https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/amid-aid-delays-to-fire-victims-nd-leader-visits-mati
A month after the disastrous wildfires on the outskirts of Attica that claimed the lives of 96 people and destroyed dozens of homes and thousands of hectares of land, the government approved additional aid for victims, as Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis conducted separate visits to Mati, the coastal settlement east of the capital where dozens died....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-debacle-full-of-suspense
The president is weighing in on the ongoing debate between the government and state educators in a last ditch effort to avoid a bumpy start of the school year, but it is not clear whether the highly contested issue of budgeting hours will be taken off the table...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-extradites-egyptian-hijacker
The lawyer of Egyptian hijacker Mostafa Emam, who was extradited by Cyprus authorities after he withdrew his case with the European Court of Human Rights, says her client gave up after succumbing to pressure in a Nicosia prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-agrees-to-return-of-asylum-seekers-german-gov-t-says
The German government says Greece has agreed to take back migrants who apply for asylum there and later turn up at Germany's border with Austria....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/italy-bridge-genoa-motorway-collapse-kills-35
A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa, killing at least 35 people as vehicles plummeted to the ground, emergency services say....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-labour-peace-as-schools-open-next-month
State teachers and the government failed to reach an agreement this week, with the education minister saying the unions were placing demands that cannot be addressed before September and accusing them of avoiding the budgeting issue...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-sentenced-for-assaulting-billionaire-investor
The Famagusta District Court handed down sentences to four men in connection with the beating of Egyptian investor Naguib Sawiris, hours before the stone laying ceremony for the Ayia Napa marina back in 2016...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/medical-negligence-not-ruled-out-in-little-girl-s-death
Cyprus police has opened a criminal investigation into possible medical negligence in connection with the death of an 8-year-old girl, following statements from her family that contradict a hospital report...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-refutes-hospital-report-on-daughter-s-death
A woman whose 8-year-old daughter died Monday in hospital says she didn’t know what documents she was asked to sign, raising doubts over claims that she declined medical treatment for her little girl...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/report-vindicates-medics-in-young-girl-s-death
An internal report was urgently submitted to the health ministry, giving full account of events in an 8-year-old girl’s death after her mother declined specialised medical treatment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/archbishop-favours-scrapping-five-religious-school-holidays
Archbishop Chrysostomos says religious holidays on school days no longer serve their purpose, suggesting that five of them should be eliminated while also taking a jab at union teachers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-requests-report-on-little-girl-s-death
The health minister has requested a full account of events in connection with an 8-year-old girl who died at Limassol General on Monday morning, after being released hours earlier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/earthquake-strikes-northwest-of-lefka
An earthquake struck off Lefka/Lefke in the northern part of Cyprus on Monday, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/semi-conscious-boy-dies-in-limassol-hospital
A young girl died at Limassol General on Monday morning when her mother took her to the Emergency Room only hours after they left hospital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/reignited-dherynia-fire-under-control
A Sunday night fire in the buffer zone, which was thought to have been contained Monday morning, reignited hours later with authorities on both sides going on full alert and UN officials saying the fire is once again under control...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gap-in-education-talks-seems-unbridgeable
A truce agreed upon ten days ago by state teachers and the government, which aimed to help reengage in a dialogue on school reform, appears to be collapsing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coral-bay-murder-trial-starts-friday
The trial of a 35-year-old man accused of killing British tourist Charlie Birch in a hit and run began Friday, with the suspect facing premeditated murder charges...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/municipal-councillor-mayor-and-regional-councillor-absent-during-fires
As local authority officials in Marathon, eastern Attica, press for an emergency session of the municipality over last week's fatal fires, one municipal councilor has hit out at Marathon Mayor Ilias Psinakis for alleged negligence....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-case-goes-up-in-flames-literally
Judges dismissed a case against two defendants in connection with drug related offences, siding with their defence attorney who argued the trial was unfair because a court fire had destroyed the evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senior-citizen-dies-at-mackenzie-beach
A local senior citizen died after collapsing at Mackenzie beach in Larnaca on Tuesday morning...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-defends-government-s-response-to-blaze
Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Monday defended the government’s response to the deadly wildfires east of Athens that have so far claimed at least 91 lives....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-out-and-about-to-promote-seatbelts
This week’s road safety awareness campaign focuses primarily on the use of seat belts and child seats, all of which were contributing factors in recent fatal accidents...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-step-up-efforts-against-fires
Cypriot and European authorities are on the lookout for new wildfire threats, as two local fires on Saturday, one in the northwest and one in the southeast, were caused by human action...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-agree-to-a-truce
Three unions representing high school state educators have agreed to a truce with the government, in order to reengage in a weeklong dialogue aimed at finding common ground in school reform...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/blood-moon-century-s-longest-lunar-eclipse
A blood moon will appear in the night sky around much of the world on Friday night as the moon moves into the shadow of the earth for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-crews-in-greek-fires-on-their-way-back
Cypriot first responders who rushed to help in the Greek wildfires are getting ready to come back, after what has been undoubtedly a horrifying challenge for even experienced professionals...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/ouzeri
Brilliant small tavern right by the sea in Paphos, with an excellent view...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/death-toll-from-deadly-attica-fires-rises-to-83
The death toll from the deadly blaze that ravaged the coastal town of Mati in east Attica on Monday rose to 85 on Thursday, after a 73-year-old man who was in intensive care in Athens' Evangelismos hospital died and two more bodies were discovered by rescue crews....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-invites-enraged-teachers-to-palace
President Nicos Anastasiades has extended an invitation to public education union leaders in order to have an open dialogue on school reorganisation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-offers-help-to-combat-greece-fires
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering her country's help to fight the forest fires raging in Greece.
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