https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fb-ready-to-deal-with-strict-eu-laws
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said this week that he agreed “in spirit” with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/south-africa-s-zuma-appears-in-court-on-corruption-charges
Thousands of Zuma supporters gathered to express solidarity with a leader they say is the victim of a politically motivated witchhunt...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/fyrom-and-its-irredentist-claims
Greece has never recognized an ethnic minority and the present government will be no exception...
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/life/saudi-arabia-s-first-new-cinema-in-decades-to-open
Saudi Arabia had some cinemas in the 1970s but its powerful clerics closed them"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/demand-for-new-diesel-cars-in-britain-nosedived-by-more-than-a-third-in-march
Sales of diesel cars have slumped in many European countries as regulators and politicians crack down on the segment with plans for bans...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fears-that-erdogan-is-controlling-migrant-flows-to-raise-pressure
Tensions have peaked in the Aegean in recent weeks with a spike in Turkish violations of Greek airspace and disputes at sea...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-will-get-russian-s-400-missiles-next-year
The deal worth some $2.5 billion has worried the West because the system cannot be integrated into NATO’s military architecture...
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/cyprus-and-france-conduct-joint-search-and-rescue-exercise
The scenario dealt with a simulated maritime accident on a ship or platform...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/meps-will-get-sense-of-urgency-on-missing-persons
So far 856 missing persons from both communities have been identified and returned to the families for a dignified burial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/president-erdogan-s-exasperation
His aim, in this case, is to exert pressure on the Greek government for the extradition of the eight...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/executive-at-fire-ravaged-russian-shopping-mall-arrested
The top floor of the complex, where the fire started, was packed with families visiting a cinema and a children’s play area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cobalt-air-spreads-its-wings-to-denmark
Cobalt Air continues its European expansion this month with another inaugural flight, which will be a twice-weekly economy service from Larnaca to Copenhagen,Tuesday and Friday. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-spy-poisoned-by-nerve-agent-outside-home
Russia has denied any involvement in the attack and has said it suspects the British secret services of using the Novichok nerve agent...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-says-north-korea-commitment-to-denuclearization
North Korea is willing to talk with the United States and hold a summit between the two countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-army-preparing-huge-operation-in-douma
Routed by the Russian-backed Syrian army, rebels in other parts of eastern Ghouta are leaving in convoys...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-year-away-from-brexit-britons-views-remain-as-entrenched-as-ever
17.4 million Britons who voted to quit the EU in a 2016 referendum, giving the Brexit campaign victory over the 16.1 million voters who wanted to stay...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israeli-police-question-netanyahu-in-telecom-corruption-case
Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a witch hunt...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-host-turkish-president-erdogan-for-uneasy-summit
Erdogan will seek more money for Syrian refugees, a deeper customs union and progress on letting Turks visit Europe without visas...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/at-least-53-killed-in-russia-shopping-mall-fire
The blaze started on an upper floor of the Winter Cherry complex while many of the victims were at the cinema...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/british-bases-deal-blow-to-illegal-bird-trappers
SBA Police feel the high-profile destruction of seized trapping equipment will send out a strong message to the bird trapping community...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cypriot-investor-signs-$4-2-billion-zimbabwe-platinum-deal
It is the largest investment structure in the country’s mining industry in Zimbabwe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-condemn-turkey-for-illegal-actions-as-transgressions-continue
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday unanimously condemned Turkey for its aggression toward Greece and Cyprus and called on Ankara to release two Greek soldiers who have been in Turkish custody for more than three weeks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/municipal-police-in-the-works
Ministers of Justice and the Interior are putting their heads together to draft legislation for accelerating the creation of a new Municipal Police. The new force will handle minor violations, such as illegal parking and smoking, thus relieving state police who have their hands full with serious offences such as speeding and drinking under the influence. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sarkozy-denies-wrongdoing-over-libya-lies
At issue is a murky affair of Libyan spies, arms dealers and allegations that late Libyan leader Gaddafi provided Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign with millions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/the-thin-white-line
PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis’s armed intervention on the playing field makes him the personification of our inability to respect limits...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hedge-funds-show-interest-in-cyprus-co-op
Major hedge funds are showing interest in the Co-Operative Bank of Cyprus, including one headed by former Bank of Cyprus Vice Chairman and current US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. It is too early to predict any deal since investor goals differ from each other and all would depend on final numbers at a later stage. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kotzias-in-landmark-visit-to-skopje-amid-rift-at-home
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to conduct a landmark visit to Skopje Thursday, amid signs that Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are edging closer to a solution on the latter’s official name, though differences remain within the coalition in Athens over the issue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/co-op-bank-en-route-to-healthy-future
Cyprus Co-operative Bank will be healthier without a massive NPL problem. Already it has managed to cut down on the number of branches and reduce its staff, but now the big step is finding investors with the right kind of portfolio to move banking forward....
