https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-gdp-grows-by-0-8-in-the-first-three-months
Bailed out eurozone member Cyprus notched up its 13th consecutive quarter in positive growth with GDP rising 0.8 percent in the first quarter, an official estimate showed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-s-souda-bay-military-base-is-‘world-class
Greece’s military base in Souda Bay, Crete, is an “essential hub” for NATO operations in the Mediterranean, combining world-class facilities with access to North Africa, the Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples and US Naval Forces Europe and Africa, US Navy Admiral James Foggo....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stavros-death-could-be-turning-point-in-health-debate
The state is footing the bill for the funeral of 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis, whose death from a traumatic brain injury resulted in the arrest of two doctors and reopened the health debate in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israeli-forces-kill-dozens-in-gaza-protests-as-anger-mounts-over-us-embassy
Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, health officials said, as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eastern-mediterranean-faces-security-threat-from-cyprus
The eastern Mediterranean region will face a sustained security threat if Cyprus continues unilateral operations there, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/the-guards-are-waiting
Today, Greece is being run by a combination of “pink guards” officials of the old PASOK, friends and relatives...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brexit-hit-eu-staff-ditch-uk-passports
About one in 10 British civil servants at the European Commission has taken another EU nationality since the Brexit vote, but are nonetheless resigned to scant prospects of future promotion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doctorts-clash-with-minister-following-boy-s-death
State doctors say working conditions are to blame for the death of a school boy that led to the arrest of two emergency medics, with the health minister describing the connection as “most unfortunate” as the incident is under three separate investigations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/are-britons-really-bothered-about-royal-wedding
There is no doubt that the wedding of Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and sixth-in-line to the throne, and Hollywood actress Markle, star of TV drama “Suits”, has the media transfixed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/israel-eyes-5-claim-of-cyprus-aphrodite-gas-field
Energy Ministry Yuval Steinitz told Cypriot leaders that Israel is demanding 5% or more of the production from the joint Aphrodite-Yishai natural- gas field in disputed Mediterranean waters...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hariri-to-visit-cyprus-after-government-formed-in-lebanon
President Nicos Anastasiades spoke Friday on the phone with Lebanon's Saad Hariri, hoping he will be re-elected as Prime Minister of Lebanon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-backs-off-supplying-syria-with-s-300-missile
Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-seeks-very-meaningful-summit-in-with-n-korea
US President Donald Trump has high hopes of “doing something very meaningful” to curtail North Korea’s nuclear ambitions at a summit in Singapore next month, after Pyongyang smoothed the way for talks by freeing three American prisoner...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/uk-food-prices-likely-to-rise-without-a-brexit-deal
Food prices are likely to rise after Brexit if no trade agreement with the EU is reached and there could be shortages of some products...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/all-lights-set-on-green-for-end-to-greek-bailout
Greece’s exit from a bailout program instituted by the eurozone and International Monetary Fund looks set to proceed in August, Luxembourg finance minister Pierre Gramegna said on Friday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/greece-cyprus-and-israel-together-in-washington
While the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel confirmed once again in Nicosia their strategic choice to follow a common course on a number of issues and to promote cooperation in a series of sectors – leading with energy – diaspora organizations from the three countries organized a joint conference in Washington...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hope-that-new-crossing-points-will-open-as-planned
Work on two new crossing points across the island's divide is going to plan, Cypriot officials said...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/bank-of-england-keeps-powder-dry-on-rate-rise
The Bank of England held interest rates and said weak growth during a snowy start to 2018 was likely to be only temporary, but it wanted to see a pick-up in the economy in the next few months before raising borrowing costs...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-halts-medical-cannabis-bill-due-to-recent-crimes
Members of the House are turning against a medical marijuana bill, citing recent horrific crimes on the island and fears they may be linked to the use of cannabis. But studies suggest that decriminalisation has actually helped violent crime rates drop considerably....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/changing-the-constitution-of-fyrom
As talks aimed at resolving the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) intensify, it has to be understood by all sides that any name that is agreed should be used domestically as well as internationally...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-targets-israeli-bases-across-syrian-frontier
Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli barrages against Syria since the conflict there began in 2011...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chemical-attack-accusations-‘a-farce-assad-tells-kathimerini
In an exclusive interview with Kathimerini, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that the Syrian Army used chemical weapons against civilians while taking aim at both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-ratchets-up-rhetoric-in-oil-tank-saga
Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras says he does not agree with the latest memorandum on the removal of oil and gas installations in his town, saying his constituents want to see action and not just words...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-in-serbia-to-sign-agreements
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is in Serbia for a two-day official visit, during which bilateral agreements will be signed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mouzos-admits-firing-shots-against-cops
Police are hoping that shooting suspect Elias Mouzos, who was arrested Tuesday and confessed to firing his gun at officers, could help investigators solve older cases involving the criminal underworld...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/first-shipping-minister-sets-ambitious-targets-for-cyprus
The country’s location and tax system have made it a shipping magnet -- drawing maritime companies from Norway, Greece, Dubai and South Korea -- and prompting the creation of a ministry for the industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-contemplates-requisition-in-paphos-bus-strike
The Transport Ministry is considering a tough response to the ongoing bus strike in Paphos, including a possible order for requisition to put an end to the saga affecting thousands just before student exams...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/global-impact-of-us-of-withdrawing-from-iran-nuclear-deal
President Donald Trump has made his decision. The United States is going to withdraw from what he called Tuesday a "defective deal"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europe-urges-us-not-to-block-it-from-sticking-to-iran-deal
Britain, Germany and France urged the United States not to take steps that would make life harder for other countries that still want to stick to the Iran nuclear deal that US President Donald Trump has spurned...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/revolution-sweeps-armenian-opposition-leader-into-power
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected Armenia’s prime minister on Tuesday, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic...
