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1. 1 billion euros from the EU for Turkey's reconstruction

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-billion-euros-from-the-eu-for-turkey-s-reconstruction

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Ulf Kristerson, Prime Minister of Sweden, who holds the EU Council presidency, are hosting a donors' conference in Brussels today to raise funds and coordinate aid to those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria....

2. Number of children being investigated for sexual abuse in Cyprus still high

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/number-of-children-being-investigated-for-sexual-abuse-in-cyprus-still-high

The number of children referred for investigation for sexual abuse has remained consistently above 400 for the past two years, according to the "Hope For Children" CRC Policy Center (HFC), ...

3. Afghan women protest ban on female education

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....

4. EU sends humanitarian supplies to Syria for earthquake relief

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-sends-humanitarian-supplies-to-syria-for-earthquake-relief

As part of an EU humanitarian air bridge for Syria, two planes with emergency aid landed Monday in Damascus, to provide further support for the Syrian people impacted by the earthquake. ...

5. Around 1000 earthquake victims from Turkey have arrived in the occupied areas

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....

6. Rescue effort in Turkey ends in all but two areas

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rescue-effort-in-turkey-ends-in-all-but-two-areas

Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all but two provinces, almost two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the country's disaster agency said, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey and announced $100m in humanitarian aid...

7. First shipment of medical aid to Syria sent today

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/first-shipment-of-medical-aid-to-syria-sent-today

The first shipment of medicines to earthquake-stricken Syria is being sent on Thursday via the Civil Protection Mechanism, on a Cyprus Airways flight....

8. Cypriot humanitarian aid en route to Turkey

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-humanitarian-aid-en-route-to-turkey

Humanitarian aid donated by Greek Cypriots was loaded onto UN trucks in the buffer zone on Wednesday in cooperation with Turkish Cypriot relief efforts to earthquake victims...

9. Turkish daily Hurriyet's front page: 'Efharisto poli file'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-daily-hurriyet-s-front-page-efharisto-poli-file

Kathimerini and SKAI correspondent, Manolis Kostidis, reports that the earthquake victims are grateful to the Greeks for the assistance provided through the EMAK, while anger at the Turkish government is at an all-time high....

10. Turkey-Armenia gate opens to allow aid

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-armenia-gate-opens-for-first-time-in-decades-to-allow-aid

A border gate between long-feuding Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for victims of the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, state-owned Anadolu news agency and a diplomat said...

11. Cyprus launches campaign for earthquake victims

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-launches-campaign-for-earthquake-victims

Cyprus’ Commissioner for the Citizen announced on Wednesday a campaign for the collection of humanitarian aid for the people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey, which will run between February 9 and 17...

12. Death toll surpasses 11,000 as Erdogan visits quake ravaged areas

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/death-toll-surpasses-11-000-as-erdogan-visits-quake-ravaged-areas

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited the region of southern Turkey devastated by this week’s earthquake as the death toll rose above 11,000 and acknowledged that his government faced problems getting aid to victims....

13. Clock ticking as rescuers dig through rubble

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/clock-ticking-as-rescuers-dig-through-rubble

Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. The death toll climbed above 7,700 and was expected to rise further...

14. First Turkish Cypriots reported to have died in the earthquake identified

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/first-turkish-cypriots-reported-to-have-died-in-the-earthquake-identified

Turkish Cypriot media have reported the first Turkish Cypriots who died in building ruins as a result of the earthquake that struck Turkey....

15. Many countries stepping up as death toll continues to rise

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/many-countries-stepping-up-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise

The EU has mobilized 27 search and rescue teams from 19 European countries, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management stated in a tweet on Tuesday....

16. Turkey refuses Cyprus' offer for assistance and aid

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-refuses-cyprus-offer-for-assistance-and-aid

Turkey has refused the offer by the Republic of Cyprus to send a rescue team to help with post-earthquake efforts, according to the Director General of the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kornelios S. Korneliou....

17. Migration: Nikos Christodoulides can and wants to deal with it

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/migration-nikos-christodoulides-can-and-wants-to-deal-with-it

One of the biggest and most serious problems Cyprus faces now, and one of the biggest challenges, is the issue of migration. Our country must deal with disproportionate flows of migrants, both in relation to its size and resources and in relation to its population....

18. First group of asylum seekers relocated to Germany from Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/first-group-of-asylum-seekers-relocated-to-germany-from-cyprus

Repatriation flights from Cyprus to Germany and France began at the end of December as part of the EU's support policy for Nicosia in the refugee crisis. ...

19. Cyprus signs up to more aid for Ukraine

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-signs-up-to-more-aid-for-ukraine

Cyprus and Poland have signed an agreement to provide further humanitarian aid to Ukraine amounting to €300,000 for the purchase of electricity generators. Cyprus' humanitarian aid to Ukraine now exceeds €3 million...

20. Cyprus, India sign bilateral cooperation agreements

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-india-sign-bilateral-cooperation-agreements

Bilateral cooperation agreements between the Republic of Cyprus and India were signed on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia...

21. Russia puts Greece on notice over Cyprus’ S-300 missiles

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-puts-greece-on-notice-over-cyprus-s-300-missiles

Moscow is warning Athens that a potential transfer of Cyprus’ Russian-made S-300 missile defense system from Greece to Ukraine would be 'a blatantly aggressive move against Russia'...

22. Cyprus UN-certified for earthquake assistance to countries

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-un-certified-for-earthquake-assistance-to-countries

Cyprus Civil Defence is the fourth in the world to earn the INSARAG Light Usar Team certification for assistance to other states after an earthquake from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

23. The week that shook Brussels saw a police stakeout, piles of cash, and reform promises

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-week-that-shook-brussels-saw-a-police-stakeout-piles-of-cash-and-reform-promises

The police had been waiting since dawn. Officers from the special unit of Belgium’s federal police gathered on Rue Wiertz, close to the European Parliament in Brussels. ...

24. Nikos Christodoulides announces his proposals on the Cyprus issue

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nikos-christodoulides-announces-his-proposals-on-the-cyprus-issue

Nikos Christodoulides, an independent candidate for the presidency of the Republic, has published his positions on the Cyprus problem under the title "For a United Cyprus" today. ...

25. Cyprus and USA go to the rescue

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-usa-go-to-the-rescue

A joint Search and Rescue Exercise titled CYPUSA 01/22 was conducted on Thursday within the Search and Rescue Region of the Republic of Cyprus, with the participation of SAR Units and Personnel from the Republic of Cyprus and USA...

26. US at the ready to lend support to Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-at-the-ready-to-lend-support-to-cyprus

Should disaster strike once again, the United States stands ready to lend its support, resources, and expertise to the Republic of Cyprus, US Ambassador Judith Garber assured, pointing out at the same time, that Americans have benefitted directly from the heroism and efficiency of the Civil Defense team in the past....

27. 'Generators of hope'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-generators-of-hope

The war in Ukraine is continuing unabatedly. Every day we hear about new atrocities of seemingly indiscriminate bombing of civilians. But we also see deliberate and targeted attacks on critical civilian infrastructure, such as electricity transmission networks....

28. House up in arms over north’s Varosha plans

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-up-in-arms-over-north-s-varosha-plans

The parliament in the Republic of Cyprus is calling on the European Union and United Nations to ‘take concrete measures' against Turkish Cypriot plans to open the entire ghost town of Varosha, following comments made on the campaign trail by politicians in the north...

29. MEPs vote not to accept passports issued by Russia in occupied areas

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/meps-vote-not-to-accept-passports-issued-by-russia-in-occupied-areas

The European Parliament has endorsed a decision not to accept passports and other travel documents issued by Russia in illegally-occupied regions of Ukraine and Georgia....

30. Cypriot MEP gets terrorist sticker after Russia vote

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-mep-gets-terrorist-sticker-after-russia-vote

Terrorist stickers slapped on doors outside the offices of EU lawmakers who voted against declaring Russia a 'state sponsor of terrorism' prompted Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek, who was among those targeted, to argue on Twitter that punishing an entire nation could only escalate the crisis...

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