https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-report-on-cyprus-notes-rise-of-antisemitism
A US report on Cyprus highlights significant human rights issues including reports of abuse and harsh conditions in detention centers for asylum seekers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-high-commissioner-visits-voice-for-autism-makes-donation
British High Commissioner in Nicosia, Irfan Siddiq, visited recently the Nicosia-based NGO, Voice for Autism to see first-hand the brilliant work carried out in support of young people of the community, a press release by the High Commission says....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/volunteers-from-greece-turkey-and-italy-receive-emergency-training-in-nicosia
Sixteen young volunteers from Greece, Turkey, Italy, and Cyprus are being trained in Nicosia under the direction of the CERIDES Centre of Excellence at European University Cyprus as part of an international project and for a very specific reason....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/techisland-equipped-a-new-computer-class-in-the-arakapas-school-after-the-wildfire
Non-profit organization TechIsland rebuilt the Regional Primary School in Arakapas, which suffered from a terrible wildfire. The organization has invested more than 200 000 euros in renovating the school. TechIsland also contributed to the opening of a computer class with the help of Asbis, one of the board members of the company. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/afghan-women-protest-ban-on-female-education
Young Afghan women gathered outside Kabul University on Monday to protest the ruling Taliban’s ban on female education as their male peers returned to school for a new academic year and the United Nations heard the restriction may amount to a crime against humanity....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-who-s-who-of-the-christodoulides-government
On Monday afternoon (27/02), Nikos Christodoulides, the country's new leader, unveiled his new administration. Read the detailed biographies of the individuals who make up the new government....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/around-1000-earthquake-victims-from-turkey-have-arrived-in-the-occupied-areas
According to Hassan Tatsoi, the "minister of labor and social welfare," a thousand earthquake-affected people traveled from Turkey to the occupied territories in one week to find relatives or friends who had been living in the occupied territories for years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-town-buries-school-team-after-earthquake
The last of 39 people killed in last week’s earthquake in Turkey were buried in the northern part of Cyprus on Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/companies-laying-off-employees-to-hire-new-ones-at-lower-salaries
Keri and other recruiters say that candidate offers are now much lower and look more like those from 2019 — before the pandemic kicked off the Great Resignation, before Big Tech went on a hiring spree, and before anyone had heard of "quiet quitting."...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/become-a-high-commissioner-for-the-week
This spring, for the first time, the British and Australian High Commissioners will open their doors and their diaries to select Cypriot school students who will join a range of the High Commissioners’ meetings and events from 6th – 10th March 2023....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-dad-regrets-tough-stance-on-daughter-s-hijab
A judge in Limassol has sentenced a man from Syria and his wife on assault and psychological violence, following a complaint filed by their daughter who broke the family’s hijab wearing rules...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/buy-nothing-project-gaining-ground-worldwide
It was not until after Angela Parker, 53, had raced across her north Atlanta neighborhood to nab eight leftover, thick-cut slices of ham with gravy from the porch of someone she didn't know that she began to ask herself some questions. Was it weird to eat a stranger's porch ham? Was it safe? Would the ham be worth it?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-students-cheat-death-as-turkey-mourns
A number of Turkish Cypriot students were going back home after being pulled to safety in Adiyaman, hours following a deadly earthquake that left many dead in Turkey and Syria, but reports said the fate of additional pupils from the island believed to be in the rubble remained unknown...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/labor-unrest-in-the-midst-of-an-election-today-s-strike
Despite the unions' categorical assurances that the strike on Thursday has nothing to do with the current election period, the three-hour strike measures will de facto be butter on the election agenda of candidates who do not come from the government sector....
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...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spectators-delight-over-starlings-flocking-to-lake-oroklini
Starlings have flocked to Lake Oroklini in the Larnaca district, offering breathtaking images of their formations before sunset....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parent-loses-it-after-incident-outside-junior-high
A father waiting for his child outside a Larnaca junior high school went ballistic when a glass bottle was thrown at his car, with reports saying he grabbed a male student by the neck...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-calling-on-public-to-avail-of-free-flu-shots
Cyprus’ Ministry of Health, calls on members of the public, regardless of age, or if they belong to a high-risk group, to contact their GP for a flu vaccine for free, in a bid to reduce pressure on the healthcare system....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/o-michaelidis-corruption-is-tolerated-in-our-society
In his opening remarks at a celebration for World Anti-Corruption Day with students from Nicosia universities, Auditor General of the Republic Odysseas Michaelidis emphasized the significance of education, ...
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....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/male-teacher-on-trial-for-touching-girls-inappropriately
A male teacher at a junior high school in Limassol will be arraigned next month on dozens of charges following accusations from nine girls who say the educator was touching female students inappropriately during class...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-headmaster-in-the-hot-seat-again
The principal of a high school in Larnaca who had expelled dozens of students at the beginning of the school year due to their haircuts is in the hot seat again. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-educator-accused-of-touching-female-students
A male teacher at a high school in Nicosia is being accused of touching inappropriately a female student, with local reports suggesting a number of girls have described the educator as being too friendly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hooligans-terrorize-women-during-iconography-class
A group of women were terrorized by youths who threw lemons at them during an iconography class in Nicosia, with reports saying one of the victims was hit in the chest during the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/girls-accuse-male-teacher-of-sexual-harassment
A male teacher at a junior high school in Limassol has been remanded in custody after a group of female students have accused him of sexual harassment in the classroom...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-three-paphos-tom-officers-suspended-following-karousos-complaint
Three Paphos Road Transport Department officers were suspended this morning pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-waldorf-school-adds-to-the-development-of-mountain-areas
Tucked away in the mountains of Limassol, about 20 minutes from the sea, you’ll find a school like no other....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/digital-controversies
The three front-runners for the presidency of the republic laid out their objectives and ideas for tackling various issues and the nation's shift to a digital economy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-approves-all-day-high-school-in-all-provinces
All-day high schools will be introduced in all provinces of Cyprus beginning with the 2023/24 school year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/170-000-flu-vaccines-on-on-their-way-to-cyprus
Vaccination against the seasonal flu by GPs is expected to begin within the first ten days of October and Cyprus will receive 170,000 vaccines which are set to arrive Wednesday....
