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1. Protests continue as Macron stands firm on pension reform

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protests-continue-as-macron-stands-firm-on-pension-reform

French workers angry with President Emmanuel Macron and his plan to raise the pension age blocked access to a terminal at Paris' main airport on Thursday as part of a nationwide day of protests, forcing some travelers to get there on foot....

2. Macron under pressure as pension protests turn violent

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/macron-under-pressure-as-pension-protests-turn-violent

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote prompted violent unrest overnight....

3. Criticism grows as Europe pushes to restrict cars in cities

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/criticism-grows-as-europe-pushes-to-restrict-cars-in-cities

In an effort to ease traffic congestion and curb greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, municipalities from Barcelona to Brussels have embarked on what has been called a “transportation revolution.”...

4. New minister announces urgent safety upgrades to rail network

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-minister-announces-urgent-safety-upgrades-to-rail-network

Greece’s newly-appointed transport minister on Wednesday announced a series of measures to improve the safety of the country’s railway system in the wake of the deadly train collision on February 28....

5. Minister of Labor in the hot seat on COLA issue

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-of-labor-in-the-hot-seat-on-cola-issue

The President of the Republic's directive to the new members of the government that there is no time to waste and that the government should ramp up the initiation of its projects effectively overrides some ministries where pending issues are pressing. ...

6. Iran: Poison attacks on schoolgirls spark protests

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-poison-attacks-on-schoolgirls-spark-protests

Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos....

7. Turkey issues travel warnings for Europe and the United States

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-issues-travel-warnings-for-europe-and-the-united-states

On Saturday night, Turkey's foreign ministry issued two consecutive travel advisories for both European countries and the United States, expressing concern about the possibility of racist attacks....

8. School exams rescheduled to accommodate major strike

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-exams-rescheduled-to-accommodate-major-strike

Unionized teachers in the Republic of Cyprus have secured a time change for school exams on Thursday so that members can take part in a major strike to demand restoration of pre-crisis wage indexation mechanisms for union workers...

9. Zelensky heads to Washington

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zelensky-heads-to-washington

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is on his way to Washington, where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday....

10. NHS nurses walk out in first strike in over a century

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nhs-nurses-walk-out-in-first-strike-in-over-a-century

Nurses across much of the UK launched a historic strike on Thursday, as they walked out of hospitals and onto picket lines after several years of falling pay and declining standards left the country’s nationalized health care system in a state of crisis....

11. Cop screams at Wolt drivers during protest in Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cop-screams-at-wolt-drivers-during-protest-in-cyprus

Wolt drivers in the Republic of Cyprus carried on with demonstrations this week over working conditions and compensation, with one cop known as ‘Black Widow’ getting into a shouting match with food couriers who took to the streets of the capital...

12. Limassol: A dead deer at the Zoo sparks outrage (video)

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-a-dead-deer-at-the-zoo-sparks-outrage-video

A small deer has died at the Limassol Zoo....

13. What connects them to the other side?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/what-connects-them-to-the-other-side

High school students walk through the cobblestone streets of the old town. The demonstration ended around eleven o'clock in the morning....

14. Did Iran just abolish the morailty police?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/did-iran-just-abolish-the-morailty-police

Both Iranian state media and anti-government protesters downplayed statements by an Iranian judicial official that the "morality police" had been abolished on Sunday....

15. Rafales swing by Cyprus after testing NATO integration

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rafales-swing-by-cyprus-after-testing-nato-integration

French fighter jets pierced Cypriot skies over Paphos on Sunday morning, following multicarrier interoperability operations between NATO navies in the Mediterranean...

16. China: Protesters are summoned to present their case

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-protesters-are-summoned-to-present-their-case

Even though they were not identified during the protests, those who attended this weekend's protests in China have received phone calls from the authorities in recent days....

17. Lawyers in Cyprus oppose backlog regulations

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyers-in-cyprus-oppose-backlog-regulations

Lawyers in the Republic Cyprus are planning a demonstration against regulations aimed at expediting backlogged court cases, amid efforts by the state to speed up one of the world’s slowest administration of justice...

18. COVID protests spreading across China

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/covid-protests-spreading-across-china

From Shanghai to Beijing, protests have erupted across China in a rare show of dissent against the ruling Communist Party sparked by anger over the country’s increasingly costly zero-Covid policy....

19. Thirty-nine years since the illegal declaration of the pseudo-state

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thirty-nine-years-since-the-illegal-declaration-of-the-pseudo-state

Today marks 39 years since the illegal declaration of the pseudo-state in the occupied territories of the Republic of Cyprus....

20. Spyware and political games

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spyware-and-political-games

The European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry's draft report on the use of spyware in the EU was lengthy and comprehensive, but in the case of Cyprus, a sizable portion of the information was a repetition of already well-known facts and concerns about the absence of the required institutional framework. ...

21. 'He must resign': Minister of Education slammed on chaperone issue

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/he-must-resign-minister-of-education-slammed-on-chaperone-issue

Youla Pitsiali, President of the NGO "Embrace of Hope," has launched attacks on the Minister of Education....

22. Locals still object to barbed wire around divided Nicosia

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/locals-keep-objecting-to-barbed-wire-around-divided-nicosia

New video footage shows barbed wire tossed aside in east Nicosia, with local media following the story after locals west of the capital demonstrated over the weekend against a controversial government fence aimed at keeping irregular migrants at bay...

23. Iran: Protests continue for 10th night, at least 41 dead

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-protests-continue-for-10th-night-at-least-41-dead

Iranians have taken to the streets for a 10th consecutive night to protest against the death of Mahsa Amini in defiance of a warning from the judiciary....

24. Cyprus Voice for Animals to hold protest at Presidential Palace on Oct 1st

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-voice-for-animals-to-hold-protest-at-presidential-palace-on-oct-1st

Cyprus Voice for Animals will be holding a demonstration in front of the presidential palace on Saturday, October 1st. The animal welfare organization is calling on the government to train and empower the Animal Police in Cyprus so that they can strictly enforce animal welfare laws that are already in place....

25. Protests outside Iranian embassy in Nicosia

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protests-outside-iranian-embassy-in-nicosia

Dozens of citizens gathered at noon on Sunday outside the Iranian embassy, ​​in Nicosia, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, in order to express their support and solidarity with the women of Iran....

26. Activists attacked during animal liberation protest

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/activists-attacked-during-animal-liberation-protest

Animal Party Cyprus is calling on Cypriot authorities to investigate an incident over the weekend after two animal rights activists said they were attacked by an unknown person during a peaceful demonstration in Nicosia...

27. Iran: Pro-regime marchers calling for execution of protesters

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-pro-regime-marchers-calling-for-execution-of-protesters

State-organized demonstrations took place in several Iranian cities on Friday to counter anti-government protests triggered by the death of a woman in police custody, with some marchers calling for the execution of rioters....

28. Iran: Massive protests continue after the death of Mahsa Amini

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-massive-protests-continue-after-the-death-of-mahsa-amini

Surrounded by a crowd chanting slogans, a woman picks up a pair of scissors and cuts off her ponytail, revealing her head. In a sea of people, many of them men, neither a hijab nor a headscarf is visible....

29. Government weighs in on knife assault against Russians

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-weighs-in-on-knife-assault-against-russians

A knife assault perpetrated by a Ukrainian woman against Russians in Cyprus continues to draw comments from officials, with the government saying the case was already on a path to justice...

30. The second annual vegan fam festival is back!

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-second-annual-vegan-fam-festival-is-back

The Vegan Fam Festival returns for the second time on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at the Centennial Olive Park in the village of Psematismenos, Larnaca. Opening time 11:00 - 23:00. Free entrance....

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