https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/georgiades-makes-the-good-case-for-ccb
Borrowers who default on a loan won’t be able to pick up the phone and ask a politician to intervene, according to Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, who insists that separating healthy banking from bad loans is the best way forward for the Cyprus Cooperative Bank....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-warns-the-missiles-are-coming-for-syria
The White House pushed back against suggestions that Trump had broadcast his plans for military strikes via Twitter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-egypt-prepare-the-ground-for-natural-gas-pipeline
The two countries will soon sign an agreement for a submarine natural gas pipeline from Cyprus' EEZ to a Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Egypt...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/southeast-asia-s-idyllic-islands-buckle-under-tourism-strain
Airports have become chaotic, hotels are being thrown up hastily with little regard for safety and sanitation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cooperative-bank-outflow-appears-to-have-stopped
The Cyprus finance minister says outflow has stopped at the state-owned Cyprus Cooperative Bank, following a €2.5 billion deposit by the government that is seeking private investors for the troubled institution....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-protest-construction-of-akkuyu-nuclear-plant
Cyprus is more concerned than any other country since the power plant will be situated just a few dozen kilometres from its northern coast...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/j-p-starts-to-pay-workers-again
J&P workers in Saudi Arabia finally got their December pay cheque following a protracted labour dispute with the management of the Cypriot company, which is facing a number of financial challenges. Cypriot workers are still waiting to get paid but it looks like they will have to wait until after the Easter holidays....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/consumers-group-calls-for-easter-boycott
The Cyprus Consumers Union is calling for a boycott on seasonal fruit and vegetables, warning businesses that supporters of the group will shop only at produce markets where prices return to normal, lower levels....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/labour-exploitation-is-the-main-form-of-trafficking-in-cyprus
Labour exploitation has emerged as the predominant form of trafficking in Belgium, Cyprus, Georgia, Portugal, Serbia and the UK...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-turkey-migrant-deal-‘at-risk-report-says
The deal signed between Ankara and Brussels in March 2016 to crack down on human trafficking over the Aegean is hanging in the balance as several countries are reportedly refusing to pay for it, insisting that the European Commission cover the next tranche of 3 billion euros in funding pledged to Turkey....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/echr-rules-against-cyprus
The European Court of Human Rights upheld a complaint against Cyprus with four votes in favour and three against, where a Polish inmate accused the state of inhumane treatment....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/easter-prices-unjustifiably-high
The price of fruit and vegetables has gone up for the Easter holidays but neither weather nor demand appears to justify how much it is costing the consumers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bad-loans-still-high-despite-fast-economic-growth
Cyprus' economic growth has been supported by construction, tourism and professional services...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/j-p-in-saudi-arabia-in-dire-straits
The Cyprus-based J&P Overseas construction company is in a negative spotlight this week, after a series of damning letters sent by employees to Riyadh’s management were made public. The allegations are pretty ugly but the company vows to fix problems....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/speed-camera-plans-move-forward
Just as plans for speed cameras seemed to be going nowhere, an official meeting last week gave the go ahead for the tender process to begin within the next few months. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-seek-clarification-on-humanitarian-aid-tax
The decision to impose taxes was taken by the authorities last October and condemned by the Cyprus government...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/ayia-napa-moves-ahead-with-golf-course
The construction of a golf course in Ayia Napa is moving ahead, trying to raise the profile of a resort town desperately trying to rebrand its tourist product. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/economic-sentiment-indicator-decreased-by-1-6-points-in-march
The decline resulted from a worsening of business confidence in services, industry, and among consumers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/extradition-case-of-cypriot-hacker-delayed
The extradition hearing of a 20-year-old man in Cyprus, accused of wire fraud and wanted by the FBI, was interrupted Thursday after his defence team accused the prosecutor of withholding evidence and presenting an reliable witness. His Cypriot trial is scheduled to go forward April 3....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-won-t-abandon-gas-search-despite-geopolitical-challenges
Drillings planned in Cyprus' EEZ for 2018 mainly by ExxonMobil will give a pretty good idea about the island's resources...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-doesn-t-expect-any-problems-with-turkey
She stressed that the best way to work out how to share resources would be to have a Cyprus settlement...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/moody-s-sees-robust-economic-recovery-helping-cypriot-banks
It expects that banks will continue to make progress on restructuring troubled loans and selling real-estate collateral...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-dumps-chief-diplomat-tillerson-after-clashes
Senior State Department officials said Tillerson was unaware of why Trump pushed him out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-urges-syria-to-ensure-truce-for-ghouta-aid-convoy
The UN humanitarian coordinator in Syria appealed to the government on Thursday to commit to a ceasefire in eastern Ghouta to let in an aid convoy containing emergency medical supplies that were stripped from a delivery on Monday....
