https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-banks-strict-adherence-to-sanctions-worries-legitimate-entities
Banks have become cautious regarding sanctions imposed by the USA, EU, and UK, and they are not willing to take any risk in serving individuals or entities in Cyprus who are subject to sanctions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/three-of-four-unions-accept-labour-minister-s-improved-cola-proposal
Assuming it is God's will and with PEO's permission on Friday, it's anticipated that the issue of Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) will come to a close....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/full-speed-ahead-to-manage-the-partition
Varosha was considered the last hope for a solution to the Cyprus problem and was "the negotiating card" of the Turkish side, as the former leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mehmet Ali Talat,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/murdered-hooker-still-unnamed-as-friend-gets-jailed
More details have emerged in the brutal murder of a woman from Ukraine, with Cypriot police focusing primarily on a single male suspect while also arresting her female friend, a key witness who says she had booked an extended paid sex appointment for the victim on the night she was killed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/worker-injured-after-hooded-men-attack-speed-camera-van
Another speed camera van was attacked in the Republic of Cyprus, with reports saying a male company employee was struck in the head when hooded men assaulted him in the dead of night...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-brutally-murdered-in-her-limassol-apartment
Police are searching for a suspect in connection with the death of a woman from Ukraine, who was found tied up and gagged in her own apartment in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sex-rendezvous-messages-emerge-in-murder-investigation
Cyprus Police are investigating the murder of a sex worker in Limassol that took place over the weekend, when a woman from Ukraine was found dead in her hotel apartment where an asylum seeker from Turkey had also booked an appointment to see her on Saturday evening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-boost-sex-trafficking-ops-days-after-limassol-murder
Cyprus Police arrested a man in Limassol on Tuesday during a sex trafficking operation, but officials declined to comment whether the investigation was linked to the murder of an unnamed woman from Ukraine over the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paris-supports-dialogue-on-cyprus-issue
President Christodoulides' visit to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron confirms the excellent level of bilateral relations between Cyprus and France. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vulture-from-spain-dies-of-electrocution-in-cyprus
A vulture born in Spain and released in Cyprus to help repopulate the island was tragically killed on Sunday, when the magnificent bird collided with power lines in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/macron-affirms-support-on-cyprus-problem
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, expressed his support to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, regarding the national problem....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/14-year-old-kills-8-classmates-and-security-guard-in-belgrade
A 14-year-old boy opened fire in his Belgrade classroom on Wednesday morning, shooting dead eight fellow pupils and a security guard in a pre-planned attack and wounding seven others, Serbian officials said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/banks-announce-measures-on-interest-rates
Since July 2022, lending rates in Cyprus have risen by 3.5%, putting borrowers in a difficult position with dangerously increasing loan repayments....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-than-330-000-people-displaced-in-sudan-due-to-conflict
Deadly conflicts in Sudan have displaced more than 330,000 people inside the country, while more than 100,000 have crossed the border to neighboring countries, the United Nations has announced....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-falls-to-his-death-from-ayia-napa-s-famed-cliff
A man believed to be a foreign national was killed in Ayia Napa on Saturday after he fell off a cliff at a famous tourist attraction possibly while trying to take a selfie...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gov-t-officials-submit-asset-declarations-who-holds-the-most-valuable-property
The deadline for submitting the Asset Declarations by members of the new Government, as provided by legislation, ends today, Thursday, April 27th....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mykonos-bars-face-minuscule-fine-for-illegal-structures-demolition
In the latest twist in the Mykonos saga, a new Environment Ministry legislative provision stipulates that if the Principote and Nammos bars on the island demolish all of their illegal structures by early May,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/speculation-rampant-as-cyprus-investigates-russian-fire
The cause of a large fire on Wednesday at a Russian building in central Nicosia is under investigation, with media speculation ranging from an accident to a possible terrorist attack and authorities not ruling out anything...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-to-stand-trial-in-fatal-substation-accident
The Cyprus Electricity Authority will stand trial as a corporation in the fatal accident at a utility substation in 2021, but prosecutors won’t be seeking any prison sentence as there are no individual defendants in the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-holds-sanctions-meeting-with-stakeholders
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, will preside over a new meeting at 1030 local time on Tuesday, on the issue of sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on individuals and legal entities in Cyprus 'in connection with the Russian Federation’s unlawful and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including facilitators of sanctions evasion'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/folli-follie-trial-set-for-june-after-lawyers-abstention-ends
The trial of Greek jewelry maker Folli Follie is expected to finally take place in June after being deadlocked for some time. This was due to lawyers abstaining from their duties in trials concerning criminal organizations due to legal disagreements concerning a legislative provision stating that any sentences imposed would be served. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-turkish-formula-for-cyprus-is-challenging
A complex equation for the Cyprus problem is foreseen by circles at the EU headquarters, regardless of who wins Turkey's elections. This is because neither of the two main candidates, Tayyip Erdogan nor Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has the resolution of the Cyprus problem on their agenda. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-real-estate-industry-s-crucial-turning-point
The European Parliament recently approved a new bill that aims to tackle climate change by reducing carbon emissions. This new legislation has significant implications for the property markets in Cyprus and Greece, where there is a large stock of buildings over 30 years old and requiring energy upgrades....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/worker-s-mystery-death-in-limassol-under-new-scrutiny
Cyprus Police are investigating a natural death involving a foreign worker in Limassol, but his family blames his boss following an accident that was not reported to authorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hacked-data-from-cyprus-up-for-grabs-online
Encrypted folders with stolen information from Open University of Cyprus may be available on the dark web, where data brokers and identity thieves can now buy access to private information of students and staff after the institution failed to pay ransom...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hackers-leak-open-university-data-after-ransom-demand-not-met
The Open University of Cyprus failed to meet the deadline set by the "Medusa" group of hackers to pay a ransom in exchange for not releasing sensitive personal data....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/deadline-looms-for-hackers-threat-to-release-open-university-data
The clock is ticking for the Open University as the deadline looms for a group of hackers called 'Medusa' to release personal data that they intercepted. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/politics-blog-moscow-on-the-mediterranean
While some talk behind our backs, The Guardian is unabashedly labeling our country, especially our banking system, as the "Moscow of the Mediterranean". ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/air-guardsman-caught-applying-for-hitman-job-on-rentahitman-com
An Air National Guardsman was arrested and charged Thursday with applying to be a hitman on a parody website, officials say....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/from-chocolate-bunnies-to-souvla
As an American Roman Catholic, I thought I had the whole Easter celebration thing down pat. I mean, I grew up with the Easter bunny and chocolate eggs, and I knew all about the Stations of the Cross and Good Friday services.
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