https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-med-gets-first-offshore-wind-farm-as-italy-vows-energy-revolution
The Mediterranean's first offshore wind farm is rising from the shallows off Italy, its turbines a symbol of hope for a Europe suffering an energy crisis exacerbated by war....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-ministry-increases-2022-inflation-estimate-to-4
The Ministry of Finance has revised an initial 2022 inflation estimate of 1.5% to 4% due to the rise in petrol prices in the midst of the crisis in Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/world-faces-food-crisis-due-to-ukraine-war
A global food crisis looms unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertilizer prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford soil nutrients, Russian fertilizer and coal billionaire Andrei Melnichenko said on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/fly-a-kite-have-a-picnic-or-join-a-carnival-party
Before you expiate, celebrate! Here are just some things you can do this weekend to celebrate Green Monday. Of course, you can go traditional by flying a kite ahead of a picnic, but you can also make the most of the weekend by dressing up and joining one of the many carnival parties in Limassol. Either way, it's sure to be a fun long weekend. Here are just a few of the fun things you can do....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/alexis-pantazis-and-emilios-markou-of-hellas-direct-have-been-named-ey-entrepreneurs-of-the-year-for-2022-in-cyprus
This prestigious award for entrepreneurs was presented for the first time in Cyprus. Winners will represent Cyprus at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Awards in Monte Carlo, in June 2022
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/exports-of-halloumi-medicine-and-other-local-products-to-the-uae
The enhancement of trade relations between Cyprus and the UAE, was discussed on Wednesday in Dubai, during a meeting between Cyprus Energy, Commerce, and Industry Minister, Natasa Pilides, and UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani Ahmad Al Zeyoudi....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-covid-action-plan-for-cyprus-airports-in-place-from-february-21
The Council of Ministers decided today that new measures regulating travelers arriving into Cyprus will take effect on February 21st instead of March 1st....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/buffer-zone-twin-still-missing-after-ordeal
A lithe girl’s whereabouts remained unknown on Tuesday after UN peacekeepers found her sibling in the buffer zone before dawn, with authorities still searching but not ruling out she may be with other adults on either side of the divided island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-asks-for-eu-s-contribution-to-confidence-building-measures
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday briefed the European Council President Charles Michel on efforts to resume the Cyprus peace talks and asked for the EU`s contribution to confidence-building measures (CBM)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-government-to-report-farmer-s-harassment-by-turkish-military-to-the-eu
The Cyprus government will report to the EU an incident concerning a farmer’s harassment by the Turkish occupation forces in the village of Deneia, located in Nicosia District, within the buffer zone....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriots-say-soldiers-drew-guns-in-buffer-zone
UN officials in ethnically-divided Cyprus say an incident in the buffer zone was resolved peacefully, with local media reporting a Greek Cypriot farmer was asked by armed Turkish soldiers to leave the area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/haute-cuisine-in-the-mountains-of-cyprus-i-think-so
If you think haute cuisine is available only in urban centers around the island, well you're wrong! Meze isn't the only grub you'll find in the villages around Cyprus. And here are four restaurants in the countryside that are proof positive that fine dining isn't exclusive to the city at all....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/meps-call-on-eu-countries-to-respect-animal-welfare-during-transport
After 18 months of fact-finding, MEPs call on EU countries to respect animal welfare during transport and to transition to transporting meat and not live animals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/lefkara-named-as-one-of-the-best-tourist-destinations-in-the-world
The World Tourism Organisation has named the best tourism villages in the world. The villages were ranked based on several important factors....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sidney-poitier-has-died-at-the-age-of-94
Legendary Hollywood actor and first black man to win an acting Oscar, Sir Sidney Poitier, has died at the age of 94, a Bahamian government official has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ghislaine-maxwell-convicted-in-epstein-sex-abuse-case
The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/feeding-your-dogs-insects-can-help-fight-climate-change
Many pet owners reflexively bark “No!” when their dog or cat prepares to feast on a bug. But despite what scientists call the “yuck factor,” insects could be a sustainable secret ingredient for the booming pet food industry....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/limassol-mayor-highlights-environmental-issues-affecting-city
A research study on the environmental risks and economic benefits of sector activities in Limassol, demonstrates the urgent need to protect the city’s coastal, marine and maritime environment....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/let-s-talk-turkey
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. The biggest holiday in the US, and possibly the busiest when it comes to air travel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-produces-first-ever-pdo-halloumi
The first badge of halloumi bearing the PDO certificate has been produced by a Greek Cypriot dairy business in Frenaros, but comments in Turkish Cypriot media gave way to a war of words over which side actually authorizes inspections on the ethnically divided island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tatar-puts-up-new-fight-for-squeaky-cheese
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is taking to task European Union decisions on halloumi/hellim, the island’s famous cheese, saying they favor Greek Cypriots and leave their counterparts in the north at the mercy of inspectors approved by the south...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/speakers-gather-in-nicosia-to-discuss-the-technological-revolution
Digital Agenda Cyprus was off to a running start on Tuesday with introductory remarks by founder Demetris Lottides...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-lacks-snitches-to-root-out-cartels
The head of Cyprus’ competition protection office says its program designed to root out cartels on the island has failed because of the country’s closed society where snitching is not part of Cypriot culture...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europol-cracks-down-on-human-trafficking
Two hundred and sixty-nine (269) potential victims of exploitation were identified during Europol's eight-day, coordinated pan-European action to crack down on trafficking in human beings and labor exploitation in the agricultural sector,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/turning-food-waste-into-food
Greek-owned startup Better Origin makes the most of the food recycling process, turning food waste into top-quality food for poultry and squeezing an entire farm into a container....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-drives-pickup-truck-onto-parliament-forecourt-threatens-bomb
A man drove a pickup truck onto Parliament’s forecourt in downtown Athens on Monday morning, stopping in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and threatening to detonate an explosive device....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protected-too-late-us-officials-report-more-than-20-extinctions
The ivory-billed woodpecker, which birders have been seeking in the bayous of Arkansas, is gone forever, according to federal officials....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fuel-crisis-deepens-in-the-uk
The Association of Oil Retailers warned on Sunday night that now 50% to 85% of service stations in the UK (excluding motorways and supermarkets) have run out of fuel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/double-geopolitical-poker
Geopolitics is a game that is much like poker. This means that you have to keep your cards close to your chest and, most importantly, keep the other players guessing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fears-of-panic-buying-in-the-uk-ahead-of-the-christmas-season
Fears of panic shopping ahead of Christmas are being raised by market participants in Britain....