https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fire-breaks-out-near-arsos-with-four-aircraft-joining-firefighting-effort-video
A fire broke out near the Limassol community of Arsos on Monday afternoon, burning through dry grass, wild vegetation and trees as strong winds affected the area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/eu-plan-could-curb-holiday-rentals-to-make-room-for-residents
“We are not fundamentally opposed to short-term rentals,” EU Energy and Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen made clear. “They can be useful for travel and tourism and provide households with extra income.” ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-keeps-the-door-open-for-cyprus-to-buy-american-weapons
The United States will continue allowing defense equipment and services to be supplied to Cyprus for another year, a decision President Nikos Christodoulides says shows how close the two countries have become on security....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/monday-weather-has-entered-the-chat-unfortunately
As much as we would happily cling to summer with both hands and refuse to let go, Cyprus is giving us a few hints that the season is slowly packing its bags. A seasonal low-pressure system is hanging around the area, and a little dust haze may make an appearance today. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-sends-more-than-150-russians-home-as-drone-dispute-deepens
More than 150 employees of Russian missions and members of their families have been ordered to leave Germany as relations between Berlin and Moscow sink to a new low....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/houthis-used-claude-ai-to-help-build-missile-guidance-systems
A cell believed to be linked to Yemen’s Houthi rebels used Claude AI to help develop the software needed to guide and control missiles, according to a new Anthropic threat report cited by the Financial Times....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/$60-000-for-someone-willing-to-kill-in-cyprus
It began with an anonymous message on an encrypted app: a ''job'' somewhere in the European Union, a payment of $60,000 in cryptocurrency, and a request for someone willing to kill....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fuel-tax-cut-will-stay-but-oil-surge-threatens-to-swallow-the-saving
The government has stopped one petrol-price increase from reaching Cyprus drivers, but the international oil market may be preparing another....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bomb-threat-forces-passengers-off-rome-bound-flight-at-larnaca-airport
A bomb threat has triggered a security operation at Larnaca Airport, forcing passengers off an aircraft shortly before it was due to leave for Rome....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ecb-raises-rates-again-as-cyprus-households-face-costlier-loans
If higher supermarket bills, electricity costs and petrol prices were not enough, some Cyprus households could now face another demand on their monthly budget: a more expensive loan....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protesters-reject-herzog-visit-and-warn-cyprus-is-being-pulled-into-war
While Israeli President Isaac Herzog was welcomed in Nicosia as a close friend and strategic partner, protesters outside the Presidential Palace delivered a very different message: Cyprus should be a bridge for peace, not another base for war....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/do-you-remember-where-you-were-when-the-world-changed
Do you remember where you were when the world changed? For anyone old enough to remember Sept. 11, 2001, the answer often comes immediately. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tui-flight-to-paphos-forced-to-turn-back-after-flock-of-birds-hits-aircraft
A TUI flight bound for Paphos was forced to return to Cardiff Airport shortly after take-off on Wednesday after the aircraft was struck by birds....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-ministry-scrambles-to-defend-textbook-fiasco
Cyprus schools have begun the new academic year with a textbook supply problem that the Education Ministry says has been exaggerated, while acknowledging that a number of private contractors failed to deliver printed material on time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/2-977-lights-bring-the-twin-towers-back-to-new-york-s-skyline
Twenty-five years after the Twin Towers disappeared from New York’s skyline, they returned Wednesday night, not in steel and glass, but in light....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/after-4-sold-out-events-majestic-gardens-returns-with-18-new-apartments-from-€50-000
Altamira Real Estate is back after the summer break with one of the most successful real estate events of recent years, inviting the public to a new Open Day & Live Bidding Event at Majestic Gardens in Tersefanou.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inland-hits-a-burning-37°c-as-seasonal-low-pressure-comes-through-to-rob-everybody-of-their-comfort
It’s gonna be mostly clear out there today, but around midday, the clouds start creeping in like somebody trying to sneak into the VIP section without a wristband. If you're up in the mountains, you might catch a quick little pop-up rain shower, just to mess up your day....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/gsi-inside-president-christodoulides-mind
The entry of French company Meridiam as the majority stakeholder in the consortium behind the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) provides greater certainty about the project’s future and significantly reduces its political risk...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/5-000-cyprus-passengers-affected-by-uk-air-traffic-control-failure
Approximately 5,000 passengers travelling to or from Cyprus were affected on Tuesday after a failure in Britain’s air traffic control system caused widespread disruption at airports across the United Kingdom....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ai-researcher-quits-and-warns-the-ai-race-is-getting-dangerously-out-of-control
An artificial intelligence researcher has quit one of the world’s leading AI companies with a warning that is difficult to ignore: the race to build smarter machines is moving faster than efforts to keep them safe....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-patient-misses-transplant-after-no-flight-could-be-found
A 38-year-old patient lost the chance to receive a transplant because Cyprus could not secure a plane to take him to Athens in time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cyprus-sends-hold-onto-me-to-the-oscars-after-its-sundance-triumph
Cyprus has found its Oscar hopeful, and instead of hiding the island behind glossy resorts and postcard beaches, it shows a Cyprus that locals will instantly recognize....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/winter-sun-is-back-wizz-air-brings-back-four-middle-east-destinations-ahead-of-the-winter-season
This week, Wizz Air relaunched flights to Jeddah and Amman & reconfirms the restart of Abu Dhabi and Dubai on October 25th, 2026 – three of the Middle East’s most popular destinations, reconnecting travellers with the Arabian Peninsula. Tickets for all four destinations are on sale now at wizzair.com and via the airline’s mobile app....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erhurman-answers-christodoulides-‘writing-history-together-will-not-be-easy
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has responded to President Nikos Christodoulides’ call for the two men to ''write history together,'' warning that turning those words into reality will be far from easy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-air-conditioning-delays-leave-classrooms-sweltering
A large number of classrooms across Cyprus remain without operational air conditioning despite previous government commitments and installation schedules, the secondary school teachers’ union OELMEK has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-and-sisi-talk-energy-and-defence-before-three-way-summit
President Nikos Christodoulides met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in El Alamein on Tuesday morning, with energy, defense, and the region’s rapidly changing political landscape on the table....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-tourism-in-2026-peak-season-recovery-narrows-the-gap
Cyprus tourism entered 2026 after a record 2025, when arrivals reached 4.53 million. Renewed instability in the Middle East then disrupted travel sentiment and reduced arrivals sharply in March and April. By July, however, the picture had improved: arrivals were only 1.1% below July 2025, following a 1.7% decline in June, compared with contractions of 30.7% in March and 27.6% in April.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/realtor-s-midair-meltdown-ends-in-duct-tape-and-unemployment
An Arizona real estate agent has lost more than his composure following an alleged midair rampage that ended with him duct-taped to his first-class seat....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-backs-new-map-showing-africa-s-true-size
The U.N. General Assembly has backed a move away from the widely used Mercator map towards the Equal Earth projection, which shows the relative size of continents more accurately....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anguish-at-kyrenia-port
In the Greek Cypriot consciousness and narrative, the words ''Kyrenia harbour'' bring to mind the idyllic, picturesque horseshoe-shaped harbor, with its fishing boats and castle in the background, the image that appeared on our school notebooks for decades....
