https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-a-war-of-endurance
It is very difficult to say how the war in Ukraine will end and how long it will last. It is purely a question of endurance, of who will last longer....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-will-default-on-its-debts-imminently-fitch-ratings-agency-has-warned
Russia will default on its debts 'imminently', a leading credit rating agency has warned, as sanctions over Ukraine continue to pummel the country's economy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/five-female-run-businesses-using-design-to-create-a-waste-free-world
From ‘collaborating’ with bacteria to make material for trainers, to ‘unplastic’ made from brewery waste, these female-founded businesses enlist the power of creativity to do away with waste....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-mp-reveals-secret-blacklist-in-state-media
A House representative in the Republic of Cyprus says she had to deal with blacklists when she worked in state media, saying during a budget session on Thursday that she felt compelled to respond to colleagues who defended a move to keep political satire out of public television...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/how-$300-billion-in-russian-money-can-shake-markets
Credit Suisse's strategic analyst Zoltan Pozsar, who shows that Russia has about $ 300 billion in foreign currency swaps abroad,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/historic-leak-of-swiss-banking-records-reveals-unsavory-clients
Despite two decades of pledges by Credit Suisse to crack down on illegitimate funds, data leaked from the bank reveals that it catered to dozens of criminals, dictators, intelligence officials, sanctioned parties and political actors with outsized wealth....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/when-the-tinder-swindler-came-to-cyprus
A few weeks ago, Netflix released a new biographical documentary, The Tinder Rogue. The story deals with the case of the young Simon Hayut or Simon Leviev, as he used to introduce himself to his victims, who cheated on women in order to make money....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-uncovers-promotion-in-ayia-napa-rape-case
A Cypriot member of parliament is seeking answers from police in the Ayia Napa rape case, following revelations that the lead investigator got a promotion after losing a case due to stolen evidence instead of being investigated...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-opposition-leader-refuses-to-pay-power-bill-in-protest
Turkey’s main opposition leader said he will not pay his power bills until Tayyip Erdogan withdraws recent price hikes, and the president’s ruling party slammed the move on Thursday as a provocation amid growing discontent over surging inflation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/casino-boss-in-cyprus-dies-in-hail-of-bullets
A Turkish Cypriot businessman in the north was gunned down Tuesday after his convoy was attacked by assassins thought to be from the mainland, giving traction to a fugitive YouTuber mob boss who warned gangland turf wars in Turkey were now playing out on the island as well...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/credit-suisse-faces-money-laundering-charges-in-bulgarian-cocaine-traffickers-trial
Credit Suisse faced charges in a Swiss court on Monday for allowing an alleged Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang to launder millions of euros, some of it stuffed into suitcases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/can-banking-institutions-unilaterally-impose-new-policies-on-clients-with-housing-loan-agreements
I have recently been dealing with a case where a banking institution in Cyprus has requested from the client to either repay his housing loan earlier or transfer his loan to another bank. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/greece-tax-payment-via-foreign-cards-with-or-without-physical-presence
Greeks and foreigners will finally get the chance to pay their taxes, duties and levies in Greece using cards issued abroad....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/washington-bows-out-of-east-med-gas-pipeline-talk
Washington implicitly clarified in a statement on Monday that it did not support an ambitious East Med gas pipeline project, following a Twitter storm sparked by Greek media reports on a non-paper expressing American reservations about the plan...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/npls-in-cyprus-decrease-€722-million-at-the-end-of-september
Α decrease of €722 million or 14.4% was recorded at the end of September 2021 in aggregate Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) compared with the end of June 2021, according to data released Friday by the Central Banks of Cyprus (CBC)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/loan-restructurings-in-the-cyprus-reached-almost-€2-billion-due-to-covid
Loan restructurings in the Cypriot banking system edged close to €2 billion in the first ten months of 2021, marking the highest figure according to Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) records which began in end-2014....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/consulco-opens-its-limassol-office
Consulco the investment manager with offices in London, Dubai, Moscow and Nicosia established its newest office in Limassol. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/covid-safepass-in-the-form-of-an-implanted-chip
A Swedish start-up company called Epicentre has invented a 'rice-sized' microchip that can be implanted under your skin....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christmas-on-borrowed-cash-for-many
One in four households will take on credit card debt to buy food and presents this festive season, according to the 2021 study of the European Consumer Payment Report....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/how-can-banks-use-smart-automation-to-improve-customer-service
In all industries, there are often many tasks that require the attention of employees, but do not fully utilize their skills, such as archiving, entering data or replying to a routine email....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-lira-whiplashes-after-erdogan-moves-to-protect-savings
Turkey's lira rocketed back from record lows in volatile trading on Tuesday after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan proposed measures to protect local currency savings against such swings....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defense-pokes-holes-in-cyprus-azeri-case
Half of the detained suspects in the Azeri case in Cyprus have been released from custody after their attorney argued that circumstantial evidence was insufficient to warrant their pre-trial detention and pointed to little chance of conviction...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-lira-resumes-slide-to-17-5-against-the-dollar
The Turkish lira continued its freefall after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected warnings from businesses about the dangers of recent interest rate cuts and vowed there was “no going back” from his approach....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/more-foreign-banks-come-to-athens
Big global banks are planning to open branches in Athens next year, while other lenders are expanding their existing banking activity in Greece...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moves-to-make-banking-faster
As part of the strategy to create faster, more flexible and efficient banking services, the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), Mr. Konstantinos Herodotou,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-cyprus-fined-790-000-euros
The Central Bank of Cyprus said it has imposed a fine amounting to €790,000 to Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender over failure to comply with τhe anti-money laundering law and the CBC directive....
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/netflix-presenter-locked-up-in-nicosia
Wrongfully convicted Raphael Rowe, the presenter in NETFLIX series ‘Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons’ has made it to Cyprus, where he is to be locked up for a week in Nicosia Central Prisons without a trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scope-of-search-widens-for-two-missing-russian-women
Police are searching for a person of interest in the case of two missing females from Russia, with a detained suspect insisting he drove the women back home and investigators searching the forest after not having ruled out murder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/sleeping-beauty
A classic and beloved fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" returns for a few performances at the Children's Stage of the Satirical Theater....