Corporation which filed for bankruptcy in the United States following hundreds of asbestos lawsuits has rejected accusations that a committee representing claimants was acting in bad faith, but lawyers representing victims are calling on a judge to rework a deal under intense scrutiny...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-ready-to-spring-forward-again
People in Cyprus will lose an hour of sleep after Daylight Saving Time goes into effect Sunday morning, with European officials and public opinion still divided on whether there is value in switching back and forth at all...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eastmed-pipeline-could-be-ready-in-five-years
The EastMed pipeline could be in place in five years, Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, Yuval Steinitz, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), describing it as an extremely important project....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-walks-free-after-long-detention
A Syrian man was detained since May 2019 on terrorism charges won his appeal on Thursday, after the Supreme Court ruled that his detention had exceeded any valid period that had previously been justified on national security grounds...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-seek-to-inject-energy-into-slow-vaccine-rollout
European Union leaders are gathering Thursday to try to inject new energy into the bloc’s lagging coronavirus vaccination efforts as concern mounts that new variants might spread faster than authorities can adapt....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-against-two-state-deal-on-cyprus-heather-a-conley-tells-kathimerini
Heather A. Conley is no stranger to Greece as she has made a point of visiting the country every year and also participated in the 2019 Delphi Forum – the last that actually took place in Delphi. A Washington veteran, she is senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic and director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-fm-visits-gulf-before-us-inauguration
Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides flew to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to hold a private meeting with his counterpart, days after the two countries signed a military cooperation agreement but also days before a changing of the guard in Washington could spell trouble for US arms sales to Gulf states...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/blame-game-in-full-swing-after-budget-vote
The government in the Republic of Cyprus faced an unprecedented challenge on Thursday, after failing to pass a 2021 budget in the House, with lawmakers approving stopgap measures to keep making payments for the next couple of months...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stella-kyriakides-at-digital-agenda-cyprus-summit-2020
On 1 December 2019, Ms. Kyriakides became the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/reactions-point-to-varosha-election-gimmick
Political reactions have been getting stronger by the day on both sides of divided Cyprus over a recent announcement to open a beach strip in ghost town Varosha in the north, just days ahead of a general election...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sanctions-unfeasible-and-ineffective
Nathalie Tocci was a close adviser to former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, during the years when the Cyprus Problem came – according to many - closer than ever to a solution. Today, she is a close advisor to Josep Borrell and, having monitored the Cyprus Problem for many years and having played a central role in the effort to formulate a European strategy for foreign policy, she has a strong view not only on Cyprus but also on the Greek-Turkish conflict. At the same time, she takes a critical approach to the efforts exerted by Athens and Nicosia to link sanctions against Turkey with those against Belarus.
...
